Unit 0

Articles of Confederation

America's first government with a weak central government and strong state power

Great Compromise

Created a bicameral Congress: House by population, Senate equal

Federalists vs Anti-Federalists

Federalists supported strong central gov; Anti-Feds wanted strong states and a Bill of Rights

Shays' Rebellion

Farmer uprising showing the weakness of the Articles

Salutary Neglect

Britain loosely enforced laws, allowing colonial self-government

Declaration of Independence

Explained why colonies broke from Britain; listed grievances

Intolerable Acts

Punitive laws after Boston Tea Party that united colonies

Boston Tea Party

Protest against taxation without representation

Boston Massacre

British soldiers killed colonists, increasing anti-British sentiment

French and Indian War

Britain vs France; led to debt and colonial taxation

Proclamation of 1763

Limited westward expansion to avoid Native conflict

3/5 Compromise

Counted enslaved people as 3/5 of a person for representation

Jamestown

First permanent English settlement

Bill of Rights

Guaranteed individual freedoms; key Anti-Federalist demand