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The person who played a major role in creating the constitution. They were also a founding father, main author of the Declaration of Independence, and the third president of the United States.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
The act that required a tax stamp on all printed items.
What is the Stamp Act of 1765?
This document united the states under a union. All of the states had equal power, in fact this document strengthened state governments and weakened centralized government.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
This was a group of colonists (mainly merchants) that protested the Stamp Act and other acts/laws passed by the British. The group originated in Boston in 1765 but quickly spread across the 13 colonies.
Who are the Sons of Liberty?
The war that caused Britain to increase taxes on colonists because Britain spent a lot of money and resources.
What is the French and Indian War?
This person helped draft the declaration of independence and represented the US to France during the American Revolution.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
The act that replaced the Molasses Act of 1733. This act lowered the duties on molasses from 6 pence a gallon to 3 pence a gallon. This act also raised penalties for smuggling which angered some merchants.
What is the Sugar Act of 1764?
These pieces of legislation were ratified by 1791. They also protected fundamental personal rights including freedom of religion, trial by jury, and more. The are the first ten articles of the Constitution.
What are the Bill of Rights?
This is a group of people who were extremely important to the non-importation movement. They reduced their households' consumption of imported goods by making them at home (making homespun cloths in large amounts). Another example of them supporting boycotts and the non-importation movement is when they spun flax and wool for the less fortunate.
Who are the Daughters of Liberty?
The law that said slaves could only be counted as 3/5 of person. This was important because it affected the number of representatives each state got.
What is the 3/5 clause/rule?
This person was a known federalist and wrote many federalist papers. They were also the first Secretary of Treasury.
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
This was a British law passed by Parliament that required colonial governments to quarter and provide resources for British Troops.
What is the Quartering Act of 1765?
This plan was written by James Madison. He proposed that representation in congress should be tied to or related to the population. For example, the greater the population the more representation a state had.
What is the Virginia Plan?
This uprising happened from 1786-1787 and was mainly led by farmers in western Massachusetts. Many of these farmers were veterans from the Revolutionary War and protested the taxation policies of the eastern elites who controlled the state government. This revolt was led by Captain Daniels Shays.
What was Shay's Rebellion?
The case that gave the judicial branch powers to strike down laws if they were unconstitutional, also known as judicial review.
What was Marbury vs.Madison?
This person was the fourth president of the United States and was also known as the "father of the constitution."
Who is James Madison?
These four acts were meant to punish colonists for the Boston Tea Party. The four acts were closing the Boston Harbor, prohibited town meetings, mandated new barracks for British Troops, and allowed trials for capital crimes to be transferred to other colonies or to Britain.They were also known as the Intolerable Acts.
What are the Coercive Acts?
This plan was written by delegates from smaller states. This plan was in opposition to the Virginia Plan. This plan proposed that each state had one equal vote so no state had more representation or power than the others.
What is the New Jersey Plan?
This was a gathering of colonial delegates in Philadelphia in 1774. The delegates discussed the Coercive Acts. They made a declaration of rights and made an agreement to boycott some trade with Britain.
What was the Continental Congress?
This legislation was a land act that separated territories into future/possible states such as Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan, and Wisconsin. It also banned slavery in the Northwest Territory.
What was the Northwest Ordinance of 1787?
This person was the British chancellor of the Exchequer and inspired the Townshend Act. They also fought in the American war and was left in debt.
Who is Charles Townshend?
This act was passed by the US government, which prohibited American ships from traveling to foreign ports and banned overseas trade in hopes to stop Britain from stealing their ships.
What is the Embargo Act of 1807?
This act outlined the court system of the judicial branch. It established a federal district court in each state and three circuit courts for appeals. It also established that the Supreme Court had the final say.
What was the Judiciary Act of 1789?
This union was established in 1774 by the First Continental Congress to carry out a boycott of British goods.
What was the Continental Association?
This legislation ended the Revolutionary War. It also caused Britain to recognize America's independence and its sovereignty. It also relinquished Britain's claim on lands south of the Great Lakes and east of the Mississippi River.
What is the Treaty of Paris of 1783?