Colonial America
Established for economic reasons, relied on plantation economy with indentured servants and enslaved laborers.
What are the Southern Colonies?
Tax requiring special stamps on printed materials, leading to colonial protests and formation of Sons of Liberty.
What is the Stamp Act?
Delegates drafting rationale for independence, including Jefferson
What is Committee of Five?
Ended Revolutionary War, granted US independence and land
What is the Treaty of Paris 1783
Supporters of a strong national government.
Who are the Federalists?
Founded by Puritans, focused on trade, shipbuilding, and fishing due to rocky soil.
What are the New England Colonies?
Punitive measures closing Boston port, allowing trials in England, and quartering troops on colonists' property.
Intolerable Acts
Document explaining reasons for independence from Britain
What is the Declaration of Independence
First US constitution granting limited powers to national government.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
Advocates for state sovereignty over a strong national government.
Who are the Anti-Federalists?
Ethnically diverse, relied on good harbors for trade, produced agriculture, lumber, and iron products.
What are the Mid-Atlantic Colonies?
Formed to keep colonies informed and protest British actions
What are Committees of Correspondence
Commander in chief of the Continental Army, displayed leadership.
Who is George Washington?
Surveyed new lands, organized land sales, and generated revenue
What is the Land Ordinance of 1785
Agreement creating a bicameral legislature. Equal representation for states in the Senate, population-based in the House.
What is the Great Compromise?
Economic theory influencing English colonies to acquire wealth and maintain favorable trade balance.
What is Mercantilism
Secret group opposing British rule, damaging British property
What are the Sons of Liberty
Prussian officer who trained Continental Army at Valley Forge
Who is Baron von Steuben?
Law organizing new states, banning slavery, and mandating schools.
What is the Northwest Ordinance of 1787?
First ten amendments to the US Constitution protecting individual rights.
What are the Bill of Rights?
Brought to English colonies for labor on plantations, primarily in Southern colonies.
African Slaves
Joined Sons of Liberty, made goods to avoid British imports.
What are the Daughters of Liberty
France's support to Americans during Revolution, aided by Lafayette
What is French Alliance?
Farmers' protest highlighting weaknesses of Articles of Confederation
Speech that warned against foreign conflicts and political parties.
What is Washington's Farewell Address?
Voyage transporting enslaved Africans to North America, part of the triangular trade.
What is the Middle Passage?
Pamphlet by Thomas Paine advocating for independence
What is Common Sense
Site of American victory with French navy's help, ending Revolution
What was the Battle of Yorktown
Meeting to revise Articles of Confederation, led to new federal government.
What is the Constitutional Convention?
First US president who set many precedents.
Who is George Washington?
Merchant ships trading rum, cloth for African slaves, and American goods, maintaining triangular trade route.
What is the Trans-Atlantic Trade?
Participated in the war but did not gain freedom or equal rights.
Who were Free Blacks who fought during the Revolution?
This 1777 battle was the turning point of the American Revolution, convincing France to ally with the colonies.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
Government where national and state levels share powers.
Second US president, faced conflicts with France and Great Britain.
Who is John Adams?