Road to Revolution
This religious revival movement in the 1720s-1760s encouraged colonists to question traditional authority and defend religious freedom as a natural right.
What was the Great Awakening?
This pamphlet, published in January 1776, convinced most colonists to support independence from Britain.
What is Common Sense?
This 1786-87 rebellion exposed the weakness of the Articles of Confederation and prompted the Constitutional Convention.
What is Shays's Rebellion?
In 1789, voting rights were generally restricted to men of this race who owned this.
What are white men who owned property?
This man served as the first President of the United States from 1789-1797.
Who is George Washington?
This enslaved African man introduced smallpox inoculation to the American colonies.
Who was Onesimus?
Thomas Jefferson wrote this document, which was adopted on July 4, 1776.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
The Constitution established these three branches of government to create checks and balances.
What are the executive, legislative, and judicial branches?
This 1790 law explicitly limited citizenship to "free white persons," institutionalizing racial discrimination.
What is the Naturalization Act of 1790
This Secretary of the Treasury created a five-part financial program to establish economic stability and position America as a major power.
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
These four British tax laws restricted colonial economic freedom and led to the rallying cry "No Taxation Without Representation."
What were the Sugar Act, Currency Act, Stamp Act, and Townshend Acts?
This famous December 1776 military action boosted American morale after earlier defeats.
What is Washington's crossing of the Delaware (or the Battle of Trenton)?
This term is used to describe a Legislature with two houses.
What is bicameral?
These four groups were systematically excluded from citizenship and political rights despite the promise of equality.
Who are enslaved Black Americans, free Black Americans, Native Americans, and women
In 1794, Washington led 13,000 troops to suppress this rebellion by Pennsylvania farmers protesting a tax.
What is the Whiskey Rebellion?
In 1764, violent riots erupted in Boston when wealthy colonists attempted to do this with inoculation hospitals, sparking demands for equitable access to disease immunity.
What is monopolize (or restrict access to) inoculation?
The Declaration of Independence listed many grievances against King George III particularly regarding these Acts intended to punish Massachusetts.
What are the Coercive/Intolerable Acts?
This compromise counted enslaved people as this fraction of a person for representation and taxation purposes, giving Southern states more political power.
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise?
This 1795 treaty forced twelve tribes to cede most of Ohio and Indiana and established an annuity system giving the federal government ongoing control over indigenous affairs.
What is the Treaty of Greenville
In his Farewell Address, Washington warned against these three dangers to the young nation.
What are sectionalism (regional divisions), political partisanship, and foreign entanglements?
According to scholar Andrew Wehrman, the colonists' demand for widespread, subsidized inoculation represented an early form of this type of justice and democratic principl
What is radical egalitarian justice?
This September-October 1777 American victory convinced French King Louis XVI to formally support the American cause with military aid and naval power.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
These first ten amendments to the Constitution, ratified in 1791, guaranteed fundamental freedoms and due process protections.
What is the Bill of Rights?
This legal doctrine placed women under their husbands' complete legal authority, denying them independent legal rights.
What is coverture?
During John Adams's presidency, this 1797-1798 scandal involved French officials demanding bribes from American negotiators and escalated into the Quasi-War.
What is the XYZ Affair?