Unit 1
What treaty ended the French and Indian War?
The Treaty of Paris 1763
This event happened as a response to the Tea Act. The cargoes of British ships were thrown overboard.
Boston Tea Party
Endorsed by James Madison, this strategy emphasized a strong bicameral legislature elected primarily by proportional population.
Virginia Plan
This was John Adams' political party.
Federalist Party
The territory bought from France that doubled the size of the US.
the Louisiana Purchase
Who proposed the Albany Plan of Union?
Benjamin Franklin
these laws were called the Intolerable Acts by the colonists
Coercive Acts
Declares that the Articles are perpetual, and can only be altered by approval of _______ with ratification by all the state legislatures.
Congress
This person's financial plan for the United States involved paying off the national debt and the debt of the states as well as creating a national bank.
Alexander Hamilton
When Great Britain and America went to war over land it was called ___________.
War of 1812
The biggest loser of the French and Indian War were the French. What group was the second biggest loser?
Native Americans
This man defended the redcoats involved in the Boston Massacre.
John Adams
What types of states supported the New Jersey Plan?
states with small populations
This act created a judicial structure for the United States.
Judiciary Act of 1789
This opened so that goods could be transported by water from the Great Lakes to New York City.
Erie Canal
What was the biggest problem that the English faced after winning the French and Indian War?
Debt
This treaty ended the American Revolution
Treaty of Paris 1783
What was the name of the very first government created after the colonies won their independence from Great Britain?
the Articles of Confederation
The document that signaled the end of the Mexican War.
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
The 1820 ruling that admitted ________________ as a slave state.
Missouri
The first battles of the Revolutionary War took place near these villages.
Lexington and Concord
A person who supported the cause of freedom was called this.
Patriot
This scandal got its name when the names of the French agents were changed?
the XYZ Affair
The territory that set the US border at the 49°N parallel.
Oregon
The name givento the removal of Cherokees from their homelands to what is now Oklahoma.
Trail of Tears