Social Science Flashcards
This man was the candidate for
the Democratic-Republican Party
in the second presidential
election.
Thomas Jefferson
This French commander helped Washington lead a Franco-American army during the Battle
of Yorktown.
Rochambeau
A guard of this number of British
soldiers appeared on Lexington
Common on April 19, 1775.
240
Algonquian peoples lived
alongside these three bodies of
water.
the Atlantic Coast, the St.
Lawrence River, and the Great
Lakes
This man built the first textile mill
in America.
Samuel Slater
Saint-Domingue was a colony of
this European country.
France
After the Royal Proclamation of 1763, only these individuals could purchase Native American lands.
royal officials
Federalists thought that this trend posed the greatest threat to the United States.
excesses of democracy
American Loyalists drafted this document to emphasize their subservience to Britain.
“A Declaration of Dependence”
Historians estimate that this number of Native Americans fought for the British during the
Revolutionary War.
13,000
This treaty established a “conditional and defensive” alliance between the Americans
and the French.
Treaty of Alliance
The first enslaved Africans in America arrived in this city.
Port Comfort, Virginia
In 1810, this number of African Americans were enslaved in the northern states.
thirty thousand
White slavers illegally imported African enslaved peoples from these two regions.
Spanish Florida and Mexico
Many Caribbean sugar plantation
workers came from this region.
Africa
Free African Americans faced discrimination from white workers for these two reasons
fear of job competition and
social integration
This man led the militia that shut down Shays’ Rebellion.
Benjamin Lincoln
Thomas Jefferson won this many votes in the 1786 presidential election.
sixty-eight
The Northwest Ordinance prohibited this system in the Northwest Territory.
slavery
This British ruler issued the Declaration of Independence.
Frederick, Lord North
The Stamp Act taxed these printed materials.
legal documents, magazines,
playing cards, newspapers,
contracts
This Revolutionary War
participant controlled the Mississippi Valley in 1779.
Spain
British troops killed this number of French soldiers at the Battle of Jumonville Glen.
ten
The Jay Treaty resolved these types of issues between Britain and America.
territorial issues from the Treaty
of Paris
The Albany Congress spanned
these dates.
June 19 to July 11, 1754
This number of British and Hessian troops surrendered on October 17, 1777, during the Battle of Saratoga.
6,222
This French military officer joined Washington’s army in the summer of 1777.
Marquis de Lafayette
This member of parliament disparaged “virtual representation” as “the most contemptible idea that ever entered the head of a man.”
William Pitt
Patriots and colonial leaders met
here for the First Continental
Congress.
Carpenter’s Hall in Philadelphia
This number of militiamen from
Concord intimidated the British
and forced them to retreat.
400
The land claims of this state became a contentious issue in the passage of the Articles of Confederation.
Virginia
The three group of crimes against George III describes these abuses.
violence and cruelty in fighting
against American subjects
The Albany Congress sought to
make a treaty with this Native
American organization.
the Iroquois Confederacy
This Patriot official served as the
spies’ contact within the Culper
Spy Ring.
Benjamin Tallmadge
Boston King and other formerly
enslaved people settled in these
two regions following evacuation
from the United States.
Nova Scotia and Sierra Leone
William Pitt served this government role when he took control of military operations in the Seven Years’ War.
Prime Minister
Jefferson pursued these three
presidential policies.
dismantling taxes, reducing
army and navy, paying off
government debt
This amendment protects the
right to bear arms.
the Second Amendment
This number of freed African
Americans lived in the North in
the 1770s.
a few hundred
Johnson served in this role,
which dealt with Native American
relations with Britain.
Superintendent of Indian Affairs
Native American tribes used
European glass beads and
copper ornaments for these
purposes.
religious ceremonies
Under the law of coverture,
women did not have rights to
these materials goods.
property or earnings
This Maine boarding school
educated women in reading,
writing, arithmetic, grammar,
composition, and geography.
Mrs. Remington’s Young Ladies
Boarding School
This man led the Friends of
Liberty.
Thomas Jefferson
This number of Democratic-
Republican newspaper editors
were arrested under the Sedition
Act.
twenty
Coastal Native American groups
originally welcomed English
settlers for this reason.
possibility of trade
Henry Knox and his men moved
this number of tons of cannons
and supplies during the Knox
Expedition.
60
New Jersey’s voting laws
allowed these two marginalized
groups the ability to vote.
women and African Americans
American defenders of this fort managed to withstand one of the final sieges by British, Loyalist, and Native forces in September of 1782.
Fort Henry
New Jersey gave voting rights to
all people who had resided in the
state for this duration of time.
twelve months
These two states were the last to
ratify the constitution.
