The Rulers and the Ruled
Lepore begins this chapter by addressing a deerskin coat gifted to a Native American leader. What was his name?
Who is Wahunsenacawh?
Which global conflict set the stage for colonial rebellion by putting Britain deeply in debt?
What is the Seven Years' War (French and Indian War)
Which group organized boycotts and protests against British goods?
Who were the Sons of Liberty?
Who was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence?
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
Where did delegates meet in 1787 to draft the U.S. Constitution?
What is Philadelphia?
In the early colonies, who had the right to vote and hold office?
Who were white, land-owning men?
After the war, Britain began taxing the colonies. Name one of the early controversial taxes.
What is the Stamp Act, Sugar Act, Tea Act, etc.
Who authored Common Sense, calling for independence from Britain?
Who was Thomas Paine?
What were the self-evident truths in the Declaration of Independence?
What is all men are created equal, intitled to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness?
What compromise balanced representation between large and small states?
What is the Great (Connecticut) Compromise?
What system of labor did the Virginia colony rely on before slavery became widespread?
What is indentured servitude?
How did colonists justify their opposition to these taxes?
What is "no taxation without representation"?
According to Lepore, what role did women play in revolutionary resistance?
What is (are) boycotting goods, spinning homespun cloth, and writing political essays?
How does Lepore critique the Declaration’s famous claim that “all men are created equal”?
What is the exclusion of women, enslaved people, and indigenous people?
How did the Constitution handle the issue of slavery?
What is by counting enslaved people as three-fifths of a person for representation? (Three-Fifths Compromise)
What 1676 rebellion exposed class tensions between poor colonists and wealthy planters?
What was Bacon's Rebellion?
Which 1770 event became a powerful propaganda tool for colonial resistance?
What was the Boston Massacre?
Which 1773 event escalated tensions and led Britain to pass the Coercive Acts?
What was the Boston Tea Party?
Which early American battle convinced France to ally with the colonies?
What was the Battle of Saratoga?
Who wrote the Federalist Papers defending the Constitution?
Who were Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay?
How did Lepore describe the paradox of freedom and slavery in the colonies?
What is a contradiction? (Explain.)
Lepore argues that the Revolution began as much in the realm of ideas as in battle. What Enlightenment thinker most influenced American revolutionary thought?
Who was John Locke?
How does Lepore describe the “revolution within the revolution”?
What is the fight for equality by enslaved people, women, and the poor alongside the political revolution?
What was the main weakness of the Articles of Confederation, according to Lepore?
What is that the national government lacked power to tax, regulate trade, or enforce laws?
Why did Anti-Federalists oppose ratification of the Constitution?
What is a fear of a strong central government? (Limited states rights)