Revolutionary People & Events
Inventor, Diplomat, Delegate to the 1st and 2nd Continental Congress, Philadelphia Gazette
Who is Ben Franklin
This was a direct tax, on legal documents, newspapers, playing cards, and so forth as a way to raise revenue in the colonies for the protection of a standing British army.
What is The Stamp Act
The Battle of Saratoga is considered to mark the turning point of the Revolutionary War because it secured this.
What is French financial and military support.
Concern over the state of Massachusetts inability to put down an insurrection by this man led many state leaders to believe that the Articles needed to be "revised"
Who is Daniel Shays
This state's plan called for a strong federal government, which included a bicameral legislative branch with proportional representation, an executive branch, and a judicial branch.
What is Virginia.
Widespread religious movement that appealed to a sense of personal liberty and religious tolerance.
What is the Great Awakening
This was the one British import tax on the colonies that was not repealed in the Townshend Acts.
What is the tax on tea.
In early 1776, this made a public & persuasive case for independence, which had not yet been given wide-spread, serious intellectual consideration in either Britain or the American colonies.
What is Thomas Paine's publication, "Common Sense".
In order to Amend (change) the Articles of Confederation, this many states needed to agree to the amendment.
What is all the states (13/13)
This provided additional representation in the House of Representatives of slave states.
What was the three-fifth's compromise.
This patriot group was instrumental in the boycott movements as they spearheaded domestic production efforts.
Who are the Daughters of Liberty.
Hated judicial institutions set up by the British to cut down on colonial smuggling and reinforce British authority over the trade between the colonies and Britain.
What are vice-admirality courts
The 2nd Continental Congress met in Philadelphia, on May 10, 1775, with representatives from 12 of the 13 colonies, after the Battles of Lexington and Concord. They approved a Continental Army, appointed George Washington to lead it. They also made this one final attempt at a peaceful resolution.
What is the Olive Branch Petition?
This was act was considered to be the greatest accomplishment of the Confederated Congress under the Articles of Confederation, especially regarding organizing new US territories.
What is the Northwest Ordinance of 1787
Roger Sherman, a Connecticut Delegate, proposed the "Great Compromise" which created this.
What is a bi-cameral Congress (2-house legislature), one chamber based on population, the other on equal representation
The Ottawa chief who, in response to colonist encroachment on Native lands, organized an alliance of tribes to raid and attack British forts and colonial outposts in North Western territories; leading to the Royal Proclamation of 1763
Who is Pontiac
This action gave Parliament the full authority to make laws for the colonies "in all cases whatsoever".
What is Declaratory Act
This Prussian officer is credited with the "making" of Washington's army at Valley Forge into an actual, disciplined fighting force.
Who is Baron Von Steuben
The Articles of Confederation lacked the tenants of this foundational governing theory (based on British Whig theory) that called for a system where authority was dispersed among separate institutions.
What is the theory of mixed government.
To secure ratification in this pivotal state, Federalists promised to support a Bill of Rights after ratification, swaying moderates like John Hancock and tipping the balance in favor of the Constitution.
What is Massachusetts?
An early American advocate for women's rights, this woman's essays (most notably "On the Equality of the Sexes") were important to the post-Revolution "Republican Motherhood" movement.
Who is Judith Sargent Murray.
As part of the Coercive Acts (aka the "Intolerable Acts") of 1774, this particular section protected British officials from being tried in colonial courts by sending them back to Britain or Canada for trial.
What is the Administration of Justice Act
The First Continental Congress passed and signed this as part of it's Declaration and Resolves, especially as an agreement of "non-importation, non-consumption, and non-exportation".
What is the Continental Association.
A meeting of states in 1786, primarily to address the economic issues; though it was here where Alexander Hamilton (among others) formally called for a special convention to amend the weak Articles of Confederation, which they would get in 1787.
What was the Annapolis Convention.
Under the "Commerce Compromise", the Constitution would state that Congress could regulate interstate commerce and foreign trade. However, they could not do this.
What is they could not tax exports.