Colonial Rights & Grievances
Mobilizing the Revolution
Post-War Issues
Society & Ideology
Building a Nation
100
The famous slogan colonists used to protest paying taxes when they had no voice in the British Parliament.
"No taxation without representation."
100
Pictures, posters, or articles designed to push a specific political view and convince people to take a side.
Propaganda
100
A 1786 rebellion of poor Massachusetts farmers who fought back against high taxes and losing their farms.
Shays' Rebellion.
100
The early political party led by Alexander Hamilton that favored a strong national government, a national bank, and an economy based on trade and industry.
The Federalists (or Federalist Party).
100
The very first plan of government for the United States, which failed because the national government was too weak.
The Articles of Confederation.
200
The 1773 act of protest where Patriots dressed as Native Americans boarded British trading ships and dumped 342 chests of tea into the harbor.
The Boston Tea Party.
200
An organized agreement where people refuse to buy, sell, or use goods from a country as a form of protest.
A boycott.
200
The 1787 law created under the Articles of Confederation that set up a step-by-step process for new western territories to become states and banned slavery in that region.
The Northwest Ordinance.
200
The early political party led by Thomas Jefferson that favored strong state governments, strict reading of the Constitution, and an economy based on small farmers.
The Democratic-Republicans.
200
The political group that spoke out against the new Constitution because they worried the national government would turn into a tyranny.
The Antifederalists.
300
The 1765 law that placed the first direct tax on printed paper items like newspapers, legal documents, and playing cards.
The Stamp Act.
300
The 1770 event in Boston where British soldiers shot into an angry crowd of colonists, killing five people.
The Boston Massacre.
300
The new government organization created by Alexander Hamilton to hold public tax money, issue paper money, and give loans to businesses.
The Bank of the United States (or National Bank).
300
The political idea that a government's power comes directly from the consent and approval of its people.
Popular sovereignty (or consent of the governed).
300
The list of guaranteed individual rights added to the Constitution to satisfy Antifederalist concerns.
The Bill of Rights.
400
The expensive war between Britain and France that left Britain in heavy debt and forced them to tax the American colonies.
The French and Indian War.
400
The secret Patriot group led by Samuel Adams that organized protests, dumped tea, and led boycotts against British rules.
The Sons of Liberty.
400
The 1794 armed protest by Pennsylvania farmers against a new federal tax, which President George Washington put down using the U.S. military to show federal power.
The Whiskey Rebellion.
400
The political philosopher whose Enlightenment ideas about natural rights (life, liberty, and property) inspired Thomas Jefferson when writing the Declaration of Independence.
John Locke.
400
The agreement at the Constitutional Convention that settled how enslaved people would be counted toward a state's population for representation in Congress.
The Three-Fifths Compromise
500
The 1763 order by King George III that banned American colonists from moving west past the Appalachian Mountains to prevent fights with Native Americans.
The Proclamation of 1763
500
The 1754 meeting called by British officials where Benjamin Franklin proposed uniting the colonies under one government to defend against the French.
Hint: 
The Albany Congress (or Albany Plan of Union).
500
The main reason the central government under the Articles of Confederation had trouble paying off its war debts.
Congress lacked the power to collect taxes directly from citizens or states.
500
The belief that mothers had an important job to teach their children how to be good, virtuous citizens of the new country.
Republican Motherhood.
500
The 1789 law passed by Congress that set up the federal court system and created the Supreme Court.
The Judiciary Act of 1789.