Important People
Name two members of Washington's cabinet.
Who are Alexander Hamilton, Thomas Jefferson, and Henry Knox?
Name two ways the colonists became more unified and rebellious after the Seven Years' War.
Common experience of war, being looked down on my the British regulars, threat of French gone, saw how bad some British leadership was, etc.
Name this British violence due to riots over the Townshend Acts.
What is the Boston Massacre?
This document written by Thomas Paine convinced many colonists to rebel.
What is Common Sense?
Name and describe the two major Constitutional compromises.
The Great Compromise - split Congress into house with proportional representation and Senate with equal representation
The 3/5 Compromise - Slaves count as 3/5 of a person when it comes to the census and doling out House Seats.
This person went from France to America to help the Revolution at 19.
Who is Marquis de Lafayette?
Benjamin Franklin made this political cartoon at the start of the Seven Years' War.
What is Join or Die?
Name this Act that was repealed after boycotts. Double points if you can name the act it was replaced by.
What is the Stamp Act being repealed and replaced by the Declaratory Act?
Name the last major battle of the Revolutionary War, after which "the world turned upside down."
What is Yorktown?
Two things George Washington warned against in his farewell address that happened anyway.
What is getting mixed up in European affairs and forming political parties?
This person was the primary diplomat to France during the Revolutionary War.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
The Seven Years' War became a unifying factor for the colonists, causing them to be even more mad when this line was drawn. (Double points if you can name the cause of the line).
Rebels dressed up as natives when doing this rebellion.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
Name the battle that brought France in on the Patriots' side.
What is Saratoga?
Name these acts that made it harder to become a citizen, deported and jailed immigrants and made it illegal to speak out against the government. Double points if you can name the two state resolutions that nullified them.
What are the Alien and Sedition Acts, nullified by Kentucky and Virginia.
This person trained Revolutionary soldiers at Valley Forge
Who is Friedrich von Steuben?
Name 2 of the 3 wars that were clashes among different European powers in the colonies leading up to the Seven Years' War. Name all 3 for double points.
What are King William's War, Queen Anne's War, and the War of Jenkin's Ear/King George's War.
Name this British political party that inspired rebels and didn't like the monarchy.
What is the Radical Whig party.
Name the 4 advantages of the Revolution.
What is home turf, good leadership, inspiring cause, and French help?
Describe the XYZ affair and its ramifications.
This person is sometimes called Father of the Constitution for his work with the Federalist Papers and the Bill of Rights.
Who is James Madison?
Name the two important British generals in the colonies during the Seven Years' War.
Who are Braddock and Pitt?
Paul Revere (not really him but we pretend it was) called this phrase to warn those in Lexington and Concord.
The regulars are coming!
Name the 5 advantages of England in the Revolutionary War.
What are trained soldiers, strong navy, money, strong central government, and support of Loyalists & Natives?
Describe Jay's Treaty of 1793 and Pinckney's Treaty of 1795 and why they are NOT the same thing.
Jay's treaty was with the British and was hated because though it told them to retreat from the North, they didn't actually do it, and made no future promises of peace. They only half-heartedly paid for the merchant ships they'd attacked.
Pinckney's Treaty was with the Spanish and was liked because it gave the US access to the Mississippi River and New Orleans.