Road to Revolution
This 1763 law prohibited colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
This document, adopted in 1776, declared the colonies’ independence from Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This was the first framework of government for the United States.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
This plan favored small states by proposing representation with one representative per state
Jew Jersey Plan
This document replaced the Articles of Confederation in 1789
U.S. Constitution
This economic policy is what the colonies were supposed to be following under English Law
Mercantilism
He was the commander of the Continental Army and later the first President of the United States.
George Washington
Under the Articles, where was most of the power presented?
This plan favored large states by proposing representation based on population.
Virginia Plan
This principle ensures no branch of government becomes too powerful
checks and balances
This act made it so that the British Parliament could place laws and taxes on the colonies without their consent.
Declaratory Act
The Purpose of the Declaration of Independence was to do what?
Formally declare independence from Britain
This rebellion exposed the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation
Shays Rebellion
This compromise created a bicameral (two house) legislature with equal and proportional representation.
Senate/ House of Representatives
The Great Compromise
These first ten amendments protect individual rights
Bill of Rights
This event in 1770 involved British soldiers killing five colonists in Boston.
What is the Boston Massacre?
What two ideals did John Locke believe in and were adopted within the Declaration of Independence?
Social Contract and Natural Rights
This party was in favor of adding a Bill of Rights to the new constitution
Anti-federalists
This compromise counted enslaved people as part of the population for representation and taxation.
Three-Fifths Compromise
This series of essays supported ratification of the Constitution
Federalists Papers
These harsh laws were passed in response to the Boston Tea Party. and contained the Quartering Act and Boston Port Act
What are the Coercive Acts (also known as the Intolerable Acts
What is the Social Contract Theory?
Governments only responsibility is to preserve natural rights and if they fail to do this, the people have a right to abolish or change that government.
This party was in favor of strengthening the Federal Government and drafting a new Constitution.
Federalists
What were 2 warnings left by Washington?
Danger of political parties
Danger of foreign alliances
remain neutral
Keep and preserve unity/ liberty
This principle divides power between national and state governments
federalism