ACTS
What act placed duties on foreign sugars to raise money for Britain?
Sugar Act (1764)
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What event was led by Chief Pontiac and Native American allies and was an attack against colonial settlements?
Pontiac’s Rebellion (1763)
What man was unanimously elected as the first President of the United States and warned against political parties in his Farewell Address?
George Washington
What year was the Declaration of Independence signed?
1776
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What act required colonists to give food and housing to British soldiers in the colonies?
Quartering Act (1765)
Which event led to the independence of the thirteen American colonies from Great Britain?
The American Revolutionary war (1775-1783)
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What U.S. president completed the Louisiana Purchase and sent Lewis and Clark to explore the new territory?
Thomas Jefferson
What was the pamphlet by Thomas Paine called that encouraged colonists to support independence from Britain?
Common Sense
What act punished colonies for the Boston Tea Party?
Intolerable Acts (1773)
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What event resulted from the intolerable acts and was where the colonists decided how to respond to Britain’s taxes?
First continental congress (1774)
What Federalist president passed the controversial Alien and Sedition Acts during his presidency and avoided war with France through diplomacy?
John Adams
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Who wrote the Federalist Papers?
Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay
What act affirmed parliament's right to tax colonists?
Declaratory Act (1766)
What event was an armed uprising led by Massachusetts farmers protesting economic injustice?
Shays Rebellion
Who was the first Secretary of the Treasury, a supporter of a strong central government, and the creator of a financial plan that included a national bank and federal assumption of state debts?
Alexander Hamilton
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What were the first two political parties in the U.S?
Federalists and Democratic-Republicans
What act prevented smuggling?
Townshend Act (1767)
What was the event in Philadelphia where delegates met to draft the U.S. constitution to replace the Articles of Confederation?
Constitutional Convention (1787)
Who served as Jefferson’s first vice president?
Aaron Burr
What law created the process for admitting new states from the Northwest Territory?
The Northwest Ordinance of 1787