Revolution
The Continental Army ___________ the Battle of Brooklyn.
lost
The Treaty of Paris, the treaty that ended the Revolution, was signed in ______.
1783
What's one thing the Articles of Confederation did successfully?
1. Allowed the US to sign a treaty with France
2. Allowed the US to fight and win a war
3. Allowed the US to sign the Treaty of Paris
Jay's Treaty kept the US out of war with ______________.
England
Alexander Hamilton and ___________ couldn't stand each other.
Thomas Jefferson
Why was the Battle of Brooklyn not a complete disaster?
George Washington fled in the night, saving most of his soldiers.
Shay's Rebellion took place in ________.
Western Massachusetts/Springfield, MA
Virginia Plan and New Jersey Plan
Washington’s Neutrality Proclamation of 1793 enraged _________________
Republicans; Jeffersonians; Jeffersonian Republicans; Democratic-Republicans; Thomas Jefferson
At the Constitutional Convention, Federalists and big states supported the __________________
Virginia Plan
The Battle of ________, where Washington rowed across the Delaware the morning after Christmas, was the Continental Army's first important victory.
Trenton
In Shay's Rebellion, _______ closed down courts so the money they owed couldn't be collected.
poor farmers
What is the idea behind Separation of Powers?
Split the government into three parts so no one part has too much power.
Name one thing about the Alien and/or Sedition Acts.
1. The Alien Acts gave the president the ability to deport any dangerous foreign person
2. The Sedition Act limited free speech
________________ was the nation's first Vice President.
John Adams
Why was the Battle of Saratoga significant?
The French joined the war.
Shay's Rebellion proved that the ___________ were not a strong enough form of government.
Articles of Confederation
What is Federalism?
A form of government that splits power between a strong central government and state (or regional) governments.
What was the Great Compromise (aka The Connecticut Compromise) at the Continental Congress?
It gave us three branches of government, one of which, the legislative, which is split into two parts, the house and the senate, the representation of the prior based on population, the latter a fixed number.
_____________ wrote the Bill of Rights and the Virginia Plan. He was also our fourth president.
James Madison
What effects did the American Revolution have on the rest of the Atlantic World?
It triggered a number of revolutions, primarily:
1. The French Revolution, where the people wrote their own version of the Declaration
2. The Haitian Revolution, where the enslaved plantation workers overthrew French and English colonizers.
The 1.________ Rebellion occurred because, as part of 2.____________ economic plan, the government taxed the 1.(same as the first blank) made in 3.________________.
1. Whiskey
2. Hamilton's
3. Pennsylvania
BONUS
How was the rebellion put down?
What are the 3 branches of the Unites States Government? What are the main responsibilities of each?
Legislative: made up of the House and the Senate; make laws, ratify treaties
Judicial: supreme court; interprets laws
Executive: President and their cabinet; declare war, sign treaties, veto
What was the 3/5 Compromise and why did the Continental Congress create it?
The 3/5 Compromise decided that enslaved people would count for 3/5 of a person in terms of representation. This made both the northern states, who wanted to get rid of slavery, and the southern states, who had high slave populations, happy.
____________________ was a member of the Mohawk Tribe and a Loyalist who fought for Great Britain during the American Revolution.
Chief Joseph Brant