PRE-WAR
This was a British government policy where Parliament didn't strongly enforce trade regulations in the American colonies.
What was Salutary Neglect?
These are two significant battles of the Revolution, one in 1777 and the other in 1781; the first was a turning point in the war for the Americans and the second effectively ended the fighting of the Revolution.
What were the Battle of Saratoga and the Battle of Yorktown?
He proposed the Financial plan that included the excise tax on Whiskey.
Who was Alexander Hamilton?
These essays were published to defend and support the Constitution so it could get ratified by the states.
What were the Federalist Papers?
This formal declaration was issued by Washington in 1793 to keep the U.S. out of warfare in Europe.
What was the Neutrality Proclamation?
A Parliamentary Act in 1766 in response to Stamp Act Backlash; it said that the Parliament could tax the colonies with the same authority that it taxed Britain.
What was the Declatory Act?
This pamphlet criticized the injustice of being ruled by a king, and argued that Americans needed to create a new government for the people to rule themselves.
What was Common Sense?
He was a Boston politician who criticized taxation without representation, and founded the Boston Committee of Correspondence in 1772.
Who was Samuel Adams?
This act gave more definition to the structure of the Judiciary Branch. It set 6 SCOTUS judges and organized the system of courts beneath the Supreme Court.
What was the Judiciary Act of 1789?
This treaty, signed in 1794, was an unpopular negotiation between Britain and America that avoided war during the European conflict between France, Britain, and Spain.
What was Jay's Treaty?
This was a political group that opposed the British Parliament and engaged in several protests leading up to the Revolutionary War.
Who were the Sons of Liberty?
What was the Olive Branch Petition?
This man united political factions amongst Democratic Republicans during the Election of 1800.
Who was Aaron Burr?
This was an incriminating commissioner's report about a diplomatic meeting between French and U.S. diplomats.
This treaty, signed in 1795, negotatiated trading rights and a commercial relationship between the U.S. and Spain.
What was Pinckney's Treaty?
This was a result of the Boston Tea Party, which was a protest involving throwing tea into the Boston Harbor.
What was conservtive merchant allyship?
This was the first major battle of the Revolution, fought in June of 1775; it helped spur other colonies to the revolutionary cause even though the British won.
What was the Battle of Bunker Hill?
He was a French minister who caused a diplomatic crisis in America during the European conflict in 1793.
Who was Edmond-Charles Genêt?
This document defined how Northwestern territory would be transferred from the government to indvidual owners; it made standardized land surveys to reduce boundary disputes and encourage expansion.
What was the Land Ordinance of 1785?
This treaty, also known as the Treaty of Mortefontaine, ended the Quasi-War between France and America in 1800.
What was the Convention of 1800?
This specific act was part of the Intolerable Acts, designed to punish colonial defiance. (name one and/or what it did)
What was the...?
1) Boston Port Bill (closed harbor)
2) Massachusetts Government Act (limited government)
3) Administration of Justice Act (protected British officials)
4) new Quartering Act (gave troops unoccupied buildings)
This battle, taking place Christmas of 1776, was George Washington's first success in open field battle. It's often remembered by the portrait of George Washington crossing a river.
What was the Battle of Trenton?
Often called the penman of the Revolution, this man was an author of many revolutionary documents, including the Articles of Confederation.
Who was John Dickinson?
These were two plans sent by Jefferson and Madison in opposition to the Alien and Sedition Acts. They argued that states had a right to "nullify" federal laws that exceeded constitutional power.
What were the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions?
Hamilton was deeply concerned about a potential war with Britain in 1794 for this reason.
What is the reason that war with Britain would end English imports and threaten Hamilton's financial system?