Unit 2- History

What Act of Parliament was a punishment for the Boston Tea Party?

Intolerable Act

What idea called for the colonies to unit against France?

Albany Plan of Union

What is a tax on domestic products made in America?

Excise tax

At what battle were the Americans told “wait until you see the whites of their eyes”

Bunker Hill

Who was the second President of the US and the only Federalist elect

John Adams

What battle was the turning point in the Revolutionary War that led to a treaty with France?

Saratoga

What idea separates responsibilities and duties between local, state, and federal government?

Separation of Power

What Act of Congress increased the residency requirement for immigrants to become citizens?

Alien Act

What Act of Congress created the means for surveying and dividing western lands?

Land Ordinance of 1785

What political party favored a strong federal government, were loose constructionists, and featured Alexander Hamilton?

Democratic-Republicans

Who was the first Secretary of the Treasury and created the Bank of the US?

Hamiltion

What document served as the initial constitution for the US?

Articles of Confederation

Who was the British ge eral that surrendered at Yorktown?

Cornwallis

What agreement combined the Virginia and New Jersey Plans for the design of the legislative branch?

Great Compromise

Who was the commander of the Continental Army and unanimously elected first President?

George Washington

What term means the kidnapping of sailors and forced enlistment in the enemy navy?

Impressment

What group was not fond of the Constitution and called for the Bill of Rights to be included?

Anti-ferderalists

What cabinet job did Edmund Randolph have under George Washington?

Attorney General

What German soldiers fought for the British army and were defeated by Washington at Trenton?

Hessians

What program created by Alexander Hamilton was disliked by strict constructionists?

Band of United States

In what event did the French government insult the US and demand a bribe for a meeting?

XYZ Affair

What Act of Parliament lowered the tax on molasses but increases taxes on other items and enforcement?

Sugar Act

Who led a confederation movement of Native Americans against the British during the French and Indian War?

Pontiac

What cabinet department is in charge of national defense and the military?

Department of War (defense)

What pamphlet written by Thomas Paine inspired the Declaration of Independence?

Common Sense

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence, served as the first Secretary of State, and hated Alexander Hamilton?

Jefferson

What phrase was the motto of the Albany Plan of Union?

Join or die

What was the meeting of delegates in Philadelphia during the Revolutionary War?

Continental Congress

At what battle did the British surrender the war after being trapped on a peninsula?

Yorktown

What Act of Parliament required Americans to provide food and shelter for British soldiers

Quartering Act

What Act of Parliament taxed glass, lead, paper, paint tea

Townshend Acts

During what event did the Federalist party die?

Revolution of 1800

Who was the ruler of England during the Revolutionary War?

King George II

At what event didi the Sons of Liberty destroy British East India Company property on December 16, 1773?

Boston Tea Party

Who created the Albany Plan of Union?

What protest group organized the boycott of British goods?

Sons of Liberty

What conflict took place in America from 1754-1763?

French and Indian War

What Constitutional Plan called for a unicameral legislature with equal representation and liked by small states?

New Jersey Plan

In what Act of Parliament did England declare its right to tax the colonies?

Declaratory Act

In what document did Washington provide four do-nots to the American people upon his retirement?

Farewell Address

What term means to refuses to ratify an Act of Congress?

Nullification

What cabinet department is in charge of foreign affairs?

Department of State

What idea prevents one branch of government from having too much power over the others?

Checks and balances

What conflict in Pennsylvania of farmers angry about an excise tax led President Washington to ride into combat?

Whiskey Rebellion

What Boston protest group led by Samuel Adams and organized the Boston Tea Party?

Sons of Liberty

What group served as a communication network between colonies in the years leading up to the Revolutionary War?

Committees of Correspondence

What Act of Parliament prevented Americans from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains?

Proclamation of 1763

Who was the president of the Continental Congress and the first to sign the Declaration of Independence?

John Hancock

What was the meeting of delegates in Philadelphia in 1787 to amend the Articles of Confederations?

Constitutional Convention

What term means a tax on imported goods?

Tariff

At what event were 5 civilians shot by the British on March 5, 1770?

Boston Massacre

What documents were written in protest to Alien & Sedition Acts in an attempt to nullify them?

Virginia & Kentucky Resolutions

What Act of Congress created the Supreme Court and federal courts?

Judiciary Act of 1789

Who was the first martyr of the Revolutionary War, killed at the Boston Massacre?

Crispus Attcuks

What battle is know as the “shot heard ‘round the world’”

Lexington & Concord

What was the apology letter and request to end taxes sent by the Continental Congress to KG3 that he rejected?

Olive Branch Petition

What document served as a break up letter between the colonies and England sign on July 4, 1776?

Declaration of Independence

The first 10 Amendments

Bill of Rights

What were the members of the American army called at the start of the Revolutionary War?

Minutemen

What constitutional Plan called for a bicameral legislature with the number of representative bases on population?

virgina plan

What Act of Parliament required all paper good to be stamped?

Stamp Act

What Act of Congress created the requirement for future states to join the union and outlawed slavery in 5 territories?

Northwest Ordinance of 1787

What political party favored states’ rights, were strict constructionists, and featured Thomas Jefferson and James Madison?

Federalists

What cabinet department is in charge of finances and taxes?

Department of Treasury

What conflict in Massachusetts of angry farmers led to the call for a Constitutional Convention?

Shays’ Rebellion

What Act of Congress threatened punishment for those who publish negative information about the government?

Sedition Act

What agreement ended the French & Indian War and later ended the Revolutionary War?

Treaty of Paris

What plan called for a fraction of state’s slaves to be added to the free population of representation?

3/5 Compromise

What term means to remove or take away a law or policy?

Repeal

For what battle did Washington cross the Delaware to surprise the Hessians on Christmas Eve?

Trenton