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Causes of the American Revolution
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100
This left the British in severe debt which led them to institute taxes on the colonies.
What is the French and Indian War?
100

The first government of the United States, this established a weak central government

What are the Articles of Confederation?

100

Name one of Washington's cabinet members.

Thomas Jefferson - Secretary of State; Alexander Hamilton - Secretary of Treasury; Henry Knox - Secretary of Defense; and Edmund Randolph - Attorney General

100

These people can impeach the President.

What is the House of Representatives?

100

The first successful British colony.

What is Jamestown?

200
This was written to persuade people that independence was deserved by the colonies.
What is Common Sense by Thomas Paine?
200

This compromise led to the formation of a bicameral legislature.

What is the Great Compromise?

200

Vice President under George Washington

Who is John Adams?

200

The qualifications to be on the Supreme Court.

What is none?

200

Two early forms of democracy in the colonies; one is document and the other is a group that meets.

What are the Mayflower Compact and the Virginia House of Burgesses?

300
This action attempted to prevent the colonists from settling west of the Appalachian mountains.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
300

The "Father of the Constitution," he was the author of the basic plan of government that the Constitution adopted.

Who was James Madison?

300
The Judiciary Act of 1789 established this.

What is the Federal court system?

300

The qualifications to become President.

What are being born in the U.S., 35 years old and a resident for 14 years?

300

The most obvious example of colonial propaganda in the years before the revolutionary War.

What is the Boston Massacre?

400
These two towns saw the first shots of the Revolutionary War.
What were Lexington and Concord?
400

This compromise gave Southern states more seats in Congress.

What is the 3/5 Compromise?

400
Hamilton's compromise urging southern states to help pay the war debt of northern states led tot he creation of this capital city.

What is Washington, D.C.?

400

This person breaks tie votes in the Senate.

Who is the Vice President?

400

The one major accomplishment under the Articles of Confederation.

What is the Northwest Ordinance?

500
This victory helped encourage the French to enter the war on the side of the colonies.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
500

George Mason of Virginia proposed this protection of individual rights.

What is the Bill of Rights?

500

Hamilton is best known for proposing this to George Washington.

What is the 1st National Bank?

500

The yearly speech given by the President to Congress and the American people.

What is the State of the Union Address?

500

The 3rd President of the United States.

Who is Thomas Jefferson?