French and Indian War
The 1754-1763 conflict was fought between Britain and France for control of North America?
French and Indian War
This 1765 Act placed a direct tax on printed materials in the colonies?
Stamp Act
This was the first national government of the United States and created a weak central government with no power to tax directly?
Articles of Confederation
This principle divides the governmental power among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches?
separation of powers
He served as the first president of the United States?
George Washington
After the French and Indian War, Britain began taxing the colonies more heavily. What was the main reason?
Wanted the colonists pay off their war debt
The British law prohibited American colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains after the French and Indian War?
Proclamation of 1763
This 1773 protest involved colonists dumping tea into the Boston Harbor?
Boston Tea Party
This 1787 law established a process for territories north of the Ohio River to become states?
Northwest Ordinance
This system divides power between the national government and state governments?
Federalism
This 1791 tax on whiskey led to a rebellion that tested the authority of the new federal government?
Whiskey Tax
This 1781 battle effectively ended major fighting in the American Revolution when British General Cornwallis surrendered?
Battle of Yorktown
This Native American leader organized a confederation that attacked British forts and settlements in 1763?
Pontiac
This 1774 set of laws punished Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party?
Intolerable Acts
This 1786-87 uprising by Massachusetts farmers demonstrated weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
Shay's Rebellion
This compromise counted enslaved people as three-fifths of a person for purposes of representation and taxation?
Three-Fifths Compromise
These 1798 laws restricted speech and immigration and were passed during tensions with France?
Alien and Sedition Acts
This compromise at the Constitutional Convention created a two-house Congress with representation based on both population and equal state representation?
Great Compromise
This 1754 meeting proposed colonial cooperation and is associated with the slogan, "Join or Die."
Albany Congress
This 1776 document formally declared the American colonies independent from Britain?
Declaration of Independence
This 1783 treaty officially ended the American Revolutionary War?
Treaty of Paris
These first ten amendments to the Constitution protect individual rights and limit government power?
Bill of Rights
These two resolutions argued that states could challenge federal laws they believed were unconstitutional?
Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions
This election resulted in a peaceful transfer of power from the Federalists to the Democratic-Republicans?
Election of 1800
This 1763 treaty ended the French and Indian War and gave Britain control of Canada and land east of the Mississippi River?
Treaty of Paris of 1763
This 1777 American victory convinced France to openly ally with the United States?
Battle of Saratoga
These essays written by Hamilton, Madison, and Jay defended ratification of the Constitution?
Federalist Papers
This clause gives Congress the power to make laws necessary and proper for carrying out its constitutional responsibilities?
Necessary and Proper Clause
This 1795 treaty temporarily improved relations between the United States and Britain but was controversial among Americans?
Jay's Treaty
A ________ interpretation of the Constitution means reading the text of the document literally and applying it based on what the words meant when they were written
strict