Road to Revolution (1763–1775)
Taxes placed on sweet items
Sugar Act
The Congress or Legislative Branch
Declaration of Independence
The name of America's first government
The Articles of Confederation
The first president of the USA and the rebellion he put down.
George Washington - The Whiskey Rebellion
War that resulted in the Treaty of Paris 1763 and taxes placed upon American colonists.
French Indian War.
Meaning "two houses" - as referring to our Congress, which is split in two houses.
bicameral
Author who aruged that America is too large and too far away from Britain to be ruled by it.
Thomas Paine
Uprising, which proved the ineffectiveness of the Articles of Confederation.
Advisors to the president - GW had 4; 1 for trade, 1 for war, 1 for attorney, 1 for foreign negotiation.
The Cabinet.
Law that allows redcoats to maintain law and order among colonists.
Quartering Acts
This part of the constitution is used in argument used to justify the creation of a National Bank, in order to carry out federal economic policy.
Necessary and Proper Clause (Elastic Clause)
Agreement to end the American Revolutionary War, ending in massive debt for Americans.
The Treaty of Paris
The Northwest Ordinance of 1787
Policy of Neutrality.
Committees of Correspondence
THE DAILLYYYY DOUBLE
Three compromises made to ratify the Constitution
The Great Compromise
The Three Fifths Compromise
The Eelectoral College
Last chance for Britain to avoid war; written at the Second Continental Congress.
Olive Branch Petition
Meeting near the Liberty Bell to reform the government.
Philidelphia Convention
The man who proposed the National Bank, and the group that rejected his financial plan.
A famous moment painted by Paul Revere to promote colonial sentiment.
Boston Massacre
This famous founding document was written by James Madison... it warns against factions but argues that the competition among factions will naturally keep factions in check; if not, the separation of branches and bicameral arrangement of government will prevent a faction's autocratic takeover.
Federalist No. 10
This battle convinced King Louis XVI to join the colonists in an alliance.
The Battle of Saratoga
This group played a key role in putting down Shays' rebellion.
Massachusetts nobles - Private militia
DAILYYYY DOUBLE !! Agreement with Spain that the U.S. could use the Mississippi River and set US boundary along FL border.
The Pinckney Treaty