French and Indian War
List two outcomes from the French and Indian War
Proclamation Line of 1763
France lost all holdings in N. America
Colonies learned that the UK was not invincible
Higher taxes to pay for the War
This compromise resolved the issue of slavery as it pertains to representation
The 3/5th Compromise
This event, led by the Sons of Liberty, took place at Boston Harbor
The Boston Tea Party
The main author of the Declaration of Independence
Who is Thomas Jefferson
Leader of the Continental Army
George Washington
This law required that a seal be placed on all paper goods in the colonies, beginning the calls for taxation without representation.
The Stamp Act
The Great Compromise came out of a dispute between these two groups over this specific issue
large states and small states; representation
Largely ignoring the regulation and commerce of the colonies is called
Salutary neglect
Anti-Federalists refused to consider ratifying the Constitution without the inclusion of this significant item
The Bill of Rights
After the American Victory at Saratoga, this country provided military and economic aid to the colonists, marking a turning point in the war.
France
George Washington surrendered at this location after his ill-fated scouting expedition.
Fort Neccesity
This group supported a stronger national government and ratifying the Constitution
The Federalists
In response to the acts, most people in the colonies partook in these
Boycotts
The purpose of the Federalist Papers
Answer antifederalist criticisms of the Constitution
sentiment that revered women as homemakers, the cultivators of good civic values in young citizens
What is Republican motherhood
With the Proclamation Line of 1763, the British forbid American colonists from settling west of which natural barrier?
Appalachian Mountains
This movement included a range of ideas centered on the pursuit of happiness, sovereignty of reason, and the evidence of the senses as the primary sources of knowledge and advanced ideals such as liberty, progress, toleration, fraternity, constitutional government, and separation of church and state.
The Enlightenment
Taxes imposed in 1767 on imports of paper, paint, lead, glass & tea.
Townshend Acts
This conflict demonstrated the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation and prompted the Constitutional Convention
What is Shays' Rebellion
No permanent alliances
Stay out of European affairs
No political parties
Avoid regionalism/sectionalism
Ben Franklin unveiled this plan to unite the colonies during the War
The Albany Plan of Union
This pamphlet was influential in convincing many Americans that the colonies should declare their independence from Britain
Common Sense
List all four parts of the Coercive/Intolerable Acts
Closed Boston Harbor until the tea was paid for
Revoked Mass. Colony Charter
Quartering of British Soldiers
Quebec Act
This small uprising showed the power of the new government, under the Constitution, when the uprising was ended quickly.
Whiskey Rebellion
Small state proposal put forth during the Philadelphia convention proposing equal representation by state, regardless of population in a unicameral legislature.
What is The New Jersey Plan