All the Laws
The name of the acts passed after the Boston Tea Party. I couldn't take it anymore!
What are the Intolerable/Coercive Acts?
This global conflict, beginning in 1754, spread to the New World, resulting in a fight between colonial powers.
What is the Seven Years War?
This influential man warned the nation about the creation of political factions. They happened shortly after he left his job.
Who is Washington?
The first established government of the newly founded United States of America.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
This act required colonist to house and feed British Soldiers.
What is the Quartering Act?
This (horrid) agreement established a fractional amount of population granted for each slave.
What is the 3/5ths Compromise?
Paul Revere created an engraving of this event, attempting to convince colonists to rebel against Britain.
What is the Boston Massacre?
The first two political parties formed in the United States.
What are the Democratic-Republicans and Federalists?
This many votes were required to pass important laws under the AoC.
What is 9?
After the Boston Tea Party, British officials effectively shut down Boston Harbor with this bill.
This rebellion highlighted the newfound power under the Constitution. "Like crushing a flea with a sledgehammer."
What is the Whiskey Rebellion?
This secretive group formed after the Stamp Act, attempting to intimidate tax agents through methods such as tar and feathering.
The Sons/Daughters of Liberty
This individual proposed a National Bank for the United States in his financial plan.
Imagine being overrun by a group of farmers? That's what happened to the federal army during this rebellion.
What is Shay's Rebellion?
This law prohibited newspaper editors to speak ill of the President or Congress during times of war
What is the Sedition Act?
Proposed by Robert Sherman at the Constitutional Convention, this agreement would allow for a bicameral Congress.
What is the Connecticut Plan (Great Compromise)?
This Line of Demarcation prohibited colonist from expanding westward after the British defeated the French in the New World.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
The ideology of only allowing government to do what is explicitly stated within the Constitution.
What is Strict Interpretation?
Voting rights were given solely to this exclusive group of citizens (you must answer specifically).
What is White, land owning men?
This act was passed by British Parliament, asserting their right to tax the American Colonists and impose laws.
What is the Declaratory Act?
This agreement allowed Congress to place tariffs on imports, but prohibited them from placing taxes on exports.
What is the Commercial Compromise?
This Indigenous rebellion on the Western Frontier was the first major test to Britain after winning against the French in the New World.
What is Pontiac's Rebellion?
This Federalist brokered an unpopular treaty with the British to remove them from the American Western Frontier, continuing Washington's policy of neutrality.
Who is John Jay?
One of the few successes of the Articles of Confederation was this, which required one square-mile plot of land in each 36 square-mile township to be set aside for public education.
What is the Land Ordinance of 1785?