The Revolution!
This was the Bostonian response to the Tea Act in 1773.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
The first framework of American government was produced with this document in 1781.
What were the Articles of Confederation?
A vocal Democratic-Republican, he was our 2nd Vice President and our 3rd President.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This British enforcement placed a tax on most paper goods imported into the colonies.
What is the Stamp Act?
This battle helped convince the French to join the war effort on the side of the Patriots.
What is The Battle of Saratoga?
This document, passed by Congress in 1787, provided a method for introducing new states into the union.
What is the Northwest Ordinance?
Who was John Adams?
This document was the last colonial effort to appease King George III and avoid war.
What was the Olive Branch Petition?
This offer from a British lord was supposed to grant freedom to any enslaved person who took up arms against the rebelling colonists.
What was Dunmore's Proclamation?
The preamble of this document, speaking of unalienable rights and self-evident truths, would be quoted by the likes of Abraham Lincoln and MLK.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
Who were the Anti-Federalists?
The Democratic-Republicans were sympathetic to this European nation during the last decade of the 1700's.
Who is France?
This was one of the worst American defeats in the war, where General Benjamin Lincoln gave up this important southern port after 6 weeks of siege.
What was The Siege of Charleston?
This many states had to approve the ratification of the Constitution before it could officially become law.
What is 9?
A treaty reached with Britain by this Federalist solved issues in the Northwest Territory and allowed for peaceful trade between the U.S. and British Empire.
Who is John Jay?
This compromise in the Constitution would lead to more power for Southern, slave holding states.
What is the 3/5 Compromise?
This enslaved woman was the first African-American to author a book of poetry; she used Enlightenment ideas to illuminate her points.
Who is Phillis Wheatley?
Unable to respond to this event, George Washington was convinced that the Articles of Confederation offered too weak a central government.
What is Shay's Rebellion?
These 2 political statements argued that states could declare federal law unconstitutional, such as the Alien and Sedition Acts.
What were the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions?
Part of the Alien Acts, this increased the length of residency before citizenship in America from 5 to 14 years.
What is the Naturalization Act?