North Carolina and Rhode
Island
This man was Alexander
Hamilton’s father-in-law and
would profit from federal
assumption of state debt.
Philip Schuyler
This number of American
soldiers were killed during St.
Clair’s Defeat.
six hundred and twenty-three
These five men made up the
Committee of Five.
John Adams, Thomas Jefferson,
Benjamin Franklin, Roger
Sherman, and Robert Livingston
This number of French soldiers
joined General Benjamin Lincoln
and his men to take back
Savannah.
4,000
These two states voted heavily in
favor to approve the Constitution
in their state conventions.
Pennsylvania and Connecticut
Mary Loker and Jane Goodenow
voted in this city to determine
access to livestock grazing.
Sudbury, Massachusetts
The free African American
population in Georgia and South
Carolina increased by this factor
between 1790 and 1810.
three
This Algonquian tribe fought
against colonizers in Virginia.
the Powhatan
This political body was the
provisional government of
Massachusetts following the
Intolerable Acts.
Massachusetts Provincial
Congress
The colonies rejected Benjamin
Franklin’s Albany Plan because
they wanted to project this type
of government.
colonial independent charters
Virginia issued this document to
argue that the Stamp Act was
unlawful.
the Stamp Act Resolves
Shays’ Rebellion and conflicts on
the western frontier made
American leaders advocate for
this policy change.
increased federal authority
General Gage secretly planned
to attack Patriot leaders and
supplies in these two colonial
towns.
Lexington and Concord
Territories that reached this
number of inhabitants could be
admitted to the United States as
new states.
sixty thousand
The Declaration of Rights ended
the rule of this British monarch.
James II
These two informants were
sisters of the Culper Spy Ring’s
leaders.
Sally Townsend and Mary
Underhill
Before the French Revolution,
France had this style of
government.
absolute monarchy
This state marked the western
boundary of enslaved labor in
1790.
Georgia
This state marked the western
boundary of enslaved labor in
1830.
Louisiana
Benedict Arnold became
disaffected with the Patriot cause
when he lost business in this
colony.
Connecticut
British forts near these two
locations suffered attack in
Pontiac’s War.
Fort Pitt and Fort Niagara
British allies in this nation fought
with France in continental
Europe.
Germany
Some states allowed the children
of enslaved people to be freed
on this birthday.
their twenty-fifth birthday
The cotton gin provided this
major advantage in the
cultivation of cotton.
separate cotton fibers from
seeds, remove cotton lint
A French mob attacked this
building during the early days of
French Revolution.
the Bastille prison
American revolutionaries held
this attitude towards the French
and Haitian revolutions.
thought they were too radical
and violent
Antifederalists supported this
style of government.
strong state government
States issued this form of
currency to address the shortage
of hard currency.
paper money
The Spanish authorized
American ships to enter this
previously blocked port.
Port of Havana
Washington’s farewell address
was delivered in this location.
Congress Hall in Philadelphia
Metacomet belonged to this
Algonquian tribe.
the Wampanoags
Crispus Attucks was killed in this
Revolutionary War event.
Boston Massacre
The Articles of Confederation did
not include these two branches
of government.
executive and judiciary
Following the retreat from the
North Bridge, the British
marched back to this colonial
city.
Boston
Sugar production relied on the
labor of enslaved Africans for
this reason.
labor-intensive production
This French admiral was also
known as Comte de Grasse.
François Joseph Paul
Between French and British
colonial holdings, this European
country’s colonial population
outweighed the other.
Britain
Great Britain’s colonies in North
America occupied this region.
the eastern seaboard
This nation built a chain of forts along the Allegheny River to protect its land and trading relations in the Ohio River Valley.
France
This movement was the first
major armed rebellion after the
formation of the United States.
Shays’ Rebellion
During this event, a snowball
fight between Boston residents
and British troops escalated into
armed conflict.
the “Bloody Massacre”
The British captured this number
of prisoners of war following the
Siege of Charleston.
5,000
These three documents
influenced Thomas Jefferson’s
draft of the Declaration of
Independence.
the preamble to the Virginia
constitution, the Virginia
Declaration of Rights, Locke’s
Declaration of Rights
George Washington instructed
this military leader to subdue the
Western Confederacy.
Major General Anthony Wayne
American bargainers used these
tools to steal land from Native
Americans.
liquor, bribes, threats
In a letter to his wife, John
Adams equated Independence
Day with this other day.
the Day of Deliverance
The British continued their march
to this town following the Battle
of Lexington.
