Revolution Roots
This document limited the power of the English King and established important principles like the right to trial by jury.
What is the Magna Carta?
This pamphlet by Thomas Paine passionately argued for American independence from British rule in language all could comprehend.
What is Common Sense?
This event during the American Revolution saw the Continental Army endure a harsh winter with significant losses.
What is Valley Forge?
This plan, proposed by large states, called for a strong national government with a bicameral legislature based on population.
What is the Virginia Plan?
This collection of essays, written under the pseudonym "Publius," argued in favor of the ratification of the Constitution.
What are the Federalist Papers?
This British policy of relaxed control over the colonies allowed them to develop a degree of self-governance.
What is Salutary Neglect?
This group of colonial leaders, including John Adams and Benjamin Franklin, drafted the Declaration of Independence.
Who are the Committee of Five?
This 1783 treaty officially ended the American Revolution, recognizing the United States as an independent nation.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
This plan, proposed by small states, called for a unicameral legislature with equal representation for all states.
What is the New Jersey Plan?
This group of individuals opposed the ratification of the Constitution, fearing it would create a powerful national government that would threaten individual liberties.
Who are the Anti-Federalists?
This phrase summed up the colonists' opposition to British taxes, arguing that they had no representation in Parliament.
What is "No Taxation Without Representation"?
The Declaration of Independence is primarily based on the ideas of this Enlightenment philosopher.
Who is John Locke?
This term refers to a series of violent compains of Native Americans following the end of the American Revolutionary War.
What is the "Bloody Year"?
This compromise resolved the dispute between large and small states by creating a bicameral legislature with a House of Representatives based on population and a Senate with equal representation for all states.
What is the Great Compromise (or Connecticut Compromise)?
This document, added to the Constitution to appease Anti-Federalist concerns, guarantees a number of fundamental rights to citizens.
What is the Bill of Rights?
This conflict between Britain and France for control of North America led to increased British debt and a more assertive imperial policy towards the colonies.
What is the French and Indian War?
This section of the Declaration of Independence outlines the colonists' anger against King George III.
What is the "List of Grievances" (or Section II)?
This military and financial assistance from this nation played a crucial role in the American victory in the Revolutionary War.
What is the support of France?
This compromise addressed the issue of slavery for the purposes of representation and taxation.
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise?
This group was led by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay.
Who are the Federalists?
This act prohibited colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains, angering colonists who sought to expand westward.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
This topic was removed from the Declaration of Independence due to Southern opposition.
What is the clause condemning the slave trade?
This battle marked the end of the fighting between American and British forces in the American War for Independence.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
This event highlighted the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation by demonstrating the weakness of the national government to effectively maintain control.
What is Shays' Rebellion?
This noteable delagate wrote the Bill of Rights.
Who is James Madison?