Seven Years' War Consequences
Britain attempted to enforce this economic policy to ensure the colonies contributed to its wealth post-war
What is mercantilism?
This colonial slogan protested British taxation in the 13 colonies.
What is 'No taxation without representation'?
This document, written in 1776, declared the colonies' independence
What is the Declaration of Independence?
He led the Continental Army during the American Revolution and later became the first U.S. President
Who is George Washington?
This document established the first framework of government for the United States.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
This act taxed all printed materials in the colonies, sparking widespread protest.
What is the Stamp Act?
Colonists reacted to the Tea Act with this famous act of protest.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
The Articles of Confederation granted most power to these government bodies.
What are the states?
He wrote the majority of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This agreement in the Constitution resolved disputes between large and small states over representation.
What is the Great Compromise?
This treaty ended the Seven Years' War, with France ceding most of its North American territories
What is the Treaty of Paris (1763)?
The First Continental Congress formed in response to these acts, which punished Boston
What are the Intolerable Acts?
This 1787 ordinance established a method for admitting new states from the Northwest Territory.
What is the Northwest Ordinance?
He argued for a stronger central government and helped write The Federalist Papers.
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
To address Anti-Federalist concerns, this was added to the Constitution after ratification.
What is the Bill of Rights?
The Proclamation of 1763 set this boundary, which colonists were forbidden to cross.
What is the Appalachian Mountains?
In response to British taxes, colonists formed these two groups to organize resistance.
What are the Sons and Daughters of Liberty?
This plan, proposed at the Constitutional Convention, favored large states by basing representation on population.
What is the Virginia Plan?
Author of the influential pamphlet Common Sense.
Who is Thomas Paine?
This clause in the Constitution required states to help return escaped enslaved persons to their owners.
What was the Fugitive Slave Clause?
This failed proposal by Benjamin Franklin called for intercolonial cooperation during wartime.
What was the Albany Plan of Union?
These 1767 laws placed duties on glass, tea, paper, and paint — leading to renewed boycotts and the Boston Massacre.
What were the Townshend Acts?
This compromise allowed enslaved individuals to be counted as three-fifths of a person for representation.
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise?
This Chief Justice negotiated a treaty with Britain in 1794 that proved controversial at home.
Who is John Jay?
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? (Dirty Compromise)
The Seven Years' War increased tensions between settlers and Native Americans, leading to this 1763 conflict
What is Pontiac's Rebellion?
Parliament’s claim that colonists were represented by all members of Parliament reflected this idea.
What was virtual representation?
This 1775 petition to King George III was a last attempt to avoid war.
What was the Olive Branch Petition?
This Enlightenment thinker’s ideas about natural rights and the social contract heavily influenced the Declaration of Independence.
Who was John Locke?
This early U.S. rebellion highlighted weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation.
What is Shays' Rebellion?