Concord
The Tea Act allowed the British
East India Company to charge a
tea tax of this amount.
three pence
This region was known for its
tobacco production in the United
States.
the Chesapeake region
The Sons of Liberty threw this
number of tea chests into the
Boston Harbor during the Boston
Tea Party.
three hundred and forty-two
This American organization
rejected General Howe’s
peaceful attempts to
compromise.
Congress
These three main groups of
people made up colonial
American society.
European settlers, Native
Americans, and enslaved
Africans
James Madison wrote this
number of the Federalist Papers.
twenty-nine
This parliamentary act allowed
governors to house British
soldiers in unoccupied buildings.
the Quartering Act
This organization prepared a
formal declaration of American
independence.
the Committee of Five
This parliamentary act allowed British governors to move trials of British officials and troops outside of America to ensure a fair trial.
the Administration of Justice Act
In the case of a tie, this
governing body determines the
winner of a presidential election.
the House of Representatives
This year marked a turning point
for the Continental Army’s
leadership and the future of their
French allies.
1781
Captured enslaved persons in
the Northwest Territory faced this
fate.
return to their enslavers
General Howe and British forces
sailed to this American colony in
June of 1776.
New York
Massachusetts’s Puritanism
made it more tolerant of this
attitude than other colonies.
disobeying authority
The Continental Congress could
not perform this action because
Britain did not legally recognize
it.
charge taxes
These two leaders supported the
Antifederalist cause in
Massachusetts.
John Hancock and Samuel
Adams
Fur traders from these two
American states sought to trade
with Native Americans in the
Ohio River Valley.
Virginia and Pennsylvania
Historians estimate that around this number of African Americans enlisted in state militias and the Continental Army during the American Revolution.
5,000
Native American troops used
these natural fortifications when
planning a defense against Wayne’s attack
Debris from blown-down trees
along the Maumee River
English settlers believed that
Native American tribes did not
have a right to their lands for this
reason
Not improving the land
This French organization grew
out of the Estates General and
resembled the American
Continental Congress.
the National Assembly
General Lincoln requested this
type of surrender that the British
ultimately rejected.
conditional
This church arose from the
efforts of Andrew Bryan and his
preaching.
Frist African Baptist Church of
Savannah
This parliament member
proposed the theory of “virtual
representation.”
George Grenville
Hays’s efforts caught the special
attention of this American
general.
George Washington
Samuel Adams and John
Hancock agreed to ratify the
Constitution on this condition.
add amendments about
individual liberties
This estimated percentage of the
colonial population remained
loyal to Britain during the
Revolutionary War.
20
Wampanoags resisted European
colonizers in this conflict.
King Phillip’s War
William Franklin held this political
affiliation, despite his father’s
Patriot loyalty.
Loyalist
American political bodies
became reluctant to include this
demographic in the army.
African Americans
These two men supported the
Federalist movement.
Benjamin Franklin and George
Washington
Constitutional safeguards of
justice protect against these
practices.
unreasonable search and
seizure, self-incrimination,
unjust trials, cruel punishments
colonial city in 1782 along with
many white and Black Loyalists.
New York City
Native Americans enjoyed using
these two European goods in
religious ceremonies.
glass beads and copper
ornaments
Under the Albany Plan, this
leader presided over the council
of colonial delegates.
a president
This colonist, known as Lord
Dunmore, served as the last
royal governor of Virginia.
John Murray
These two states were greatly
struggling with their debt and
supported Hamilton’s debt-
assumption plan.
Massachusetts and South
Carolina
This man held a coup d’état and
took over France’s revolutionary
government in 1799.
Napoleon Bonaparte
This number of British soldiers
were acquitted in the Bloody
Massacre trial.
five
This organization was the first
independent Black Christian
denomination in America.
the African Methodist Episcopal
Church
This percentage of Loyalists
remained in America following
the Revolutionary War.
80
This number of enslaved peoples
were brought to the United
States from 1790 to 1808.
one hundred and fifteen
thousand
France’s National Assembly was
similar to this American
revolutionary organization.
the Continental Congress
American soldiers were
inoculated against this disease
while stationed in Morristown,
New Jersey.
smallpox
The first outcries of the American
Revolution focused on this right.
right to control property
Marquis de Lafayette initially
deployed Armistead in this role
during the American Revolution.
spy
Most Antifederalist supporters
came from this region.
the western frontier
African Americans were barred
from serving in this organization.
the military
The Antifederalists were also
known by this name.
Localists
This nation became the second
European country to recognize
the authority of the United States
as an independent country.
Netherlands
Fur traders from Virginia and
Pennsylvania sought to trade
with Native Americans in this
region.
the Ohio River Valley
This colonel led British forces at
the Battle of Cowpens.
Banastre Tarleton
King’s Men, Royalists, and
Tories were all synonymous with
this political group.
