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| 7904450823 | French and Indian War | War between French and British | 0 | |
| 7904451950 | Salutary Neglect | Great Britain "ignored" colonies and didn't enforce laws prior to French and Indian War | 1 | |
| 7904455803 | Pontiac's Rebellion | Group of Natives try to push British soldiers and settlers out of Great Lakes area after French and Indian War | 2 | |
| 7904472808 | Proclamation of 1763 | No colonists could move past the Appalachian Mountains | 3 | |
| 7904475240 | Sugar Act | Tax on sugar | 4 | |
| 7904477707 | Stamp Act | Tax on all stamps needed for mail and official documents | 5 | |
| 7904481421 | John Dickinson's Letter from a Farmer in Pennsylvania | Helped unite colonists against Townshend Acts | 6 | |
| 7904488671 | Boston Massacre | Altercation between Bostonians and British soldiers leaving 5 dead | 7 | |
| 7904494603 | Crispus Attucks | African American killed during Boston Massacre; "first" casualty of Revolutionary War | 8 | |
| 7904501625 | Committees of Correspondence | Groups of people throughout the colonies that could help spread news around | 9 | |
| 7904504873 | Boston Tea Party | Event in Boston where colonists dumped chests of tea into the harbor to protest Parliamentary actions | 10 | |
| 7904509705 | Intolerable Acts | Name given to a number of acts designed by Parliament to punish Massachusetts after the Boston Tea Party | 11 | |
| 7904516956 | First Constitutional Congress | Meeting to figure out what to do about the failing Articles of Confederation | 12 | |
| 7904519799 | Minutemen | Men that were ready to go fight for the colonies at any minute | 13 | |
| 7904521400 | Lexington and Concord | First battles of Revolutionary War | 14 | |
| 7904523119 | Second Continental Congress | Meeting where the Declaration of Independence was adopted | 15 | |
| 7904530120 | Thomas Paine | Writer of Common Sense | 16 | |
| 7904530121 | Common Sense | Pamphlet describing why it was necessary to break from Great Britain | 17 | |
| 7904531975 | Declaration of Independence | July 4, 1776; declared independence from Great Britain | 18 | |
| 7904534136 | Loyalists | Individuals living in the colonies that sided with Great Britain | 19 | |
| 7904538858 | Battle of Saratoga | Turning point in Revolutionary War; France decides to ally themselves with Colonists | 20 | |
| 7904540224 | Land Ordinance of 1785 | Articles of Confederation; allowed settlers to purchase titles to areas of land | 21 | |
| 7904546782 | Northwest Ordinance of 1787 | Law passed to regulate new Northwest Territory | 22 | |
| 7904552599 | Shays' Rebellion | Group of farmers rebel in Massachusetts over debt; final straw before trashing Articles of Confederation | 23 | |
| 7904558165 | Virginia Plan | Felt representation should be based on population | 24 | |
| 7904565432 | New Jersey Plan | Felt all states should have equal representation | 25 | |
| 7904568478 | 3/5ths Compromise | African Americans were counted as 3/5ths of a person | 26 | |
| 7904570582 | Federalists | Felt Constitution should be adopted; liked strong central government | 27 | |
| 7904576123 | Anti-Federalists | Wanted to revise Articles of Confederation; likes weak central government | 28 | |
| 7904579270 | Judiciary Act of 1789 | Established Supreme Court | 29 | |
| 7904582695 | Jay's Treaty | British soldiers left American forts; America paid of debts; angered Americans because we looked weak to Great Britain | 30 | |
| 7904596723 | Whiskey Rebellion | Rebellion against the first tax imposed by the federal government | 31 | |
| 7904601430 | George Washington | First president of US | 32 | |
| 7904602927 | XYZ Affair | Event with US and France where France demanded a bribe to meet about their impressment of American ships | 33 | |
| 7904608016 | Alien and Sedition Acts | Used to silence opposition and create stricter rules to become a US citizen | 34 | |
| 7904618438 | Treaty of Paris | Ended Revolutionary War | 35 | |
| 7904619964 | Articles of Confederation | First form of government in US after Revolutionary War | 36 | |
| 7904621930 | Constitution | New form of government that focuses on a central federal power; checks and balances | 37 | |
| 7904626673 | Great Compromise | Compromise between Virginia Plan and New Jersey Plan | 38 | |
| 7904628884 | Bill of Rights | First ten amendments of Constitution | 39 | |
| 7904661271 | Republican Motherhood | American mothers were tasked with raising patriotic children | 40 | |
| 7904681675 | Legislative Branch | Branch tasked with writing laws; Congress | 41 | |
| 7904683627 | Judicial Branch | Branch tasked with interpreting laws; Supreme Court | 42 | |
| 7904686126 | Executive Branch | Branch tasked with enforcing laws; President | 43 | |
| 7904690171 | Federalist Papers | Collection of 85 articles and essays written by A. Hamilton, J. Madison, and J. Jay promoting the ratification of the Constitution | 44 | |
| 7904697894 | Democratic-Republican Party | Party that believed in decentralized government; more agrarian-based | 45 |
