What event inspired the British to enact the Intolerable Acts?
What is the Boston Tea Party
100
Who warned the colonists and minutemen at Lexington and Concord?
Who are Paul Revere and William Dawes
100
The AoC were ratified in this year.
What is 1781
100
Shays' Rebellion was?
What is a protest against property foreclosures and high taxes.
100
Alexander Hamilton is associated with which political party?
What are the Federalists.
200
How did the French and Indian war impact the colonists?
What is they were subjected to more taxes to pay the war debt, more tightly controlled trade, and were restricted from moving West of the Appalachian mountains.
200
Which battle, technically a British victory, lead the British to abandon Boston and retreat to Canada to restrategize?
What is the Battle of Bunker Hill
200
Two major weaknesses of the AoC
What are: no military, no ability to tax, no ability to print money, requires unanimous vote to pass legislation
200
What was the goal of the Land Ordinance of 1785?
What is to raise revenue to pay off government debts
200
This treaty divided the interests of the North and South
What is Jay's Treaty (Northern merchants were paid damages but the Southern states had to pay back pre-war debts)
300
The New England colonies had what type of economy prior to the Revolutionary War?
What is fishing and merchant?
300
This battle was a major turning point of the war and lead to French lending America help.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
300
True/False: Foreign governments feared the unity of the states under the AoC
What is False
300
The constitutional convention (Philadelphia 1787) was called for what purpose?
What is to revise the AoC (not to draft the constitutional but that is what happened)
300
Assumption means
What is the federal government took responsibility for the states' war debts.
400
The first person to be killed during the Boston Massacre?
Who is Crispus Attucks
400
This was the final major battle of the Revolutionary War.
What is the Battle of Yorktown.
400
Which group wrote the AoC? (Hint: the directed the war effort during the Revolutionary War)
What is the 2nd Continental Congress
400
He is called the "Father of the Constitution" and is the primary author.
Who is James Madison
400
The first tariff was intended to: (2 things)
What is raise revenue and protect American manufacturing
500
Ethan Allen and the Green Mountain Boys had a victory in this battle.
What is the Battle of Fort Ticonderoga
500
This event demonstrated the weakness of the AoC and led to the drafting of the Constitution?
What is Shays' Rebellion
500
What is the House of Representatives' role in the impeachment process?
What is 2/3 votes to bring charges against the president (which leads to a trial with the Senate acting as jury)
500
Which political party encouraged the Federal government to fulfull it's alliance with France and to help fight Britain during the French Revolution?