Loyalists
This man was the third vice-
president of the United States.
Aaron Burr
These three contracts were
taxed by the Stamp Act.
deeds, wills, and marriage
licenses
These five revolutionary leaders
opposed the Constitution.
Patrick Henry, Richard Henry
Lee, George Mason, John
Hancock, Samuel Adams
Patriots from this colony argued
to the Continental Congress
regarding their limited ability to
recruit troops for the war.
South Carolina
These types of women could
vote in colonial elections.
land-owning widows
Ferguson died after this number
of hours of fighting on Kings
Mountain.
one
These economic groups
supported the Federalists.
merchants, creditors, urban
artisans
This man was Prime Minister of
Britain when the Stamp Act was
enacted.
George Grenville
Land occupied by the Iroquois
Confederacy is split between
these two modern-day countries.
the United States and Canada
This term describes the growing
popularity of British identity and
material culture in the American
colonies.
Anglicization
This New York City tailor had
access to high-ranking British
officials through his shop.
Hercules Mulligan
This Massachusetts governor
attempted to use this militia to
halt Shays’ Rebellion.
James Bowdoin
These types of churches were
early proponents of
emancipation.
evangelical churches
Britain dropped its salutary
neglect policy after this event.
the Seven Years’ War
Mohawk leader
Akiatonharónkwen had this
nickname.
Colonel Lewis
This organization has cited the
Federalist Papers as an
authentic interpretation of the
Constitution.
the Supreme Court
Scouts from these two Native
American nations accompanied
Anthony Wayne and his forces.
Choctaw and Chickasaw
The Caribbean islands produced
this lucrative raw good.
sugar
Judith Sargent Murray claimed
that this authority dictated
equality between men and women.
the order of nature
The phrase “safeguards of
justice” refer to these
Constitutional amendments.
Fourth through eighth
Historians estimate that this
number of enslaved people lived
within the thirteen colonies at the
start of the Revolutionary War.
25,000
Benedict Arnold negotiated with
this British commander to defect
to the British.
Henry Clinton
Small-scale fighting between the
Americans and the British
occurred on August 27, 1782, at
this battle.
Battle of the Combahee River
This Native tribe helped British
rangers raid Hanna’s Town on
July 13, 1782.
Seneca
Benjamin Rush’s style of female
education prioritized these aims.
accomplishing domestic
responsibilities and educating
sons
The Patriots used this method of
warfare in the early stages of the
war.
guerilla
France and its Algonquian allies
used these tactics to scare
British colonists.
burning and pillaging colonial
settlements
This document emphasized a
strong central government with
three branches.
the Virginia Plan
This conflict between George
Washington and a French
scouting party launched the
Seven Years’ War.
the Battle of Jumonville Glen
These two Americans who
participated in the creation of the
Treaty of Greenville would later
map the Louisiana territory.
William Clark and Meriwether
Lewis
figures This number of people admitted
to participating in Shays’
Rebellion.
four thousand
This Virginia governor sent
George Washington to demand
French withdrawal from their
forts.
Robert Dinwiddie
George Washington was this age
when the Seven Years’ War
began.
twenty-one
This peace treaty offered
Americans the choice of home
rule within the British empire.
Carlisle Peace Commission
George Washington allowed
Catherine to rejoin her husband
in this colony.
New York
Insurgents in Shays’ Rebellion
shut down the courts in these
two cities.
Northampton and Worcester
This law claimed that women had no legal rights to property or bodily autonomy if they were married or under the care of their fathers.
the law of coverture
This action divided Britain’s
ceded territories into states.
the Ordinance of 1784
These two economic groups
united to narrowly approve the
Constitution in Massachusetts.
elite nationalists and urban
workers
Artisans voted for the
Constitution because they hoped
a central government would
enact this change.
charging tariffs
The Federalist papers were
written under this pseudonym.
Publius
With the cotton gin, two or three
enslaved persons could produce
this amount of cotton in a day.
fifty pounds
A French attack sixty miles from
this city diminished British
morale.
Philadelphia
In 1791, Native warriors crushed
this governor of the Northwest
Territory and commander of the
United States Army.
Arthur St. Clair
This declaration forbade
American settlement west of the
Appalachian Mountains.
the Royal Proclamation of 1763
Republican motherhood had this
impact on marriage times and
birthrates.
later marriages and fewer
children
American troops were forced to
fall back to this New York
territory after the British attacked
Long Island on August 27, 1776.
Brooklyn Heights
This scandal erupted when
French ministers demanded that
Americans pay bribes in order to
make diplomatic links to France.
the XYZ Affair
This future American president
participated in the creation of the
Treaty of Greenville.
