French Indian War
The French and Indian War was a war in North America fought between?
France/Indians v. Britain/Colonists
A tax law that required colonists to purchase special stamps to prove payment of tax.
Stamp Act
Leader of the continental army, he would go on to become the first president of the United States.
George Washington
The Articles of Confederation established a weak national government, what would eventually replace the articles in 1787
Constitution
What was the date that America declared independence from Britain. (Month Day Year)
July 4th 1776
France and Britain used this economic system, which relied on colonies to generate wealth, in order to expand their empires.
Mercantilism
When British officers were taunted by an angry mob in 1770 they opened fire on the crowd in an event that would be known a the...
Boston Massacre
On Christmas Eve, Washington would cross the Delaware and surprise British troops in this New Jersey city.
Trenton
Eventually to be known as Federalists, James Madison and this founding father would call for a stronger national government in 1787 after the failures of the Articles of Confederation
Alexander Hamilton
Thomas Paine authored this pamphlet that convinced many neutral colonists to support independence from Britain.
Common Sense
This Native American Chief led a rebellion against colonists during 1763. (A Michigan city and discontinued car manufacturer named after him)
Chief Pontiac
The Tea Act of 1773 led to the colonists responding by dumping 18,000 pounds of tea into the Boston Harbor, this historical event would be known as
Boston Tea Party
This country would eventually ally with the colonists in their fight for independence against Britain.
France
Congress passed the _________ to create an orderly way to divide the west into townships and farms
Land Ordinance of 1785
Inspired by Enlightenment ideas, this man was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
This act/line forbid colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains
Proclamation of 1763
The first shot of the Revolution, known as "the shot hear round the world" was fired at the battles of...
Lexington and Concord
The final battle of the Revolution was combined effort by American and French forces to surround British troops in this Virginia city.
Yorktown
According to the Land Ordinance of 1787 how many residents did a territory need to have in order to become a state?
60,000
This man established a settlement in modern day Kentucky, resisting the attacks of Chief Black Foot and the Shawnee, helping to established colonial presence past the Appalachian Mountains.
Daniel Boone
British parliament began governing colonies more closely after the French & Indian War, transitioning from salutary neglect to this more direct political rule.
Parliamentary sovereignty
King George III would eventually close Boston harbor and begin quartering troops in the home of colonists under this new oppressive law.
Intolerable Acts
This treaty signed in France, would give America its full independence from Britain.
Treaty of Paris 1783
Farmers led an uprising, closed debt courts, and threatened a federal arsenal after they lost their farms to foreclosure during this rebellion that would convince Congress the Articles of Confederation were not strong enough for the federal government
Shay's Rebellion
The European Enlightenment inspired the American political system, Declaration of Independence and Constitution, who were two Enlightenment thinkers?
John Locke, Baron De Montesquieu, Jean Jacques Rousseau