Chapters 5,6,7,8,and 9 - 2 - 6 weeks test in History
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- The Alien and Sedition Acts
- John Adams strongly disagreed with his political party over what
- Nathan Hale
- What patriot schoolteacher lost his life in an attempt to provide Washington with information about British activities in New York?
- Iroquois
- What Indian conferderation supported the British.
- Convention of 1800
- President John Adams avoided all-out war with France signing what agreement
- Paul Revere
- Made a famous ride through the countryside of Massachusetts.
- Philadelphia, Independence Hall
- In what city and buliding did the delegates meet and devise the new Constitution
- Older than all of the constitutions of other nations
- The Constitution of the United States How old
- Tariff
- Charge on imported goods
- Articles of Confederation
- Plan that created only a legislative body for governing the nation
- Goerge Washington
- Led Virginian forces and acted as an aide to the British in the French and Indian War.
- Treaty of Paris
- The War for Independence officially ended with the signing of this document.
- Electoral College
- What system did the Constitution devise to elect a president
- Common Since
- What pamphlet helped to convince colonists that America should separate from Britian?
- Federalists Papers
- Supporters of the Alien and Sedition Acts
- Bill of Rights
- Guarantees that were added the Constitution
- Northwest Ordinance of 1785
- Organized western land sells
- Mercenaries
- Soldiers for hire
- Tories
- Another name for Loyalists
- Proclomation of 1763
- Forbade colonial settlement west of the Appalachians.
- Fort Pitt
- What iss the British remane Fort Duquesne after they captured it?
- 3/5 Compromise
- What was the name of the compromise that settled the issue of the counting of slaves for representation
- Contenential Army
- American Troops
- Thomas Jefferson
- Who was John Adams's vice president
- New Jersey and Virginia Plans
- What two plans were merged to form the Great Compromise
- Fort Ticonderoga
- Ethen allen and Benedict Arnold joined forces to capture the fort.
- Congress
- Who has the power to declare war
- Federalsits and Anti - Federalists
- What were the names given to those who favored and those who oppose the acceptance of the Constitution
- Amendment XVIII Prohibition
- Which amendment was eventually repealed
- "No Taxation For Representation
- What became the rallying cry of the colonists that opposed the new taxes Parliament implemented?
- Patriots
- Those who wanted Independence
- July 4th 1776
- When was the Declaration of Independence approved by the Contenential Congress?
- Privateers
- Armed merchant ships
- Issue copyrights and patents
- What is the one thing the presidnet does not do
- Navigation and Trade Acts
- Regulated colonial trade with other colonies and with foreign nations.
- Second Contenential Congress
- What meeting convened in Philadelphia in 1775 to send the Olive Brach Petition to the King and prepare for War?
- Thomas Jefferson
- Who was the primary author of the Declaration of Indenpendence?
- Cencus
- A count of the population
- John Marshall
- Who was not part of Goerge Washingtons cabinet
- Samuel Adams
- Urged protest against British actions in Massachusetts.
- Intolerable Acts
- A series of acts, such as closing the port of Boston, designed to punish unruly Massachusetts.
- Determine the number of representatives each state is allowed to have
- The cencus is necessary in oder to do what
- Committee of Correspondence
- Taxed the work of the colonial businessmen, particularly the lawyers and printers.
- Ohio River Valley
- The settlement of what valey was cause for the French and Indian War?
- Edward Braddock
- British general who was defeated near Fort Duquesne.
- Partick Henry
- Who said "Give me liberty or give me death"
- Naturalization
- The gaining of citizenship
- Northwest Ordinance of 1787
- Contained the means of adding new states to the Union
- Inauguration
- Taking the oath of office
- The Federalists Papers
- An attempt to persuade states to ratify the Constitution
- Four-Year Terms
- How long fo the members of the House of Representatives
- Ratification
- The giving of formal approval to certain documents
- A tax on Whiskey
- In 1794, western Pennsylvania farmers became upset over what
- Democratice-Republican Party
- Thomas Jefferson and those who agreed with him