William Henry Harrison
James Armistead was born in
this Virginia city.
New Kent
The Coercive Acts only allowed
Bostonians to import these two
products.
food and firewood
This state made suffrage
universal for men in 1777.
Vermont
The French revolutionary
government executed these two
individuals.
Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette
After the fall of Louisbourg,
British forces seized these two
major strongholds.
Montreal and Fort Niagara
This parliamentary act allowed
the British East India Company
to sell tea at a discounted rate in
the colonies.
the Tea Act
This American document was
particularly influential to later
revolutions around the world.
the Declaration of Independence
This colonel led 480
Pennsylvania militiamen into
Native territory following the
massacre at Gnadenhutten.
William Crawford
South Carolina and Georgia lost
a great number of their enslaved
peoples for this reason.
conflict in the Revolutionary War
Fort Ticonderoga is located in
this former American colony.
New York
This New England colony had
the highest proportion of
enslaved people among the
other New England colonies.
Rhode Island
This requirement ensured that
the poor were unable to vote.
property requirements
The Massachusetts colony used
this style of government.
democratic town hall meetings
The Declaration of
Independence argued that this
power allowed individuals to
seek independence.
natural law
This document emphasized
unicameral legislature and the
one-vote-per-state policy.
the New Jersey Plan
During the turbulence of the
French Revolution, this nation
led a coalition of European
powers to fight against France.
Britain
Adding amendments about
individual liberties allowed these
two states to ratify the
Constitution.
New York and Virginia
These two women voted in
Sudbury, Massachusetts to
determine access to livestock
grazing.
Mary Loker and Jane
Goodenow
This organization proposed a call
for independence, the joining of
American states, and the
formation of foreign alliances.
the Virginia Convention
Massachusetts women in 1810
gave birth to this number of
children on average.
six children
British control of French lands
after the Seven Years’ War
nullified this Native American
negotiating tactic.
playing European powers
against each other
Practitioners of this style of
agriculture owned little more than
their land and used barter to
trade.
subsistence agriculture
Political leaders in the South
used this term to describe the
dominance of slavery in the
Southern economy.
a “necessary evil”
The American Revolution directly
inspired revolutions in these two
countries.
France and Haiti
New French colonies bordered
these two North American river
valleys.
the Ohio and Mississippi river
valleys
Spain received these French
lands in the Treaty of Paris.
New Orleans and all French
land west of the Mississippi
French settlers used this term to
characterize Native Americans.
“savages”
Akiatonharónkwen led the Native
American delegation to meet this
French official in 1780.
Rochambeau
These parliamentary acts sought
to punish Massachusetts by
closing the port of Boston
the Coercive Acts
This Anglo-American treaty
formally recognized the authority
of the United States as an
independent nation.
Peace of Paris
This brigadier general led
American forces at the Battle of
Cowpens.
Daniel Morgan
The Iroquois Confederacy
formed an alliance at this time in
history.
the late fifteenth-century
This parliamentary act expanded
the boundary of Quebec and
recognized the Catholic Church
in the Quebec region.
the Quebec Act
This woman petitioned the
Maryland General Assembly for
the right to vote in 1648.
Margaret Brent
This number of American troops
crossed the Delaware River in
the march to Trenton.
2,400
These documents argued that
the Alien and Sedition Acts were
unconstitutional.
Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions
This man was Thomas
Jefferson’s running mate in the
1800 election
Aaron Burr
The British defeated other
European powers a decade
before the American Revolution
during this war.
Seven Years’ War
France seized this number of
American ships in response to
American diplomatic links with
Britain.
three hundred
This changing economic
relationship diminished economic
drives for slavery in America.
declining profitability of tobacco
Men from these four states
joined the government militia to
confront the Whiskey Rebellion.
New Jersey, Maryland, Virginia,
Pennsylvania
These two Native American tribes are examples of Indian nations who received little compensation for their war efforts.
Oneida and Tuscarora
This year was known as the
bloodiest year of the
Revolutionary War on the
western frontier.
1782
Jack Sisson served in this
military regiment during the
Revolutionary War.
First Rhode Island Regiment
Benjamin Lincoln fled to this
South Carolina city following the
loss of Savannah.
Charleston
Benedict Arnold took control of
this New York fort.
West Point
Judith Sargent Murray came
from this American colony.
Massachusetts
Two British soldiers were
convicted of this crime in the
Bloody Massacre trial.
manslaughter
John Adams and John Dickinson
shared this occupation.
Lawyer
Boston King narrowly escaped
re-enslavement this number of
times.
two
Pontiac’s forces surrendered to
the British for this reason.
lack of supplies
Emma Willard opened
academies in these three cities.
