Road to Rev
These were beneficial to colonists because they were paid subsidies for producing ships’ parts and stores, tobacco growers were guaranteed a monopoly of the British market for their crop and colonial trading ships were protected by the Royal Navy.
Navigation Laws
This arose in southwestern Pennsylvania when the federal government levied an excise tax on a beloved drink.
The Whiskey Rebellion of 1794
He wrote the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
This event convinced many Americans of the need for a stronger central government.
Shays' Rebellion
This agreement at the Constitutional Convention worked out an acceptable scheme for apportioning congressional representation
Great Compromise
When Parliament passed this Act, colonists suspected that it was a trick to get them to violate their principle of “No taxation without representation.
Tea Act
As President, Washington created the first cabinet, with these three positions.
Sec. of War, Treasury, and State
French officer who ultimately secured France’s assistance for the Colonials
Lafayette
This event led to a Quasi-War with France
The XYZ Affair
This ended the U.S. military alliance with France, ending all U.S. foreign entanglement for the next century
Convention of 1800
As the War for Independence began, Britain had the advantage of:
overwhelming national wealth and naval power
This was called to revise the Articles of Confederation
Continental Convention
A radical group that favored liberty and was influential in staging the Boston Tea Party
Sons of Liberty
This conflict known as Pontiac's Rebellion led directly to which British land policy?
The Proclamation of 1763
This established a procedure for admitting a new state to the union.
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
This initiative by the Continental Congress professed loyalty to the British Crown
Olive Branch Petition
The system whereby each branch of the government exercises some control on the others
Checks and Balances
Which leader had sympathy for the common people, wanted to pay off the national debt, was pro-French and purported universal education
Thomas Jefferson
This Battle, lead by Mad Anthony Wayne, ended Indian warfare in the Old Northwest
Battle of Fallen Timbers
In this, the British promised to evacuate the chain of forts in the Old Northwest.
Jay's Treaty
This group called for a complete boycott of British goods.
First Continental Congress
The1783 Treaty of Paris contained these provisions (at least 3):
the British recognize U.S. independence
the boundaries of the U.S. were from the Atlantic Ocean to the Mississippi River between the Great Lakes and Spanish Florida
that Americans cease persecution of Loyalists
America could have N. Atlantic fishing rights
This leader believed in privileges for the upper classes, a pro-British, potent central government and government support for business
Alexander Hamilton
One of the major criticisms of the Constitution as drafted in Philadelphia was that it
did not
provide guarantees for individual rights
Under this, the United States acquired free navigation of the Mississippi River
Pickney Treaty