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| 14745319437 | The French and Indian War | 1754-1763 War between French and British in American colonies part of 7 years |  | 0 |
| 14745319438 | The Proclamation of 1763 | Line drawn by British Parliament, colonists not allowed to settle past Appalachian mountains |  | 1 |
| 14745319439 | Stamp Act | 1765 direct tax on a stamp that must be put on paper, office documents, etc. |  | 2 |
| 14745319440 | The Coercive Acts | 1774 intolerable acts |  | 3 |
| 14745319441 | Common Sense | 1776 pamphlet written by Thomas Paine to get people to want independence |  | 4 |
| 14745319442 | The Declaration Of Independence | 1776 document written by colonist elites to British King and Parliament stating independence and what all was wrong with British rule and the King |  | 5 |
| 14745319443 | Battle of Saratoga | Head to head battle between the British and Americans in country side, Americans win by a lot and show they have a chance |  | 6 |
| 14745319444 | French American Alliance | Formed after battle of Saratoga when Americans proved to French they can win and French are allies because they want to damage an age old enemy |  | 7 |
| 14745319445 | Treaty of Paris | 1783 ended the American Revolutionary War Granted the land British gave Indians as American land now American colonies recognized as their own independent country |  | 8 |
| 14745319446 | Articles of confederation | First form of government A lot of weaknesses No strong central government Strong state governments Causes economical problems and failure |  | 9 |
| 14745319447 | The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 | Land in Northwest is divided into 5 states (Michigan, Illinois, Ohio, Wisconsin, Indiana) they are all seen as equal to the 13 original states Reach a certain pop you can apply for statehood and be part of congress and slavery was outlawed |  | 10 |
| 14745319448 | Shay's Rebellion | 1786 farmers debt rebellion agriculture depression, economical failure and 2 out of 3 were being sued |  | 11 |
| 14745319449 | The Constitution | New format of government focuses more on a central national power and less on states 3 branch government that limit each other |  | 12 |
| 14745319450 | Federalism | One central power over all |  | 13 |
| 14745319451 | The Great Compromise | New Jersey and Virginia plans together and create the senate and House of Representatives senate equal vote house of rep by population |  | 14 |
| 14745319452 | The Three-Fifths compromise | Slaves count as population for vote in congress 3 slaves for every 5 white were counted |  | 15 |
| 14745319453 | The Federalists papers | Essays written by Federalists to get people to ratify the constitution plubis |  | 16 |
| 14745319454 | Anti federalists | Against ratification of the constitution |  | 17 |
| 14745319455 | The Bill of rights | First ten amendments of the constitution |  | 18 |
| 14745319456 | George Washington's presidency | 1st president formed the cabinets 2nd term strictly followed constitution left office to tell everyone they needed to be unified established framework of Supreme Court and how they will be decided judiciary |  | 19 |
| 14745319457 | Hamilton | Tackle debt- grant money back to people, national bank create national government, manufacturing establish tax revenue |  | 20 |
| 14745319458 | Jefferson | Wanted state governments against Hamilton 3rd president vice under John Adams voting process not fix yet and he got 2nd place |  | 21 |
| 14745319459 | Washington's farewell address | Unity and against foreign policies |  | 22 |
| 14745319460 | XYZ Affair | 3 agents from France try to bribe Americans who came as ambassadors to see the rulers of France common in Europe but Americans took offense and John Adams published what happened for all Americans to see decreasing support of republicans because they are Franco files | 23 | |
| 14745319461 | Alien and Sedition Acts | Sedition- speaking false against congress or president Alien- allow president to prison or deport suspicious foreign during war Cut of increase of republicans |  | 24 |
| 14745319462 | Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions | Idea of nullification Legislatures that constitution was written by sovereign states so they could revoke the unconstitutional laws |  | 25 |
| 14745319463 | Compact Theory of Government | The laws of the states are supreme when in conflict with the laws and actions of the federal government. | 26 | |
| 14745319464 | Articles of Confederation | 1st Constitution of the U.S. 1781-1788 (weaknesses-no executive, no judicial, no power to tax, no power to regulate trade) | 27 | |
| 14745319465 | Patriots/Whigs | American colonists who were determined to fight the British until American independence was won. Many of whom were lawyers and merchants. | 28 | |
| 14745319466 | Federalist Papers | A collection of 85 articles written by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison under the name "Publius" to defend the Constitution in detail. | 29 | |
| 14745319467 | Whiskey Rebellion | In 1794, farmers in Pennsylvania rebelled against Hamilton's excise tax on whiskey, and several federal officers were killed in the riots caused by their attempts to serve arrest warrants on the offenders. In October, 1794, the army, led by Washington, put down the rebellion. The incident showed that the new government under the Constitution could react swiftly and effectively to such a problem, in contrast to the inability of the government under the Articles of Confederation to deal with Shay's Rebellion. | 30 | |
| 14745319468 | Tecumseh and the Prophet | Two Shawnee brothers that welded a far-flung confederacy of all the tribes east of the Mississippi. Their actions were in response to the flood of western-bound settlers, and resulted in Indian unity and cultural revival. The death of the brothers ended the hope of an Indian confederacy. | 31 | |
| 14745319469 | Impressment | British practice of taking American sailors and forcing them into military service | 32 | |
| 14745319470 | War of 1812 | A war (1812-1814) between the United States and England which was trying to interfere with American trade with France. | 33 | |
| 14745319471 | Virginia Plan | "Large state" proposal for the new constitution, calling for proportional representation in both houses of a bicameral Congress. The plan favored larger states and thus prompted smaller states to come back with their own plan for apportioning representation. | 34 | |
| 14745319472 | New Jersey Plan | A constitutional proposal that would have given each state one vote in a new congress | 35 | |
| 14745319473 | Embargo Act of 1807 | This act issued by Jefferson forbade American trading ships from leaving the U.S. It was meant to force Britain and France to change their policies towards neutral vessels by depriving them of American trade. | 36 | |
| 14745319474 | Macon's Bill No. 2 | 1810 - Forbade trade with Britain and France, but offered to resume trade with whichever nation lifted its neutral trading restrictions first. France quickly changed its policies against neutral vessels, so the U.S. resumed trade with France, but not Britain. | 37 | |
| 14745319475 | Marbury v. Madison | This case establishes the Supreme Court's power of Judicial Review | 38 | |
| 14745319476 | Judiciary Act of 1801 | a law that increased the number of federal judges, allowing President John Adams to fill most of the new posts with Federalists | 39 | |
| 14745319477 | Chesapeake Affair (1807) | Conflict between Britain and the United States that precipitated the 1807 embargo. The conflict developed when a British ship, in search of deserters, fired on the American Chesapeake off the coast of Virginia. | 40 | |
| 14745319478 | Kentucky Resolution | written by jefferson; introduced nullification; states have right to judge laws made and if be, declare laws null and void | 41 | |
| 14745319479 | John Adams (1797-1801) | Federalist Sedition Acts Alien Laws XYZ Affair Served 1 Term | 42 | |
| 14745319480 | James Madison | "Father of the Constitution," Federalist leader, and fourth President of the United States. | 43 |
