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This leader was the first commander-in-chief of the Continental Army and warned against political parties and alliances.
Who is George Washington?
This act forced colonists to house British soldiers without compensation.
What is the Quartering Act?
This event involved colonists dumping tea into Boston Harbor in protest of British taxes.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
This early U.S. government created after independence failed to give Congress the power to tax or raise an army, leading to financial instability and internal unrest like Shays’ Rebellion.
What is Articles of Confederation
This British idea justified taxation of the colonies by claiming that Parliament represented all British subjects, even those who could not vote.
What is virtual representation?
This Enlightenment thinker argued for natural rights like life, liberty, and property.
Who is John Locke
This set of laws taxed items like tea, lead, paper, and paint.
What are the Townshend Acts?
This massacre was used as propaganda against British troops, even though John Adams defended the soldiers.
What is the Boston Massacre?
This agreement at the Constitutional Convention reflected sectional tensions by balancing representation and slavery, giving Southern states greater influence in Congress.
What is the Three-fifths Compromise
This group opposed ratification of the Constitution, arguing that a strong central government would threaten individual liberties and state power.
Who are the Anti-Federalists?
This Founding Father served as the second U.S. president and first vice president.
Who is John Adams
This act taxed sugar and replaced the Molasses Act.
What is Sugar Act?
This battle was the turning point of the Revolutionary War and led to French support.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
This constitutional clause has been used to justify the expansion of federal power beyond what is explicitly written, including the creation of a national bank.
What is the Elastic Clause
This group supported ratification, arguing that a stronger central government was necessary for stability, national defense, and economic growth.
Who are the Federalists?
This inventor created interchangeable parts and increased demand for slave labor.
Who is Eli Whitney?
These acts limited free speech and increased citizenship requirements.
What are the Alien and Sedition Acts?
This final battle of the war resulted in British surrender.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
This addition to the Constitution was demanded by Anti-Federalists to protect individual liberties and limit the power of the national government.
What is the Bill of Rights?
This idea, promoted by thinkers like Locke and Rousseau, argued that governments derive their authority from the consent of the governed.
What is the social contract?
This idea by Rousseau states that people give up some freedoms in exchange for protection and order.
Social Contract
This act taxed printed materials like newspapers and playing cards.
What is the Stamp Act?
This uprising showed weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation.
What is Shay's Rebellion
This early colonial plan proposed unity for defense and taxation but failed, showing that the idea of colonial cooperation existed long before independence.
What is the Albany Plan of Union?
This theory challenged mercantilism by promoting minimal government interference in the economy and influenced early American economic thought.
What is laissez-faire economics?
Locke’s ideas directly influenced this important American document written in 1776.
Declaration of Independence
These were the harsh British laws passed in response to the Boston Tea Party.
What are the Intolerable Acts?
This British policy, issued after Pontiac’s Rebellion, attempted to stabilize relations with Native Americans but instead angered colonists who wanted western land.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
This weakness of the Articles of Confederation, revealed by events like Shays’ Rebellion, led directly to the creation of a stronger Constitution that included provisions like the Elastic Clause and later the Bill of Rights to balance power and liberty.
What is the inability of the national government to maintain order and enforce laws (lack of federal power)?
This major political debate during ratification reflected a clash between supporters of a strong central government and those fearing tyranny, ultimately resulting in the addition of the Bill of Rights as a compromise.
What is the Federalists vs. Anti-Federalists debate over ratification of the Constitution?