American Revolution
the general leading the American Revolution
Who is George Washington
The instance where over 40 tons of tea were dumped into the Harbor
What is "Boston Tea Party"
Document that the Constitution replaced
What is the Articles of Confederation
What was the unofficial policy the British carried towards the colonies for many years.
What is salutary neglect?
Treaty that formally ended the French and Indian war
What is the Treaty of Paris 1763?
French General that famously came to aide the revolution
Who is Marquis de Lafayette
The common punishment for British loyalists committed by sons of liberty
What is Tar and Feathering
Name one of the weaknesses or lack of power the federal government held under the articles of confederation.
What is the Power to Tax, Regulate Trade, Coin money, and enforce laws?
The Act levied on the colonies printed paper materials that sparked frustration
What is the Stamp Act
What is "seven years war"?
Treaty that formally ended the American Revolution
The 1783 Treaty of Paris
the slogan that colonists adopted to reflect their opinion about Taxes
What is "Taxation without Representation"?
leader of the rebellion in Western Massachusetts
Who is Daniel Shay
name of the act/line that prevented the colonists from moving west
What is the Proclamation line of 1763
Native American rebellion sparked after the french and Indian war in opposition to British expansion after the war.
What is Pontiacs rebellion?
What is the battle of Saratoga?
The first instance of Open rebellion that kick started the war
What is the battle of Lexington and Concord?
The names of the two political "parties/factions" that would come to represent the initial two parties of the American government
What are federalists and anti federalists
The tax that immediately followed the stamp act collecting levies on lead, glass, paint, paper, and tea.
What is the Townshend act
The land the British and the French both initially laid claim to and ended up leading to war
What is the Ohio River Valley and/or Canada?
State that promised freedom to enslaved Africans if they listed and served in the revolution against the British.
What is Rhode Island?
The acts imposed on colonists as punishment for the Boston tea party.
What is the "Coercive/Intolerable" acts?
Idea that George Washington urged the people to heed in his farewell address
What is "foreign neutrality and Unity of the Nation"
name of the British courts used to try maritime colonists in a jury-less court, often accused of corruption
what is Vice-Admiralty Courts?
The plan to create a unified government aimed to improve defense against the French and improve relations with the Native American tribes in 1754
What is the Albany Plan of Union?