Important Figures
This Virginia farmer became the general of the Revolutionary Army and set many executive branch precedents.
George Washington
This 1776 pamphlet by Thomas Paine argued for American Indepedence using accessible language.
Common Sense
Name at least one country besides the U.S. and Great Britain impacted by the Revolutionary War and how it was impacted
France, Haiti, Latin America
The constitution splits power among these three branches of government.
Executive, Legislative, Judicial
Broad intellectual movement of the 17th-18th century that emphasized reason, science, and individual rights.
The Enlightenment
This Founding Father first led the Federalists and founded the Coast Guard
This British law taxed colonial paper, letters, and legal documents
Stamp Act
This conflict, where poor farmers fought tax collectors, revealed the weakness of the Articles of Federation.
Shays' Rebellion
This war was the reason excessive taxes were used by the English on the colonies
French and Indian War (OR Seven Years' War)
The Anti-Federalists argued that this was missing from the consitution, which would protect individual freedoms.
Bill of Rights
This statesman was minister to France (negotiated the Treaty of Paris) and was also famously a scientist.
Benjamin Franklin
These syndicated essays were written by Hamilton, Jay, and Madison, arguing for a stronger Constitution
The Federalist Papers
The ideal that called on women to teach American values within the family, granting new importance in U.S. political culture
Republican Motherhood
At this Constitutional Convention, this resolved the dispute between large and small states by creating a bicameral legislature.
The Great Compromise (Connecticut Compromise)
This rhyming phrase was a rallying cry for Revolutionaries resisting excessive taxes.
"No taxation without representation."
This military officer and Founding Father served under George Washington as the chief of artillery
Henry Knox
These 1798 laws targeted immigrant and critics of the government, passed by the John Adams administration.
Alien and Sedition Acts
This royal decree banned colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains following the French and Indian War
Proclamation of 1763
Three-Fifths Compromise
This ideal argues that government authority comes from the consent of the governed.
Social Contract
This chief united Midwestern tribes into a Confederation and resisted western movement.
Tecumseh
This 1787 law banned slavery in the Northwest Territory, establishing a process for admitting new states.
Northwest Ordinance
This Supreme Court ruling set the precedent for American judicial review
Marbury v. Madison
This was the last of the 13 original colonies to ratify the Constitution
Rhode Island
The Great Awakening