The Road to Revolution
This 1763 decision prohibited colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
This battle is often called the “shot heard ’round the world.”
What are the Battles of Lexington and Concord?
The Articles of Confederation created this type of government structure.
What is a weak central government?
This 1787 meeting was held to revise the Articles but ended up creating a new government.
What is the Constitutional Convention?
He was the first President of the United States.
Who is George Washington?
These two political parties emerged in the 1790s.
What are the Federalists and Democratic-Republicans?
Parliament passed this act in 1765 which required colonists to buy official markings on paper goods.
What is the Stamp Act?
The turning point battle of the Revolutionary War, convincing France to join the American cause.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
Under the Articles, the national government lacked this essential power related to money.
What is the power to tax?
This compromise created a bicameral legislature combining population-based and equal representation.
What is the Great Compromise?
This event during Washington’s term tested federal authority but ended peacefully.
What is the Whiskey Rebellion?
This diplomatic scandal involved French agents demanding bribes from U.S. diplomats.
What is the XYZ Affair?
This group organized colonial resistance, including protests and boycotts of British goods.
Who were the Sons of Liberty/Daughters of Liberty?
Washington’s surprise winter attack on Hessian troops occurred here in 1776.
What is Trenton?
This 1786–87 uprising revealed the weaknesses of the Articles.
What is Shays’ Rebellion?
This debate over counting the enslaved population for representation and taxation ended in a compromise.
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise?
This Secretary of the Treasury proposed a National Bank and federal assumption of state debts.
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
Jefferson and Madison wrote these resolutions claiming states could nullify unjust federal laws.
What are the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions?
This 1770 event led to the death of five colonists and fueled anti-British sentiment.
What is the Boston Massacre?
This treaty officially ended the Revolutionary War in 1783
What is the Treaty of Paris (1783)?
This land policy created an orderly procedure for admitting new states.
What is the Northwest Ordinance of 1787?
These essays were written to support ratifying the Constitution.
What are the Federalist Papers?
Washington warned against political parties and permanent foreign alliances in this famous speech.
What is the Farewell Address?
Written to criminalize criticism of government officials.
What are the Sedition Acts?
Name the set of laws passed in 1774 to punish Massachusetts after the Boston Tea Party.
What were the Coercive/Intolerable Acts?
Name the harsh winter camp where the Continental Army trained and regrouped in 1777–1778.
What is Valley Forge?
Name one specific weakness of the Articles besides taxation.
What is no standing army / no executive branch / no national court system (any one)?
Name the first 10 amendments added to protect individual liberties
What is the Bill of Rights?
This act passed under Adams allowed the President to expel foreigners deemed dangerous.
What is the Alien Act?
Lost to Adams by 3 electoral votes and became his VP by default (policy changes when the 12th Amendment is passed in 1804)
Thomas Jefferson