Vocabulary Foundations
John Locke's idea that all people are born with basic rights.
What are Natural Rights?
1770 event used as propaganda/symbol of oppression.
Boston Massacre
Washington's advice to steer clear of permanent alliances.
What is Washington's Farewell Address?
Settled the dispute between the VA and NJ plans.
What is the Great Compromise?
Group that opposed the Constitution without a Bill of Rights.
What are the Anti-Federalists?
Supreme power or authority of a state to govern itself.
What is sovereignty?
Turning point victory that brought French aid.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
Strategy to avoid taking sides in European wars.
What is Neutrality?
The first U.S. government system that gave states more power.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
Group that favored a stronger national government.
What are Federalists?
Differing in sentiment or opinion; taking form in rebellion.
What is dissent?
Final major battle leading to British surrender.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
Domestic rebellion testing federal authority under Washington.
What is the Whiskey Rebellion?
Hamilton proposal criticized by Jefferson as unconstitutional.
What is the National Bank?
Intellectual movement emphasizing human reasoning.
What is the event known as Englightenment?
This term refers to individuals who supported the Revolutionary War effort and wanted complete independence from British control.
What are Patriots?
This 1803 land acquisition doubled the size of the United States, but forced President Jefferson to stretch executive power beyond a strict reading of the Constitution.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
This foreign policy strategy was established by George Washington to avoid taking sides in ongoing conflicts between European nations.
What is Neutrality?
Established after the French and Indian War, this geographic boundary restricted American colonists from moving west past the Appalachian Mountains.
What is the Proclamation Line of 1763?
In her 1776 letter "Remember the Ladies," Abigail Adams urged John Adams to limit the legal power of this specific group in the new code of laws.
Who are husbands?
These are the two Enlightenment concepts that form the basis of John Locke’s philosophy that all people are born with basic protections government must honor, and that colonists used to justify rebellion.
What are Natural Rights and Dissent?
This physical geographic feature allowed combined American and French military forces to successfully surround and blockade the British army by land and sea in 1781.
What is a coastal peninsula (at Yorktown)?
In his 1796 Farewell Address, George Washington issued explicit warnings to the nation against these two major internal and external dangers.
What are political parties and permanent foreign alliances?
Weak central authority and a heavy emphasis on state sovereignty were the primary characteristics of this first system of American government.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
The contrast between the ideals of the Declaration of Independence and Abigail Adams's letter highlights this broader theme about early American liberty.
What is the exclusion or selective application of rights to marginalized groups (like women)?