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100
The belief that to amass power, a country needed to keep its entire supply chain within its own possession; from raw materials to finished export.
What is mercantilism
100
This famous event was used to protest an act that actually made tea less expensive, and was much less festive than its name implies.
What was the Boston Tea Party?
100
Organized by this man, the appropriately named Committees of Correspondence were used to keep up the momentum of the revolution, and establish guidelines for the new nation.
Who was Samuel Adams?
100
This series of battles caused Great Britain to put economic pressure on the colonies, what many believe caused the Revolutionary War
What is the Seven Years' War
100
Washington's men spent a brutal winter in this place, where they had scarce supplies and little food.
What is Valley Forge?
200
This was the colonist's agreement that they would use only products made in the colonies, depriving Britain of the chance to make money off their tariffs and taxes.
What were the nonimportation agreements.
200
At this meeting in 1775, all thirteen colonies met in order to draft messages to the king, create a navy, an army, and raise funds.
What is the Second Continental Congress.
200
Called the Mad King, this man is still reviled by Americans today
Who was King George III?
200
The poet Emerson refers to the battle in these two towns in the lines: By the rude bridge that arched the flood, Their flag to April's breeze unfurled, Here once the embattled farmers stood, And fired the shot heard round the world.
What was the Battle of Lexington and Concord?
200
This was a precursor to the First Amendment
What is the Virginia Statute for Religious Freedom?
300
This term describes what happened to the relationship between the government and what was formerly the Church of England.
What is disestablished?
300
This event was the only time the Electoral College has ever unanimously selected their choice
What is the Presidential drafting of George Washington?
300
These Germanic mercenaries were fierce warriors, but considered somewhat of a disappointment given their tendency to desert in preference for life in the Americas.
What are Hessians?
300
This battle was the final straw for the British King, when 1500 colonists were able to withstand a frontal assault of 3000 British soldiers by picking them off until their gunpowder finally depleted, and they withdrew from their vantage point.
What is the Battle of Bunker Hill?
300
This Treaty resolved the conflict with the Native Americans in the North, in a manner in which the Americans gained land, but the Natives retained hunting rights to the land.
What is the Treaty of Greenville
400
This describes what resolved the conflict between the Federalists and Anti-Federalists in order to resolve representation in Congress.
What is the Great Compromise?
400
This trial established precedent for judicial review.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
400
This man's selection as general of the American army was largely political, though it ended up fortuitous in more ways than expected.
Who was George Washington?
400
This woody Battle was one in which the British earned the wrath of the Native Americans by failing to shelter them as they retreated from the Americans.
What is the Battle of Fallen Timbers?
400
This Revolution was a peaceable exchange of political power from one party to another that was remarkable because of the extreme hostility between the two parties that didn't end in bloodshed.
What is the Revolution of 1800
500
this practice by the British of kidnapping sailors into their Navy was outrageous to the Americans, and contributed to the War of 1812
What is impressment?
500
This rebellion was one in which the new nation was able to exercise it's new federal army, and former patriot Washington was quick to silence any rumblings of revolution.
What was the Whiskey Rebellion?
500
This man authored a pamphlets advocating a transition to a 'republic' and is credited with enflaming the American public into declaring their independence from the monarchy.
Who is Thomas Paine?
500
This series of battles was begun when the British continued to foment conflict between the Native Americans and the United States.
What is the war of 1812?
500
This group was guided by Sacajawea and led by Meriweather Lewis and William Clark.
What is the Corps of Discovery?