British Policies in North America
The legislative body in which British Colonists had no representation, leading to the slogan "No taxation without representation"
What is British Parliament?
A 1754-1763 conflict between multiple nations whose primary cause is attributed to British expansion into the Ohio River Valley
What was the French and Indian War? (Seven Years' War)
A European power that allied with the British colonists during the American Revolution and brought crucial military and financial support for the Patriot cause.
Who is France?
An independence movement that had a direct influence on the movements for independence in France, Haiti, and Latin America.
What was the American Revolution?
An English enlightenment thinker whose Second Treatise on Government was frequently cited by colonial leaders to resist British rule.
Who is John Locke?
A social cause to end slavery that garnered broader awareness due to issues of inequality addressed by the American Revolution.
What is abolition?
The document that served as the first governing framework for the independent United States.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
A meeting of American representatives that convened to address the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.
What was the Constitutional Convention?
A document outlining a U.S. government with a weak federal authority.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
The name of the high school Mr. Weiss attended from 2002 - 2006.
What is Corona del Sol?
A 1765 act of taxation on the British colonies targeted at paper, legal documents, and other printed materials.
What was the Stamp Act?
A 1754-1763 conflict that contributed to a massive increase in Britain's national debt.
What is the Seven Years' War?
A document that served as a final attempt to reconcile Colonial and British interests before the Revolutionary War.
What was the Olive Branch Petition?
An ad hoc governing body during the American Revolution that issued Continental currency to help provide financial support for the Patriot cause.
What was the Continental Congress?
A period of social and intellectual revolution that influenced the call for American Independence by asserting that when it comes to governance, individual talent and merit are more important than birthright.
What was the Enlightenment?
A pivotal document unanimously adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776 that asserted that government should be based on the consent of the governed.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
The term used to describe the idea that the three branches of the federal government would keep one another in line.
What are checks and balances?
The term used to describe how the Continental Congress resolved the issue of representing enslaved people within the U.S. Constitution.
What is the Three-Fifth Compromise?
A section of the Bill of Rights that provides citizens with protections against unreasonable searches and seizures.
What is the Fourth Amendment?
Including this year, the amount of time Mr. Weiss has worked at TPA.
What is seven years?
A small colonial uprising leading to the destruction of imported tea, whose main goal was to protest the Tea Act of 1773.
What was the Boston Tea Party?
A 1763 conflict resolution that led to Britain gaining significant territories in North America, including Canada and lands east of the Mississippi river.
What was the Treaty of Paris? (1763)
An armed uprising that took place between August 1786 and February of 1787 of disgruntled Massachusetts farmers that served to highlight the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.
What was Shay's Rebellion?
A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that argued for immediate colonial independence from Britain and the establishment of a new republic.
What was Common Sense?
A term used to describe the idea that it is a woman's role to teach her children values that support republican thought.
What is Republican Motherhood?
An early 'feminist' who urged her husband to "remember the ladies" when forging the new government of North America.
Who was Abigail Adams?
The term used to describe how the Continental Congress resolved the issues of fairly representing states within Congress, creating a bicameral legislature.
What was the Great Compromise?
A collection of Constitutional amendments that were created to appease the concerns of Anti-Federalists by explicitly protecting various individual liberties.
What is the Bill of Rights?
A proclamation that provided a framework for admitting new states to the union and banning slavery in the Northwest Territory.
What is the Northwest Ordinance of 1787?
The year, make, and model of the car Mr. Weiss drives.
What is a 2004 Subaru Forester?
A British declaration issued in 1763 designed to prevent further conflicts with Native Americans by restricting colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains.
What was the Proclamation of 1763?
A 1763-1766 Native American uprising that was primarily a response to British encroachment on native lands in the Great Lakes region.
What was Pontiac's Rebellion?
An organization of women who helped support colonial resistance to British rule by organizing boycotts and producing homespun cloth.
Who were the Daughters of Liberty?
A series of essays issued to persuade the public and state legislatures to support the ratification of the U.S. Constitution.
What are the Federalist Papers?
A system of governance, as established by the Constitution, that describes the division of power between national and state governments.
What is Federalism
A portion of the Bill of Rights that reinforced the principle of federalism by reserving powers to the states.
What is the Tenth Amendment?
The name given to a specific line of the U.S. Constitution that is interpreted to allow the document to be adaptable and flexible over time.
What is the Necessary and Proper Clause?
What is the "Necessary and Proper Clause"