Road to Revolution
This 1765 law required colonists to buy special paper for legal documents.
What is the Stamp Act?
This document, adopted July 4, 1776, declared American independence.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
The first battles of the American Revolution took place here.
What are Lexington and Concord?
This rebellion showed the weakness of the Articles of Confederation.
What is Shays’ Rebellion?
He was the first president under the Constitution.
Who is George Washington?
This slogan reflected colonial resentment of British taxes.
What is “No taxation without representation”?
He was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This 1777 victory convinced France to ally with the U.S.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
This 1787 meeting produced a new Constitution.
What is the Constitutional Convention?
These were the first two political parties.
What are the Federalists and Democratic-Republicans?
The 1770 event where British soldiers killed five colonists.
What is the Boston Massacre?
This Enlightenment thinker influenced Jefferson with ideas of natural rights.
Who is John Locke?
The final major battle of the war.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
This plan favored large states; representation based on population.
What is the Virginia Plan?
He led the Democratic-Republicans and opposed the national bank.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
These acts were passed to punish Boston after the Tea Party.
What are the Coercive (Intolerable) Acts?
These were the three natural rights listed in the Declaration.
What are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?
He was the commander of the Continental Army.
Who is George Washington?
This compromise created a bicameral legislature.
What is the Great Compromise?
This controversial set of laws targeted immigrants and limited speech.
What are the Alien and Sedition Acts?
This 1754–1763 conflict led Britain to tax the colonies to repay war debt.
What is the French and Indian War?
This document governed the U.S. before the Constitution.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
This treaty officially ended the war.
What is the Treaty of Paris (1783)?
This compromise counted enslaved people partially for representation.
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise?
This 1794 uprising challenged Washington’s authority.
What is the Whiskey Rebellion?