Seven Years' War Consequences
Colonial Responses
Founding Documents
Notable Figures
Constitutional Debates
100

Britain attempted to enforce this economic policy to ensure the colonies contributed to its wealth post-war

What is mercantilism?

100

This colonial slogan protested British taxation in the 13 colonies. 

What is 'No taxation without representation'?

100

This document, written in 1776, declared the colonies' independence

What is the Declaration of Independence?

100

He led the Continental Army during the American Revolution and later became the first U.S. President

Who is George Washington?

100

This document established the first framework of government for the United States.

What are the Articles of Confederation?

200

This act taxed all printed materials in the colonies, sparking widespread protest.

What is the Stamp Act?

200

Colonists reacted to the Tea Act with this famous act of protest.

What is the Boston Tea Party?

200

The Articles of Confederation granted most power to these government bodies.

What are the states?

200

He wrote the majority of the Declaration of Independence.

Who is Thomas Jefferson?

200

This agreement in the Constitution resolved disputes between large and small states over representation.

What is the Great Compromise?

300

This treaty ended the Seven Years' War, with France ceding most of its North American territories

What is the Treaty of Paris (1763)?

300

The First Continental Congress formed in response to these acts, which punished Boston

What are the Intolerable Acts?

300

This 1787 ordinance established a method for admitting new states from the Northwest Territory.

What is the Northwest Ordinance?

300

He argued for a stronger central government and helped write The Federalist Papers.

Who is Alexander Hamilton?

300

To address Anti-Federalist concerns, this was added to the Constitution after ratification.

What is the Bill of Rights?

400

The Proclamation of 1763 set this boundary, which colonists were forbidden to cross.

What is the Appalachian Mountains?

400

This pamphlet, written by Thomas Paine, called for independence from Britain

What is Common Sense?

400

This plan, proposed at the Constitutional Convention, favored large states by basing representation on population.

What is the Virginia Plan?

400

Author of the influential pamphlet Common Sense.

Who is Thomas Paine?

400

This compromise on trade allowed Congress to regulate commerce but prevented a ban on the slave trade until 1808

What is the Commerce and Slave Trade Compromise?

500

The Seven Years' War increased tensions between settlers and Native Americans, leading to this 1763 conflict

What is Pontiac's Rebellion?

500

In response to British taxes, colonists formed these two groups to organize resistance.

What are the Sons and Daughters of Liberty?

500

This compromise allowed enslaved individuals to be counted as three-fifths of a person for representation.

What is the Three-Fifths Compromise?

500

This Chief Justice negotiated a treaty with Britain in 1794 that proved controversial at home.

Who is John Jay?

500

This early U.S. rebellion highlighted weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation.

What is Shays' Rebellion?