Causes of the Revolution
One of the first causes of the American Revolution was this war, also known as the Seven Years' War, that fundamentally changed the relationship between Britain and the colonies
What is the French and Indian War?
On June 14, 1775, the Second Continental Congress created the Continental Army and appointed this general as its commander
Who is George Washington?
In 1781, this first American constitution (with a lowercase "c") was ratified
What are the Articles of Confederation?
This amendment to the Constitution begins with the words, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press..."
What is the First Amendment?
In this speech, Washington urged the country to avoid political parties and entangling foreign alliances
What is his Farewell Address?
Organized colonial resistance to British authority was jumpstarted by this 1765 law, a direct tax on printed materials like newspapers and playing cards
What is the Stamp Act?
Most of the earliest battles of the war, including Lexington, Concord, and Bunker Hill, took place in this colony
What is Massachusetts?
The Articles were ineffective for a variety of reasons, but mainly because it lacked a strong central government; of the three branches of our current government, the Articles only featured this one
What is the legislative branch / Congress?
Debates over the Constitution created these two groups, one of which supported the ratification of the Constitution, while the other opposed it
What are the Federalists and anti-Federalists?
Washington appointed this Federalist as his Secretary of the Treasury, and charged him with developing a financial system to help the fragile country survive in the 1790s and beyond
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
The colonists justified the revolution by citing the ideas of Enlightenment thinkers; Jefferson's famous quote about "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" is borrowed from this English philosopher's Two Treatises on Government
Who is John Locke?
Many colonists were persuaded to advocate for independence after the January 1776 publication of the pamphlet Common Sense, by this author
Who is Thomas Paine?
Led by a war veteran and farmer from Massachusetts, this 1786 uprising led to calls for the Articles to be thrown out and replaced by a new constitution
What is Shays' Rebellion?
Of the two houses of Congress, the one in which states' representation is proportional to their population
What is the House of Representatives?
In 1796, John Adams was elected president; this man, who came in second in the election, therefore became the vice president
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
After the Boston Tea Party, Britain imposed a set of laws that closed the port of Boston and ended self-governance for the colony of Massachusetts; while the British referred to the laws as the Coercive Acts, the colonists called them this
What are the Intolerable Acts?
The battle that took place at this New York location in 1777 is regarded as the turning point of war; after the Patriots' victory, France decided to enter the war on our side
What is Saratoga?
The American Revolution has been extremely influential to other independence movements around the world; one of the first examples occurred in this Caribbean country, which won its independence from France in 1804
A key principle underlying the Constitution was this one, which clearly outlined what things each branch of government could do to limit the others from gaining too much control
What are checks and balances (or separation of powers)?
This political party emerged from the debates over the Constitution; it was comprised of members of the anti-Federalist movement
What was the Democratic-Republican party?
After the French and Indian War, the British abandoned this two-word policy, in which the colonies had basically been left on their own and allowed to govern themselves
What is salutary neglect?
In 1781, the last major battle of the war took place at this Virginia location
What is Yorktown?
After the war, this two-word idea became prominent; it calls for American women to teach democratic ideals within the family and granted them a new importance in American political culture
What is republican motherhood?
The Constitution shied away from some of the thornier issues in the country; for example, Congress was not allowed to ban this practice until twenty years after the ratification of the Constitution (BE SPECIFIC)
What is the slave trade?
The Adams administration was marred by the passage of these laws that authorized the president to deport any immigrant whom he wanted, and made criticism of the government illegal
What are the Alien and Sedition Acts?