Pact signed by the Pilgrims before landing on Plymouth Rock
What is the Mayflower Compact?
100
The British imposed new taxes on the colonist because of this war
What is the French and Indian War?
100
During the Constitutional Convention (1787), the issue of representation of states in Congress was resolved with this
What is the Great Compromise?
100
Creating a cabinet of advisors and holding office for two terms are examples of this
What are President Washington's precedents for all future presidents?
200
Where the Pilgrims landed
What is Plymouth Rock?
200
In colonial America, the House of Burgesses, the Mayflower Compact, and town hall meetings were all developments that led to this
What is creation of representative government?
200
This document stated the grievances against the King of England
What is the Declaration of Independence?
200
The framers of the U.S. Constitution included the concepts of federalism, checks and balances, and separation of powers in the document because of this
What is fear of a government with unlimited power?
200
President Washington's foreign policy
What is neutrality?
300
Geographic feature that was the greatest barrier to the westward migration of American settlers
What is the Appalachian Mountains?
300
This provided an example of a representative form of government in Virginia
What is the Virginia House of Burgesses?
300
Commander of the colonial army (the Continental Army)
Who is George Washington?
300
According to the U.S. Constitution, the power to impeach a federal government official is given to
What is the House of Representatives?
300
President Washington warned against establishing alliances with European countries because he was concerned about this
What is U.S. involvement in foreign wars?
400
Where the original settlements of the 13 British colonies were located
What is east of the Appalachian Mountains?
400
American colonists considered this action by the British government to be a violation of their rights as Englishmen
What is taxing the colonies without representation in Parliament?
400
Thomas Jefferson used a majority of his ideas when drafting the Declaration of Independence
Who is John Locke?
400
This document was created to protect individual liberties and to reassure the concerns of Antifederalists
What is the Bill of Rights?
400
Alexander Hamilton's financial plan
What is the creation of a national bank?
500
Created with the intention to avoid conflicts with Native American Indians west of the Appalachian Mountains
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
500
This period in European history influenced the creation of the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution
What is the Enlightenment?
500
The treaty that ended the American Revolution
What is the Treaty of Paris?
500
These documents were written to build support for the ratification of the U.S. Constitution
What are the Federalist Papers?
500
Alexander Hamilton and Thomas Jefferson disagreed on the interpretation of the U.S. Constitution
What is loose view and strict view of the U.S. Constitution?