Economic Policies and Rebellions
This 1789 tariff on imports was favored by Northerners to protect manufacturing but opposed by Southern farmers.
What was the Tariff Act of 1789?
This 1763 treaty gave Britain control of French Canada and Spanish Florida, removing France from North America.
What was the Treaty of Paris (1763)?
This Patriot from Massachusetts coined the phrase "Taxation without representation is tyranny."
Who was James Otis?
This future first President led colonial militia in the French and Indian War and later commanded the Continental Army.
Who was George Washington?
These first 10 Amendments to the Constitution were created to secure Anti-Federalist support for ratification.
What was the Bill of Rights?
This Massachusetts farmer and Revolutionary War veteran led a populist uprising demanding tax and debt relief.
Who was Daniel Shays?
This 1793 declaration kept America neutral in conflicts between Britain and France during the French Revolution.
What was the Proclamation of Neutrality?
These activists intimidated tax collectors by attacking their homes, burning them in effigy, and tarring and feathering them.
Who were the Sons and Daughters of Liberty?
This British general led forces at Lexington and Concord as well as Bunker Hill before being replaced by William Howe.
Who was Thomas Gage?
This 1789 act established the structure of the Judiciary Branch with one chief justice and five associate justices.
What was the Judiciary Act of 1789?
This rebellion in western Pennsylvania was an early test of the federal government's power under the new Constitution.
What was the Whiskey Rebellion?
Negotiated by Chief Justice John Jay, this 1794 treaty gave Britain "most favored nation" trading status.
What was Jay's Treaty?
These authorized customs officials to search colonial homes and businesses for smuggled goods without a warrant.
What were writs of assistance?
This American general is most infamously remembered for his defection to the British, making his name synonymous with treason.
Who was Benedict Arnold?
This compromise at the Constitutional Convention determined how to elect the president using state representatives.
What was the Electoral College?
This national bank was the brainchild of Alexander Hamilton but opposed by Thomas Jefferson on Constitutional grounds.
What was the Bank of the United States?
This treaty with Spain gave the U.S. navigation rights on the Mississippi River and deposit rights at New Orleans.
What was Pinckney's Treaty?
This British warship was set on fire by the Sons of Liberty after running aground in Rhode Island.
What was the Gaspee?
Known as "Mad Anthony," this general was recruited after St. Clair's Defeat and formed the core of what became the U.S. Army.
Who was Anthony Wayne?
This fourth Chief Justice cemented the concept of judicial review, making the judicial branch coequal to the other branches.
Who was John Marshall?
These responses to the Alien and Sedition Acts, written covertly by Jefferson and Madison, declared states could overrule federal law.
What were the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions?
In this affair, three French agents demanded bribes and loans from American diplomats just for the opportunity to speak with officials.
What was the XYZ Affair?
This 1774 act allowed Quebec to expand its borders and practice Catholicism freely, offending Protestant colonists.
What was the Quebec Act?
This final battle of the Northwest Indian War was fought against the Miami Confederacy and led to the Treaty of Greenville.
What was the Battle of Fallen Timbers?
This 1803 ruling established that Congress cannot pass laws contrary to the Constitution and that courts interpret constitutional limits.
What was Marbury v. Madison?