Troy (NY), Waterford (MA), and
Middlebury (VT)
Paul Revere pursued this
profession before the
Revolutionary War.
silversmith
Under the Albany Plan, colonies
would send this number of
delegates to a grand council.
two to seven
Robert Dinwiddie sent this man
to demand French withdrawal
from their forts.
George Washington
The British soldiers convicted of
manslaughter in the Bloody
Massacre trial faced this
punishment.
thumb branding
This number of British soldiers
lay down their arms in surrender
on October 19, 1781.
8,000
Any power not listed in the
Constitution belongs to these
groups.
states or individuals
Between the Federalists and the
Antifederalists, this group was
better organized.
Federalists
Hamilton’s financial plan
included a tax on this good to
generate revenue for war debt.
whiskey
James Madison identified these
three business interests in
Federalist No. 10.
agriculture, manufacturing,
mercantile business
In this war, Black soldiers fought
in racially integrated companies
for the first time since the
Revolutionary War.
Korean War
The success and popularity of
Shays’ Rebellion led national
leaders to reconsider this
document.
the Articles of Confederation
Loyalists tended to share
membership in this Christian
church.
Anglican
This factor unbalanced trade
between Native American and
European groups.
European military might
Anthony Wayne constructed this
fort at the site of St. Clair’s
Defeat.
Fort Recovery
According to English common
law, a femme couvert could sign
this type of document.
contract in her own name
The free African American
population in these two states
tripled between 1790 and 1810.
Georgia and South Carolina
The Declaration of
Independence was publicly read
in this Philadelphia location.
Independence Hall
Judith Sargent Murray claimed that prejudice led to misconceptions about this supposed difference between men and women.
intelligence
The British government restricted
American expansion after the
Seven Years’ war out of fear of
these two groups.
French-Canadian settlers and
French-sympathetic Native
American groups
This factor restricted the ability of
most British citizens to vote.
property qualifications
This longtime enemy of Jefferson
convinced many Federalists to
vote for Jefferson in the House of
Representatives tiebreaker.
Alexander Hamilton
The westward border of the New
French colonies included this
mountain range.
the Rocky Mountains
These three health concerns led
to high mortality rates in sugar
plantations.
malaria, yellow fever, and
physical conditions of sugar
plantations
This number of delegates signed
the Declaration of Independence.
fifty-six
This man prevented Virginia from
attending the Stamp Act
Congress.
Lieutenant Governor Francis
Fauquier
Philip Van Cortlandt was
husband to this Loyalist.
Catherine van Cortlandt
This term refers to the single
women that joined the American
soldiers during the American
Revolution.
camp followers
The Bloody Massacre occurred
at this location.
in front of the Custom House on
King Street
Allied Native Americans defeated
this American general in Miami
territory.
Josiah Harmar
This number of Americans were
killed during the Bloody
Massacre.
five
American wartime debt fueled
this economic phenomenon.
inflation
This Shawnee chief reformed the
Western Confederacy due to
American settler violations of the
Greenville Treaty Line.
Chief Tecumseh
The supplementary curriculum at
Mrs. Remington’s Young Ladies
Boarding School cost this much
money per term.
seven dollars
This amendment adjusted how
many votes each elector cast in
presidential races.
the Twelfth Amendment
These five men were killed
during the Bloody Massacre.
Samuel Gray, Crispus Attucks,
James Caldwell, Samuel
Maverick, Christopher Monk
Republican womanhood gave
women this influential power
over the future.
the education of their sons
This major general instructed his
soldiers not to fire until they
“could see the whites of their
eyes.”
Israel Putnam
Following the Battle of Camden,
Charles Cornwallis and his
troops marched into this
southern colony.
North Carolina
Colonel William Prescott used
1,200 militiamen to seize these
two hills.
Bunker and Breed’s Hills
These three Iroquois tribes
supported the British.
Seneca, Onondaga, and Cayuga
Richard Allen observed tensions
between Black and white
congregants at this church.
St. George’s Church
This adverb best describes how
Washington proceeded in the
New York theater following the
fighting in New York City.
cautiously
Washington promoted Hays at
the Battle of Monmouth, earning
her this title.
Sergeant Molly
Delegates from all of the
colonies except this one met in
the First Continental Congress.
Georgia
Judith Sargent Murray
challenged male superiority in
this essay.
On the Equality of the Sexes
This American political party
supported France in the
France/Britain Conflict
the Democratic-Republicans
A delegate from this state
suggested outlawing the
transatlantic slave trade in the
Constitution.
Virginia
This number of Shays’ Rebellion
insurgents were convicted and
sentenced to death.
eighteen
Eli Whitney invented this
machine in 1793.
the cotton gin
Between the Federalists and the
Democratic-Republicans, this
party had a more diverse group
of supporters.
