3.2-3.3
This political cartoon featuring a snake segmented into parts labeled with different British colonies was created by Benjamin Franklin and included this famous call to arms
Join, or Die
Ideas stated in this document were heavily influenced by the Enlightenment principles of John Locke.
Declaration of Independence
This era pushed the general public to think logically and rationally, emphasizing the studying of science and human behavior rather than following traditional interpretations of the Bible.
The Enlightenment
The president's ability to veto laws passed by the legislative branch is an example of this principle.
Checks and Balances
This diplomatic scandal between the United States and France led to an undeclared naval war known as the Quasi-War.
XYZ Affair
Adopted by the Continental Congress on November 15, 1777, this document served as the United States' first constitution.
Articles of Confederation
This country pledged to be allies with the United States against Great Britain in order to maintain freedom and independence in the United States.
France
Author of Common Sense, he emphatically argued that the colonies should break all ties with the British monarchy.
Thomas Paine
The main base of support for this political party came mainly from the urban cities as well as the New England area. Its supporters were of the mind that the national government should be superior to the state government.
Federalists
This ideology believed that women were responsible for the early education of the boys who would someday become voting citizens.
Republican Motherhood
This act was largely ineffective in preventing western settlement, and served only to anger both settlers and the political elite who had invested in western land speculation.
Proclamation of 1763
This last major battle of the Revolution was strongly supported by French naval and military forces.
Battle of Yorktown
What authority did the Articles of Confederation give Congress?
(4 possible answers)
-Power to request money from the states and make appropriations
-Regulating the armed forces
-Appointing civil servants
-Declaring war.
This collection of documents written by James Madison, John Jay, and Alexander Hamilton was meant to encourage the ratification of the United States Constitution.
Federalist Papers
The men in this group used threats, protests, and acts of violence to intimidate loyalists and make their grievances clear to the British Parliament. The women bolstered the cause by upholding boycotts and fashioning homemade versions of products affected by non-importation agreements.
Sons and Daughters of Liberty
This agreement was developed by Benjamin Franklin and provided for an intercolonial government, a system for recruiting troops and collecting taxes from various colonies for their common defense.
Albany Plan of Union
In his influential writings, John Locke argues that if a government violates its people's natural rights, then it is the duty of the people to do what?
Overthrow/destroy the government and restore those rights.
This conflict was brought on by a monetary debt crisis at the end of the Revolutionary War
Shay's Rebellion
The 5th amendment provides this protection to citizens of the United States.
-Individuals do not have to testify against themselves
-Be prosecuted twice for the same crime
-Life, liberty, or property cannot be taken without due process of the law
In his farewell address, George Washington warned against the United States falling into this principle, which would become a driving factor of the Civil War.
Sectionalism
This dockworker of mixed African and American Indian heritage was among the 5 people killed in the Boston Massacre.
Crispus Attucks
Written by John Locke, this written work introduced the idea of a social contract and promoted the creation of a government that served to protect liberty and equality.
Two Treastises on Government
This first lady was a known confidant of her husband. The two would send letters to each other discussing various issues of the new republic.
Abigail Adams
This Amendment states that “The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people.”
10th Amendment
Why did President Adams vote to avoid war in responding to the XYZ affair?
He recognized that the U.S. Army and Navy were not yet strong enough to fight a major power.