News and Foreign Affairs
This best seller convinced the colonists to move from their idea of reconciliation to that of independence.
What is Common Sense by Thomas Paine?
This was a direct result of Pontiac's Rebellion.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
This political party advocated for a stronger national government.
Who is the Federalist Party?
This person was the secretary of the Treasury.
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
These acts were meant to punish Bostonians and greater Massachusetts for their part in the Boston Tea Party.
What are the Coercive or intolerable acts?
The American Chief Justice left on a diplomatic mission to speak to England about impressing American sailors into English service. What was the outcome of his mission?
What is the Jay Treaty?
British regulars learned of a hidden colonial military cashe, and went to destroy them. This was the official beginning of the Revolutionary War.
What is Lexington and Concord?
This was America's first centralized government.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
This placed a revenue tax on all paper goods in the colonies.
What is the Stamp Act?
__________ warned against political parties, permanent alliances, not to be involved in European affairs, and to avoid sectionalism. Who said this, and what document/event houses this argument?
What is George Washington's Farewell address?
This piece originally was printed as a rally call to unite the colonists with the British. Later it was printed as a call to unite against the British.
What is Join or Die political cartoon?
This conflict was quelled by 15,000 state militiamen as a show of force. It helped the Americans feel confident in their new government.
What is the Whiskey Rebellion?
This government act made it illegal for newspapers and their editors to criticize either the President or Congress.
What is the Sedition Act?
This act was a tax on merchants for luxury goods being imported into America.
What is the Sugar/Revenue Act?
This was the peaceful change in power from the Federalist party to the Democratic-Republicans.
What is the Revolution of 1800 or Peaceful Resolution of 1800?
This group was created by Samuel Adams with the intent of keeping the Revolution alive by means of propaganda.
What is Committee of Correspondence?
This battle was the deciding factor for the French to publicly ally with the Americans in the American Revolution.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
While this system is connected to the Constitution, it was not originally created with the Constitution.
What are Amendments?
This was the event that destroyed 342 crates of merchandise in the harbor at Boston.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
This ended the American Revolutionary war, and the world had to recognize the United States as an independent nation.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
This foreign affair had the French asking for a bribe before they would even speak to American delegates.
What is the XYZ affair?
Washington forced the surrender of General Charles Cornwallis in America at this battle?
What is the battle of Yorktown?
Washington issued this order as a result of the French Revolution.
What is the Proclamation of Neutrality?
Taxation without representation became a slogan for the colonists. How did the British state the colonists were represented?
What is virtual representation?
While the Articles of Confederation had many issues, its main issue was that it could not impose ___________.
What are taxes?