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| 7470369702 | The French and Indian War | 1754-1763 War between French and British in American colonies part of 7 years war |  | 0 |
| 7470369703 | The Proclamation of 1763 | British Parliament ruling, colonists not allowed to settle past Appalachian mountains |  | 1 |
| 7470369704 | Stamp Act | 1765 direct tax on a stamp that must be put on official documents, paper goods, etc. |  | 2 |
| 7470369705 | The Coercive (Intolerable) Acts | 1774 a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea Party, including closing the port of Boston, allowing for quartering of British soldiers, and the rescinding of Massachusetts charter. |  | 3 |
| 7470369706 | Common Sense | political arguments, written in 1776, by Thomas Paine, encouraging the people of the Colonies to fight for independence from England. |  | 4 |
| 7470369707 | The Declaration Of Independence | 1776 document written by colonist elites to British King and Parliament stating reasons for independence, including complaints against British rule and the King |  | 5 |
| 7470369708 | Battle of Saratoga | a turning point in the war; a decisive victory by the Americans over the British led to a formal Franco-American alliance and French entry into the war |  | 6 |
| 7470369710 | Treaty of Paris, 1783 | ended the American Revolutionary War, recognizing the American colonies as an independent country |  | 7 |
| 7470369711 | Articles of Confederation | First form of government for the new United States - created an alliance between the 13 states with no strong central government; strong state governments working independently leads to economical problems and failure |  | 8 |
| 7470369712 | The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 | Land in Northwest is divided into 5 territories (Michigan, Illinois, Ohio, Wisconsin, Indiana) that could apply for statehood, equal to the 13 original states; slavery outlawed here. |  | 9 |
| 7470369713 | Shay's Rebellion | an armed uprising against perceived economic and civil rights injustices in Massachusetts in 1786; an unsuccessful attempt to seize its weaponry and overthrow the government that revealed weaknesses of Articles of Confederation. |  | 10 |
| 7470369714 | The Constitutional Convention | Created a government focused more on a central national power and less on states; 3 branch government that share powers with each other and states, limiting each other's power. |  | 11 |
| 7470369715 | Boston Massacre | incident in 1770 in which British troops fired on and killed American colonists |  | 12 |
| 7470369716 | George Washington | Commander of the Continental Army; President of the Constitutional Convention; First President of the United States 1789-1797 |  | 13 |
| 7470369717 | Loyalists | American colonists who remained loyal to Britain and opposed the war for independence |  | 14 |
| 7470369718 | The Federalists papers | a collection of 85 articles and essays written (under the pseudonym Publius) by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay promoting the ratification of the United States Constitution. |  | 15 |
| 7470369719 | Federalists | Supported the ratification of the constitution with a strong central government |  | 16 |
| 7470369720 | Anti federalists | Against ratification of the constitution |  | 17 |
| 7470369721 | The Bill of Rights | First ten amendments of the constitution; Written by James Madison in response to calls for greater constitutional protection for individual liberties, it lists specific prohibitions on governmental power. |  | 18 |
| 7470369723 | Alexander Hamilton | offered an economic plan that created a centralized bank (First Bank of the United States), imposed trade tariffs and exise taxes, and had the federal government assume all of the states' debt. |  | 19 |
| 7470369724 | Thomas Jefferson | Author of the Declaration of Independence; supported states rights, and followed a more explicit interpretation of the Constitution with strict limitations on federal government. |  | 20 |
| 7470369725 | Washington's farewell address | urged Americans to avoid excessive political party spirit and geographical distinctions. In foreign affairs, he warned against long-term alliances with other nations. |  | 21 |
| 7470369726 | XYZ Affair | After John Adams became president in March 1797, he dispatched a three-member delegation to Paris, France in an effort to restore peace between the two countries. Once the diplomats arrived overseas they tried to meet with France's foreign minister, informed instead that in order to see him they first would have to pay him a hefty bribe and provide France with a large loan, among other conditions. Congress subsequently authorized various defense measures, including the creation of the Department of the Navy and the construction of warships. Then, in July 1798, it authorized American ships to attack French vessels, launching an undeclared naval war that came to be referred to as the Quasi-War. | 22 | |
| 7470369727 | Alien and Sedition Acts | Passed in response to the French foreign threat also included severe repression of domestic protest; included new powers to DEPORT foreigners as well as making it harder for new IMMIGRANTS to vote. |  | 23 |
| 7470369728 | Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions | Idea of nullification; argued since the Constitution was written by sovereign states, they had the the power to declare that federal laws not authorized by the Constitution. to be unconstitutional and void. |  | 24 |
| 7478342796 | Olive Branch Petition | An offer of peace sent by the Second Continental Congress to King George lll; pledged loyalty but also made clear their grievances |  | 25 |
| 7478344943 | Whiskey Rebellion | 1794 protest of farmers in Pennsylvania against taxes on liquor made and sold in the U.S.; rebellion put down by troops led by President George Washington. |  | 26 |
| 7478344322 | "No taxation without representation" | a phrase, generally attributed to James Otis about 1761, that reflected the resentment of American colonists at being taxed by a British Parliament to which they elected no representatives; became an anti-British slogan before the American Revolution; also, "Taxation without representation is tyranny." |  | 27 |
| 7478346608 | Boston Tea Party | Protest led by Sons of Liberty against the Tea Act of 1773; colonists dressed as native americans, boarded british ship, dumped tea into sea |  | 28 |
| 7478350184 | Battles of Lexington/Concord | The Battles of Lexington and Concord were the first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War; marked the outbreak of armed conflict between the Kingdom of Great Britain and its thirteen colonies in America. |  | 29 |
| 7478350992 | Sugar Act | law placing a tax on sugar, molasses, and other products shipped to the colonies |  | 30 |
| 7478354317 | Townshend Acts | A tax that the British Parliament placed on leads, glass, paint and tea; The laws of 1767 that extended Britain's economic and legal control over the colonies |  | 31 |
| 7478363378 | Battle of Bunker Hill | In 1775, first major battle of the revolution; Moral Victory of the Colonists militia successfully drove back a superior British Army |  | 32 |
| 7478365420 | Battle of Yorktown | The final battle of the American Revolution |  | 33 |
| 7478366251 | Bank of the United States | established in 1791 to serve as a repository for federal funds and as the government's fiscal agent; needed because the government had a debt from the Revolutionary War, and each state had a different form of currency |  | 34 |
| 7683152494 | Patriots | supporters of independence |  | 35 |
| 7683157921 | James Madison | The father of the constitution; wrote the Bill of Rights |  | 36 |
| 7683163744 | John Adams | first vice president and second president of the United States |  | 37 |
| 7683177980 | Quasi- War | Undeclared war between in United States and France in the late 1790's |  | 38 |
| 7683190834 | Three-Fifths Compromise | was the solution to the problem of how to count slaves for state representation; 60% of slaves will count towards population in the house of representatives and for purposes of taxation | 39 |
