1754-1763

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Line drawn by British Parliament, colonists not allowed to settle past Appalachian mountains

1765 direct tax on a stamp that must be put on paper, office documents, etc.

These acts were laws that punished the colonists for the Boston Tea Party intended to make MA pay for its resistance >>closed down the Boston Harbor and forced citizens to shelter solders in their own homes

1776 pamphlet written by Thomas Paine to get people to want independence

1776 document written to King Charles stating independence with a list of grievances

Turning point of the American Revolution. It was very important because it convinced the French to give the U.S. military support.

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 >> British

1783 ended the American Revolutionary War

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First form of government

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Land in Northwest is divided into 5 states (Michigan, Illinois, Ohio, Wisconsin, Indiana)

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A 1787 rebellion in which ex-Revolutionary War soldiers attempted to prevent foreclosures of farms as a result of high interest rates and taxes

A system in which power is divided between the national and state governments

New Jersey and Virginia plans together and create the Senate and House of Representatives 2 senators per state and House depends on population

The document written in 1787 and ratified in 1788 that sets forth the institutional structure of the U.S. government and the tasks these institutions perform. It replaced the Articles of Confederation.

Slaves count as population for vote in congress

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First ten amendments to the Constitution; major source of civil liberties >> promised to Anti-Federalists to secure ratification of Constitution

1st president formed the cabinets >>2 term presidency >>strictly followed constitution

1789-1795; First Secretary of the Treasury. advocated creation of a national bank, assumption of state debts by the federal government, and a tariff system to pay off the national debt.

A movement in the 18th century that advocated the use of reason in the reappraisal of accepted ideas and social institutions.

English philosopher who advocated the idea of a "social contract" and also said people have natural rights to life, liberty and property.

Credited with starting the Great Awakening, also a leader of the "New Lights."

a religious movement that became widespread in the American colonies in the 1730s and 1740s

A delegate from Pennsylvania and proposed the "Albany Plan of the Union" as a way to strengthen colonies.

The movement to make slavery and the slave trade illegal. Begun by Quakers in England in the 1780s.

An act that raised tax revenue on foreign sugar imported from the West Indies.

The political theory that a class of persons is represented in a lawmaking body without direct vote.

Act forcing colonists to house and supply British forces in the colonies; created more resentment; seen as assault on liberties.

The centuries-old body of legal rules and procedures that protected the lives and property of the British monarch's subjects.

Act passed in 1766 after the repeal of the Stamp Act; stated that Parliament had authority over the the colonies and the right to tax and pass legislation "in all cases whatsoever."

A tax that the British Parliament passed in 1767 that was placed on glass, tea, paper, lead

A belief that ultimate power resides in the people.

Wrote the Declaration of Independence

Managed the colonial war effort, and moved incrementally towards independence - finally adopting the *Declaration of Independence* in 1776.

A radical political organization for colonial independence which formed in 1765 after the passage of the Stamp Act. later formed the Committees of Correspondence which continued to promote opposition to British policies towards the colonies.

(also known as Revolutionaries, Continentals, Rebels, or American Whigs) were those colonists of the Thirteen Colonies who rejected British rule during the American Revolution

Colonists who favored remaining under British control

A meeting in Philadelphia in 1787 that produced a new constitution

create the law and must pass both chambers by majority vote before it can become a law

The president and his cabinet carry out the law

Interprets the law and can declare laws unconstitutional

the lower legislative house of the United States Congress. Members are determined by population

Court case that established judicial review

In 1794, farmers in Pennsylvania rebelled against Hamilton's excise tax on whiskey, In October, 1794, the army, led by Washington, put down the rebellion unlike Shay's Rebellion.

1794- British and US agreed- British trade w/ Americans and the British leave Northwest territory

1795 - Treaty between the U.S. and Spain which gave the U.S. the right to transport goods on the Mississippi river and to store goods in the Spanish port of New Orleans

Urged Americans to avoid excessive political party spirit and geographical distinctions. In foreign affairs, warned against long-term alliances with other nations -

French officials presented American diplomats with a demand for bribes.

Series of four laws enacted in 1798 to reduce the political power of recent immigrants

Written by Jefferson and Madison, in response to the Alien and Sedition Acts; argued states had the power to declare federal acts unconstitutional. States Rights

This idea refers to the idealization of women in their roles as wives and mothers to raise virtuous citizens

undeclared war fought mostly at sea between the French Republic and the United States, caused by the signing of Jay's Treaty between the UK and the US

Jefferson's election changed the direction of the government from Federalist to Democratic- Republican, so it was called a "revolution."

A collection of 85 articles written by Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, and James Madison under the name "Publius" to defend the Constitution in detail.

Those favoring ratification of the Constitution and adoption of a strong federal government vs those opposed, feared the power of the national government

A supporter of a strong national government. Vs. A supporter of state liberties

a group that seeks to elect candidates to public office