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French and Indian War
American Revolution
Articles of Confederation
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Early Years of the Republic
100
This territory was claimed by both the French and the British and conflict here ultimately led to the French and Indian War.
What is the Ohio Valley?
100

These 3 words make up one of the core issues dividing the colonists and the British prior to the American Revolution. It even rhymes!

What is taxation without representation?

100
These two branches of government did not exist under the Articles of Confederation.
What are the Judicial and Executive branches?
100
This is where 55 delegates from 12 states met to revise the Articles of Confederation.
What is Philadelphia?
100
This man was the first Secretary of the Treasury and devised a financial program that helped to put the United States on secure financial footing as well as strengthened the ties between states and the central government.
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
200

This man led an expedition into the Ohio Valley to reassert British claims over the region.

Who is George Washington?

200
This act required a tax on all printed items, from college diplomas, court documents, land titles, and contracts to newspapers, almanacs, and playing cards.
What is The Stamp Act?
200
The lack of power to do this, led to a fiscal crisis where the central government was nearly bankrupt by 1780.
What is the power to tax?
200
This plan called for equal representation of all states in a unicameral legislation.
What is the New Jersey Plan?
200
This kerfuffle was in response to Hamilton's excise tax on alcohol.
What is the Whiskey Rebellion?
300

This plan proposed one general government be formed in America that includes all of the colonies to help the British counter French Expansion. This plan was ultimately rejected by the colonies. 

What is the Albany Plan of Union?

300

This person wrote Common Sense, a pamphlet that inspired support for American independence.  

Who is Thomas Paine?

300
This established the principle that territories could become states as their populations grew.
What is the Northwest Ordinance of 1784.
300
This plan called for the "supremacy of national authority," and based representation in the lower house of a bicameral legislature on population.
What is the Virginia plan?
300

This scandal in which the French demanded bribes from the U.S. rocked John's Adam's presidency and contributed to disputes between the Federalists and Democratic Republicans. 

What is the XYZ Affair?

400
The French and Indian War is also known as this.
What is the Seven Years War?
400
Kerfuffles at these two towns are often thought of as the beginning of the American Revolution.
What is Lexington and Concord?
400

In order to change the Articles of Confederation, this type of vote was needed.

What is unanimous?

400

This clause was part of the Commerce Compromise. It required all state to aid in the return of an enslaved person.

What is the Fugitive Slave Clause?

400
This man was responsible for getting the Alien and Sedition Acts passed and was the only Federalist president.
Who is John Adams?
500
This granted Britain the following territories: French Canada, all French territory east of the Mississippi River, Spanish Florida and recent conquests in Africa and India.
What is the Treaty of Paris, 1763?
500
American victory at this battle led to a military alliance with France.
What is the battle of Saratoga?
500
This conflict in Massachusetts was about exorbitant tax increases that caused mobs of angry farmers to close the courts to prevent foreclosure on their farms.
What is Shay's Rebellion?
500
These were a series of essays written in New York advocating for the ratification of the Constitution.
What are the Federalist Papers?
500

This agreement between Britain and the U.S. required Great Britain to remove its troops from the Northwest Territory, but favored British interests in maritime and trade disputes.

What is Jay's Treaty?