Politics and parties
The two political parties formed by the end of Washington's presidency
What are democratic-republican and Federalist?
Placed duties on foreign sugar and certain luxuries.
What was the Sugar Act?
New Englanders captured Louisbourg in Canada from the French, which they ended up returning at the end of the war for economic gains in India.
What was King George's war?
The author of the Declaration of Independence.
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
What was Enlightenment?
The documents inspired by republican ideals of the American Revolution
What are the Articles of Confederation
Colonists had to provide food and living quarters for British soldiers stationed in the colonies.
What was the Quartering Act?
1770, colonists were harassing British soldiers. The soldiers began firing upon them, killing 5 colonists.
What was the Boston Massacre.
1768, the main author of the Massachusetts Circular Letter.
Who was Samuel Adams?
The idea of believing in God, but God doesn't intervene with the universe after the creation of it.
The party that feared that a strong central government would be too overpowering.
What are Anti-Federalists?
The first direct tax that required most printed paper to have revenue tax.
What was the Stamp Act?
The treaty signed 1783, ending the American Revolution and recognizing the United States as an independent nation.
What was the Treaty of Paris?
The King of England during the American Revolution.
Who was King George III?
Not using religion to guide you; using human reason to understand the natural world.
What was Rationalism?
Congress make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting its free exercise. It protects freedom of speech, the press, assembly, and the right to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
What was the First Amendment?
A secret society organized to intimidate tax agents, sometimes even destroying revenue stamps.
Who were the Sons and Daughters of Liberty?
The British launched expeditions to capture Quebec from France, but failed. Native Americans supported the French and burned down British frontier settlements.
What was King William's War?
The future First Lady who advocated for female equality during the rise of Republican Motherhood.
Who was Abigail Adams?
A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine, advocating for the states to become independent from Britain.
What was Common Sense?
The first 10 Amendments.
What were the Bill of Rights?
Parliament asserted that they had to the right to make laws and tax in all cases whatsoever.
When Britain gained Nova Scotia and trading rights from the Spanish
What was Queen Anne's War?
Who were George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Alexander Hamilton, John Jay and James Madison?
The principle most states adopted of keeping religion and government seperate.
What was the Separation of Church and State?