Democratic-Republicans
After the approval of the Articles of Confederation, this organization became the governing body of the United States.
the Confederation Congress
The presidential election of 1800
gave birth to this feature of the
American political system.
the party system
This British major headed the
British intelligence operation
during the American Revolution.
John André
The compromises in the
Constitution emphasized the
divide between these two
groups.
northern and southern states
Many English purchases of
Native American lands occurred
after these events.
military conflicts
Dutch refusal to ally with Britain
against France led to this war in
1780.
Fourth Anglo-Dutch War
Planters from Virginia formed
this organization in 1749 to tap
into the lucrative inland fur trade.
the Ohio Company
These two causes provided
resistance to slavery after the
American Revolution.
religion and revolutionary ideals
This man founded Dickinson
College and championed female
education.
Dr. Benjamin Rush
Britain had this number of
colonies at the outbreak of the
Seven Years’ War.
thirteen
Mohawk leader Thayendanegea
led a joint Mohawk and Loyalist
force known by this nickname.
Brant’s Volunteers
This American colonel led Sisson
and 40 other troops through
British-controlled waters to
capture British officials.
William Barton
With the cotton gin, this number
of enslaved persons could
produce fifty pounds of cotton a
day.
two or three
The Battle of Blue Licks took
place between Natives and
Loyalist forces against American
troops in this colony.
Kentucky
Federalists supported this style
of government.
strong national government
Europeans first used this term to
describe the Iroquois
Confederacy.
the Five Nations
This state did not participate in
the Constitutional Convention.
Rhode Island
This demographic trend created
a surplus of enslaved peoples in
the Chesapeake.
natural increase
The organizers of Shays’
Rebellion fled to these states.
Vermont and New Hampshire
Alexander Hamilton was born in
this region.
the West Indies
This colonist was the wife of
George Washington.
Martha Washington
Hamilton’s whiskey tax led to
financial disaster in this region.
western Pennsylvania
By this year, most white men in
the United States could vote for
president.
1856
The Continental Army
reorganized into this number of
divisions following the winter of
1778.
five
Allied Native Americans defeated
General Josiah Harmar in this
Native territory.
Miami-owned Indiana
This law placed former western
colonial holdings under federal
control.
the Northwest Ordinance of
1787
This lieutenant captured
Savannah, Georgia on
December 29, 1778.
Archibald Campbell
Washington selected these three
men to serve on his cabinet.
Alexander Hamilton, Thomas
Jefferson, Henry Knox
These types of women were
particularly treated as unequal to
men in American society.
married women
This Boston boycott protested
the Townshend Acts.
the Boston Non-Importation
Agreement
This Loyalist served as an
interpreter in the Ohio Valley,
specializing in Iroquoian
languages.
Sarah Cass McGinn
This secret organization
harassed British officials and tax
collectors.
the Sons of Liberty
By this time, Britain and France
dominated North American
colonial expansion.
the mid-eighteenth century
These two European immigrant
groups made up the remainder
of the white settler population,
excluding the British.
German and Scots-Irish
A British East India Tea ship was
burned in this harbor after the
passage of the Tea Act.
Annapolis, Maryland
Colonists rallied around this
slogan after the reversal of the
Stamp Act.
“Stamp Act Repealed!”
This organization acted as e an
American national government
during the Revolutionary War.
the Continental Congress
The colony of Saint-Domingue
was best-known for producing
this resource.
sugar
Women were particularly
influential in this part of the
American Revolution.
participating in nonimportation
agreements
This organization held spinning
bees to support the Patriot
cause.
the Daughters of Liberty
Yorktown is located at the mouth
of this river.
York River
Chippewas, Delawares, Ottawas, Wyandots, Shawnees, Miamis, and Potawatomis created this organization to defend land rights in Ohio.
the Western Confederacy
This French military figure
particularly helped America
during the Revolutionary War.
Marquis de Lafayette
This enslaved carpenter fled
South Carolina to join the British
Army as a servant and
messenger in 1780.
Boston King
These Christian denominations
were early proponents of
emancipation.
Baptists and Methodists
This amendment recognizes the
fundamental rights of individuals
beyond those listed in the
Constitution.
the Ninth Amendment
This Iroquois tribe fought on both
sides of the American
Revolution.
Mohawk
This crop was the most profitable
of the goods produced in the
upper South.
tobacco
These two Iroquois tribes
supported the Americans.
Oneida and Tuscarora
Anthony Wayne marched on this
Native American capital after the
Battle of Fallen Timbers.
