Acts
to tax the importation of molasses from the West Indies.
What is the sugar act?
Commander in chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution. First President of
the United States under the U.S. Constitution.
Who is George Washington?
Imperial war between Britain and France for control of North America.
What was the French and Indian War?
Alliance between the Americans and French in war against Britain. France recognized U.S.
independence from Britain.
What was the Treaty of Alliance?
Secret organization formed in Boston in 1765 to oppose the Stamp Act. Best known for the
Boston Tea Party in 1773.
Who were the Sons of Liberty?
required the colonists to pay a tax, represented by a stamp, on various forms of papers, documents, and playing cards.
What was the stamp act?
Negotiated the treaty ending the American
Revolution and attended the Constitutional Convention in 1787.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
Unsuccessful Indian rebellion led by an Ottawa chief named Pontiac against British Indian policy
in the Northwest Territory.
What was Pontiac's Rebellion?
Treaty that ended the American Revolution, securing American independence from Britain.
What was the Treaty of Paris?
17th century philosophical movement in Europe that emphasized reason and individualism rather
than tradition and faith.
What was the Enlightenment?
Stated that Great Britain would house its soldiers in American barracks and public houses.
What was the Quartering Act?
Chief author of the Declaration of Independence and governor of Virginia during the American
Revolution.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
As a protest against a British monopoly on tea, colonists disguised as Mohawk Indians boarded
three British ships and dumped a shipments of tea into Boston harbor.
What was the Boston Tea Party?
Treaty between the U.S. and Great Britain that ensured American neutrality in the British-French
war.
What was Jay's Treaty?
Free people govern themselves without a king through elected representatives of the people.
Who were the Republicans?
Granted the British East India Company Tea a monopoly on tea sales in the American colonies.
What was the Tea Act?
His work in creating the U.S. Constitution and the Bill of Rights has earned him the title "father of the Constitution."
Who is James Madison?
Battle between British soldiers and American "Minutemen" outside Boston that began the
American Revolution.
What was the Battle of Lexington and Concord?
The U.S. agreed to pay northwestern Indians for the land that later became the state of Ohio.
What was the Treaty of Greenville?
The convention to write a new constitution for the United States met from May through
September in 1787.
What was the constitution convention?
Parliament initiated taxes on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea.
What were the Townshend Acts?
First Secretary of the Treasury who funded the national debt through excise taxes, tariffs, and the
sale of western land.
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
Battle that marked the turning point of the American Revolution, convincing France to aid the
American cause.
What was the Battle of Saratoga?
Treaty between the U.S. and Spain that that defined the boundaries between the U.S. and
Spanish colonies and granted the U.S. navigation rights on the Mississippi River.
What was Pinckney's Treaty?
A league of five (later six) Iroquois nations that was a powerful force influencing French, Dutch,
and British policy in the northeastern colonies for over 200 years.
What was the Iroquois Confederation?