Unit 2 - Revolution to Constitution

French and Indian War

100

This was the other name for the French and Indian War.

Seven (7) Years War

200

Land disputes happened along what area that ultimately led to the French and Indian War. 

Ohio River Valley

300

This document ended the French and Indian War. (MUST include the year)

Treaty of Paris, 1763

400

The ______________________ stopped colonists from moving across the Appalachian Mountains after the French and Indian War.

The Proclamation (Line) of 1763

500

The French and Indian War brought an end to salutary neglect and began _______________________, which allowed for Britain to govern their colonies more strictly. 

Parliamentary Sovereignty 

Acts and Responses

100

This act gave the East India Company special authority in the colonial tea business and shut out colonial tea merchants.  

Tea Act of 1773

200

An act that required colonists to purchase special seals to prove payment of taxes on paper items.

Stamp Act 1765

300

Propaganda played a huge role in making this incident appear more dramatic and deadly than it was. 

Boston Massacre

400

An indirect tax on lead, glass, paper, tea, and other items. 

Townshend Acts 

500

A group of laws passed by King George III that tightens control over Massachusetts by closing the Boston Harbor and quartering troops.

Intolerable Acts

Declaration of Independence

100

This person was the main author of the Declaration of Independence.

Thomas Jefferson

200

The structure of the Declaration of Independence includes these three ideas.

Preamble, Grievances, and Declaration

300

According to John Locke, these are your natural rights. 

Life, liberty, property (pursuit of happiness)

400

This group of people included Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Robert Livingston, and Roger Sherman.

Committee of Five

500

The idea that a person should give up some of their powers to the government and in return, the government protects the people. 

Social Contract Theory

American Revolution

100

Many enslaved and free Blacks would fight in the in the Continental Army with the hopes of _____________.

Expanding their rights

200

Where George Washington and his troops lodged and trained during the winter of 1777-78.

Valley Forge

300

This document gave America full independence ,all territory east of the Mississippi, and the removal of the British army. (MUST include the year)

Treaty of Paris 1783

400

Ben Franklin and John Adams played a large role in convincing this group of people to fight for the colonist during the Revolution. This group ultimately joins after the Battle of Saratoga.

France / French

500

The name for German soldiers that helped fight for the British during the American Revolution

Hessians 

Articles of Confederation

100

This is how many votes each state got under the AOC.

One (1)

200

Between the national and state governments, this group had the most power under the Articles of Confederation.

States

300

There was no ability to ________ under the Articles because there was not a strong national government

Tax or create new taxes

400

This was a way to divide up land in the west as well as a way for them to make money under the AOC because it did not give them the power to collect taxes

Land Ordinance of 1785

500

This allowed a territory that had at least 60,000 residents to become a state where slavery was outlawed. 

Northwest Ordinance of 1787

Constitution

100

Property foreclosures led to this uprising among Massachusetts farmers that ultimately led to the Constitutional Convention in 1787.

Shay's Rebellion

200

Under the Constitution, the __________ government was stronger than it was under the AOC.

Federal

300

A plan that called for a bicameral congress where larger states had more representatives.

Virginia Plan

400

This plan called for a unicameral congress where states are equally represented. 

New Jersey Plan

500

A compromise that created a bicameral Congress where one house would be based off population and the other would be an equal number of representatives. 

Great Compromise

Constitution pt.2

100

People like Hamilton and Madison were considered ____________ who supported the ratification of the Constitution.

Federalists

200

This group argued that the Constitution gave too much power to the national government and wanted a Bill of Rights

Anti-Federalists

300

The Supremacy Clause makes the Constitution the ___________________________.

Supreme Law of the Land

400

The three sections that make up our government under the constitution

Legislative, executive, and judicial 

500

The Federalists agreed to add a _____________________ to protect citizen's liberties, which won the ratification of the Constitution.

Bill of Rights