Kekionga
This Saint-Domingue group
launched the Haitian Revolution
in 1791.
the enslaved population
This servant was enslaved to
Hercules Mulligan and helped
transmit intelligence to
Washington.
Cato
This former practice inspired
multiple states to suggest the
Second Amendment.
British confiscation of colonial
weapons
This man served as
Washington’s Secretary of War.
Henry Knox
St. Clair clashed with native
American forces near this
landmark.
the Wabash River
Mary Ludwig Hays fought at this
battle on June 28, 1778.
Battle of Monmouth
The Sugar Act and the Currency
Act were easily avoided for this
reason.
taxes were only collected at
ports
This population demographic maintained farms and businesses while soldiers were away during the Revolutionary War.
women
This colonist served as the last
Royal Governor of New Jersey.
William Franklin
In states that recognized white
Americans’ property rights,
enslaved people could obtain
their freedom in this way.
purchasing their freedom
The Battle of Jumonville Glen
was a victory for this nation.
Britain
John André was charged with
this crime and hanged.
spying
This number of Black Americans
evacuated the country along with
the British in 1782.
3,000
The United Provinces of the
Netherlands was also known by
this name.
Dutch Republic
Many colonial women sought
these economic rewards for their
efforts during the Revolutionary
War.
military pensions
During the American Revolution,
some women in this state gained
the right to vote.
New Jersey
This nation took control of
Quebec and the Ohio Valley in
the Treaty of Paris.
Britain
This wife of John Adams transmitted information and political opinions of the Revolutionary War through letters.
Abigail Adams
Alexander Hamilton worked in
this type of firm as an apprentice
in the West Indies.
mercantile firm
voluntary union based on mutual
affection and respect.
companionate marriage
John Adams engaged in a
Quasi-War with France after this
incident.
French seizure of an American
merchant vessel near New York
This parliamentary act made
Parliament the supreme authority
over colonies.
the Declaratory Act
General Howe moved his troops
to this bay after unsuccessful
negotiations at the Staten Island
Peace Conference.
Kip’s Bay
This group emphasized limited
government power.
the Friends of Liberty
Le Jeune’s book The Jesuit
Relations had this purpose.
encouraging settlers to move to
New France
During the Age of Revolutions,
many nations switched from this
style of government to
constitutional republic.
absolute monarchy
Le Jeune’s The Jesuit Relations
criticized these aspects of Native
American society.
their arrogance, pride,
vindictiveness, and lack of
compassion
The Patriots hung lanterns in the
steeple of this church to
communicate the method of
British attack.
Boston’s Old North
As this good became less
profitable, the economic
necessity for slaves diminished
in America.
tobacco
The Federalist Papers included
this number of essays.
eighty-five
Under English common law,
married women were known by
this term.
femme couvert
Chief Pontiac attacked this
nearby fort with his allies in May
1763.
Fort Detroit
The Iroquois Confederacy fought
against these neighboring Native
American groups.
Huron and Algonquian
This philosopher famously called
the conflict on Lexington
Common “the shot heard round
the world.”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
American privateers captured
approximately this number of
British ships.
2,283
Modern-day Maine was originally
part of this British colony.
the Massachusetts Colony
Massachusetts women in 1750
gave birth to this number of
children on average.
eight or nine children
Benjamin Franklin’s plan to unify
the colonial government bore this
title.
the Albany Plan
The Constitution has added
these four types of rights since
1791.
travel, voting, privacy, decisions
about one’s body/healthcare
The Constitution gave the
government power to restrict
these events.
domestic rebellions
The Age of Revolutions spanned
these two years.
1775 to 1848
This compromise defined how
enslaved persons would be
counted in state populations.
the three-fifths compromise
The Stamp Act Congress sent
resolutions and petitions to these
three groups.
King George III and both houses
of Parliament
Thomas Jefferson’s first draft of
the Olive Branch Petition was
rejected for this reason.
inflammatory rhetoric
Dorchester Heights is in this
direction relative to Boston.
south
The Seven Years’ War arose
from this issue.
territorial disputes in North American
Kekionga was the capital of this
Native American group.
the Miamis
Hamilton agreed to this demand
from James Madison so that
Madison would endorse
Hamilton’s financial plan.
putting the state capital on the
Potomac
Benjamin Franklin’s Albany Plan
encouraged a shift to this type of
government.
unified
Le Jeune’s book The Jesuit
Relations describes this opinion
about the humanity of French
and Native American peoples.
that both were fundamentally
the same
This company held a monopoly
on the colonial tea market.
the British East India Company
These two states were hubs of
tobacco production in the United
States.
Virginia and Maryland
These individuals elect Senators.
members of the House of
Representatives
