Road to Revolution
Event in which the Sons of Liberty threw tea into the harbor
The Boston Tea Party
Did the Patriots make up more or less than half of the colonial population?
Less
The name of America's first constitution
The Articles of Confederation
Second president of the United States whose VP would become the third president
John Adams
Author of the 1776 book The Wealth of Nations who is known as the "father of capitalism"
Adam Smith
Winner of the French and Indian War
Great Britian
Country that joined the Patriot cause helping secure an American victory
France
The Constitution famously never mentions this word
What important jurisprudential practice do Marbury vs. Madison initiate?
Judicial Review
Government agency responsible for ensuring the safety of medicine and consumables in the United States
Food and Drug Administration (FDA)
The first battle of the American Revolution
Lexington and Concord
The majority of African Americans/enslaved Africans joined this side of the Revolutionary War
The British
Slaves were counted as what percentage of a person for the purpose of determining the number of representatives a state would have?
3/5
Alexander Hamilton
A practice where separate companies illegally coordinate to determine the price of a good to maximize profits
Price Fixing
2 of the "Acts" imposed by Great Britain onto the colonists leading up to the Revolution
Sugar, Stamp, Currency, Townshend, Tea, Intolerable
Intellectual movement that inspired much of the language used by Patriots and the new Republic's governing structure
The Enlightenment
Name 3 separate amendments in the Bill of Rights (their numbers and at least one component of each)
1st - speech, press, assembly, religion
2nd - bear arms
etc.
America's two first official political parties
Federalists and Democratic-Republicans (or just Republicans)
Federal agency responsible for investigating illegal business practices according to antitrust laws
Federal Trade Commission
What was the Proclamation Line of 1763, who established it, and why?
Line along Appalachian Mountains issued by King George III to prevent settlement West of it to avoid costly conflict with Natives.
Thomas Paine's famous 1776 treatise on the merits of a revolution against Great Britain
Common Sense
Antifederalists believed that two constitutional clauses served as loopholes to allow the federal government unlimited power. Name one
The Supremacy Clause, The Necessary and Proper Clause
What was the outcome of the Compromise of 1790 between Jefferson and Hamilton?
Jefferson agreed to Hamilton's financial plan, and Hamilton agreed to move the US capital to the South.
The major economic system in Britain and British colonies prior to capitalism