Seeds of Rebellion
War which motivated the taxation that would breed the revolution
What is the French and Indian War?
1765 Act which taxed paper products
What is the Stamp Act?
1777 Battle, the turning point of the war
What is Saratoga?
1777 system of government formed with little centrality due to fear of repeating British tyranny, later repealed
What are the Articles of Confederation?
1794 Rebellion in Pennsylvania which challenged high excise tax
What is the Whiskey Rebellion?
Author who articulated colonial unity before the French and Indian War in his "Join or Die" cartoon
Who is Ben Franklin?
1774 Acts to punish for the Boston Tea Party
What are the Intolerable Acts?
Location of the "shot heard round the world"
What is Lexington?
Rebellion which motivated the repeal of the AOC
What is Shays' Rebellion
1796, warned of foreign entanglement and party divisions
Washington's Farewell Address
British Procalmation which enraged colonists by forcing them back from a certain westernmost line
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
1764 Act, first passed by Britain
What is the Sugar Act
1775 Battle which proved colonial ability
What is Bunker Hill?
Addition to the Constitution to ensure liberties were upheld
What is the Bill of Rights?
1795 Treaty to resolve conflict in the Atlantic and Northwest, criticized for being too lenient
What is Jay's Treaty?
Failed plan to unify colonies before the French and Indian War
What is the Albany Plan of Union?
1767 Act which established duties on glass, lead, paper, paint, and tea
What are the Townshend Acts?
1777-78 winter during which colonists were trained by Baron von Steuben
What is Valley Forge?
Only success of the AOC
What is the Northwest Ordinance?
Event which motivated the slogan "Millions for Defense, not a cent for tribute"
XYZ Affair
The first man killed in the 1770 Boston Massacre
Who is Crispus Attucks?
1766 Act meant to retain authority after the repeal of the stamp act
What is the Declaratory Act?
Last decisive victory of the revolutionary war
What is Yorktown?
Federalist financial plan which advocated increase of tariffs and a national bank
What is Hamilton's Financial Plan?
Treaty which allowed for American use of the Mississippi
What is Pickney's Treaty?