Road to Revolution
Which British measure most directly closed Boston Harbor as punishment for the Tea Party?
Boston Port Act (part of the Intolerable Acts)
Which group most pushed for a federal bill of rights in 1787 & 1789?
Anti-Federalists
Which Hamiltonian policy was designed to build U.S. creditworthiness?
Funding national debt at par and assuming state debts
Washington's Farewell Address most strongly warned against
Permanent political alliances with foreign nations
Which law created the rectangular survey system of townships and sections for public land sales?
Land Ordinance of 1785
After Parliament punished Boston in 1774, which trend most increased across the colonies?
Intercolonial solidarity via the First Continental Congress and nonimportation
Mercy Otis Warren (Anti-Federalist), criticisms of the new Constitution reflected fear of‚
Concentrated federal power threatening liberty
Which group most likely opposed Hamilton's financial program in the 1790s?
Western and southern small farmers
Which earlier action most closely followed Washington's guidance on foreign policy?
Issuing the Proclamation of Neutrality (1793)
Which policy is often cited as a key success of the Articles of Confederation government?
Administering the western territories through the land ordinances
What was the main imperial goal of the Proclamation Line of 1763?
Minimize frontier conflict with Native nations by restricting westward settlement
The First Amendment most directly addressed which broad concern in the ratification debates?
Protection of state and individual rights from federal overreach
Which position aligns with Hamilton's "Report on Manufactures" (1791)?
Encourage domestic industry with tariffs and targeted support
The Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions were written in response to which federal laws?
Alien and Sedition Acts
The township‚and‚ range grid primarily aimed to
Encourage settlement and raise revenue through orderly land sales
Why did many colonists resent the Proclamation of 1763?
They believed military service in the war had earned them access to western lands
Which historical context best frames the fiercest arguments in Warren’s pamphlet?
The state conventions debating whether to ratify the Constitution (1787 & 1788)
Which statesman most closely supported the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions theory of state nullification?
Thomas Jefferson
Controversy over whether to support the French Revolution in the 1790s most clearly illustrates‚
Partisan divisions over foreign policy and the scope of executive power
Which ordinance banned slavery north of the Ohio River while outlining statehood steps?
Northwest Ordinance of 1787
After 1763, Britain most commonly sought to finance the empire by‚
Raising revenue through new and enforced taxes in the colonies
Which political faction in the 1790s most embraced a stronger national government with broad implied powers?
Federalists
Which later development most directly challenged the idea that a state can void a federal law?
The principle of federal supremacy affirmed by the federal judiciary
Pinckney's Treaty (1795) granted Americans the right of deposit at which crucial port?
New Orleans
Which treaty clarified the western boundary at the Mississippi and eased Spain-U.S. tensions?
Pinckney's Treaty (Treaty of San Lorenzo)