Round 1Round 2 Ultimate QuestionWashingtonAdams Jefferson

Causes of the of the Revolution Laws Articles of Confed- of Confed- eration $100 $200 $300 $400 $500 $100 $200 $300 $400 $500 $300 $400 $500 Important People Battles $300 $100 Consti- tution $200 $300 $400 $500

America’s victory in this 1777 battle resulted in France coming to the aid of the U.S. $100 ScoreboardAnswer

Saratoga? What is Saratoga? $100 Scoreboard

This was the last major battle of the American Revolution: Cornwallis surrendered to the U.S. $200 ScoreboardAnswer

Yorktown? What is Yorktown? $200 Scoreboard

This was the first battle of the American Revolution. $300 ScoreboardAnswer

Lexington and Concord? What is Lexington and Concord? $300 Scoreboard

After this bloody battle on the hills surrounding Boston, the king officially declared the colonies in rebellion. $400 ScoreboardAnswer

Bunker Hill? What is Bunker Hill? $400 Scoreboard

George Washington may have saved the Patriot cause when he crossed the Delaware River and defeated Hessians at this location. $500 ScoreboardAnswer

Trenton? What is Trenton? $500 Scoreboard

This 1765 gathering was perhaps the most important of the revolutionary era because 9 colonies worked together in resisting British policy. $100 ScoreboardAnswer

Stamp Act Congress? What is the Stamp Act Congress? $100 Scoreboard

The “Intolerable” Acts were passed in response to this colonial action. $200 ScoreboardAnswer

Boston Tea Party, 1774? What is the Boston Tea Party, 1774? $200 Scoreboard

This law symbolized the end of “Salutary Neglect.” $300 ScoreboardAnswer

Proclamation of 1763? What is the Proclamation of 1763? $300 Scoreboard

The Second Continental Congress was formed in response to this event. $400 ScoreboardAnswer

Battle of Lexington and Concord? What is the Battle of Lexington and Concord? $400 Scoreboard

The Boston Massacre occurred largely because Americans had resisted this 1767 act of taxation. $500 ScoreboardAnswer

Townshend Acts? What are the Townshend Acts? $500 Scoreboard

The natural rights philosophy of this Englishman provided the foundation for the Declaration of Independence. $100 ScoreboardAnswer

John Locke? Who is John Locke? $100 Scoreboard

This “Common Sense” writer convinced Congress to declare its independence. $200 ScoreboardAnswer

Who is Thomas Paine? $200 Scoreboard

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This British Prime Minister sought to impose British control over the colonies, thus ending Salutary Neglect. $300 ScoreboardAnswer

Who is George Grenville? $300 Scoreboard

This Massachusetts leader founded the “Sons of Liberty.” $400 ScoreboardAnswer

Samuel Adams Who is Samuel Adams? $400 Scoreboard

This Founding Father wrote in his Letter From a Pennsylvania Farmer that Britain did not have the right to impose either internal or external taxes on the colonies. $500 ScoreboardAnswer

John Dickinson? Who is John Dickinson? $500 Scoreboard

These laws sought to enforce Britain’s mercantilist system. $100 ScoreboardAnswer

Navigation Laws? What are the Navigation Laws? $100 Scoreboard

This 1764 act was the first intending to directly tax the colonies. $200 ScoreboardAnswer

Sugar Act? What is the Sugar Act? $200 Scoreboard

. Great Britain passed this face-saving measure immediately after it repealed the Stamp Act in $300 ScoreboardAnswer

What is the Declaratory Act? $300 Scoreboard

This 1787 law banned slavery north of the Ohio River and provided rules for attaining statehood. $400 ScoreboardAnswer

Northwest Ordinance of 1787? What is the Northwest Ordinance of 1787? $400 Scoreboard

The Boston Tea Party was a response to this British law. $500 ScoreboardAnswer

Tea Act? What is the Tea Act? $500 Scoreboard

The biggest weakness of the Articles of Confederation was its inability to regulate this. $100 ScoreboardAnswer

interstate commerce? What is interstate commerce? $100 Scoreboard

This meeting was called by Alexander Hamilton in to revise the Articles and promote economic growth. $200 ScoreboardAnswer

Annapolis Convention? What is the Annapolis Convention? $200 Scoreboard

This rebellion convinced wealthy Americans that a stronger central government was needed. $300 ScoreboardAnswer

Shays’ Rebellion? What is Shays’ Rebellion? $300 Scoreboard

$400 This law provided for the organized settlement of the Old Northwest. ScoreboardAnswer

Land Ordinance of 1785? What is the Land Ordinance of 1785? $400 Scoreboard

$500 This plot conceived by military officers sought to overthrow the government in George Washington stopped it. ScoreboardAnswer

Newburgh Conspiracy? What is the Newburgh Conspiracy? $500 Scoreboard

This agreement resulted in the creation of a bicameral legislature: the Senate and House of Representatives. $100 ScoreboardAnswer

Great Compromise? What is the Great Compromise? $100 Scoreboard

Montesquieu provided the philosophical foundation this structure of government. $200 ScoreboardAnswer

checks and balances (separation of powers)? What are checks and balances (separation of powers)? $200 Scoreboard

The issue of counting slaves as part of the Southern population was resolved by this agreement. $300 ScoreboardAnswer

Three-Fifths Compromise? What is the Three-Fifths Compromise? $300 Scoreboard

$400 In order to select a president with a small number of voters, this system was created. ScoreboardAnswer

Electoral College? What is the Electoral College? $400 Scoreboard

$500 Among the several authors of the Constitution, this Virginian is considered the most important. ScoreboardAnswer

James Madison? Who is James Madison? $500 Scoreboard

Revolution & Social & Social Change President Washing- ton President President Adams $200 $400 $600 $800 $1000 $200 $400 $600 $800 $1000 $600 $800 $1000 Treaties & Treaties & Conven- tions Ratifica -tion Debate $600 Hamilton’s Hamilton’s Financial Plan $200 $400 $600 $800 $1000

Anti-Federalists’ most common complaint about the Constitution was that it lacked one of these. $200 ScoreboardAnswer

bill of rights? What is a bill of rights? $200 Scoreboard

This many states needed to ratify the Constitution in order for it to take effect. $400 ScoreboardAnswer

nine? What is nine? $400 Scoreboard

These anonymous newspaper articles in New York, later collected into a single volume, helped the ratification of the Constitution. $600 ScoreboardAnswer

Federalist Papers? What are the Federalist Papers? $600 Scoreboard

These three authors anonymously published the Federalist Papers. $800 ScoreboardAnswer

Madison, Hamilton and Jay? Who are Madison, Hamilton and Jay? $800 Scoreboard

The Constitution officially took effect beginning in this year. $1000 ScoreboardAnswer

1789? What is 1789? $1000 Scoreboard

This was the first national constitutional government in the history of the United States. $200 ScoreboardAnswer

Articles of Confederation? What is the Articles of Confederation? $200 Scoreboard

This Massachusetts woman demanded of her husband that women be given more rights during the revolution—she would be bitterly disappointed. $400 ScoreboardAnswer

Abigail Adams? Who is Abigail Adams? $400 Scoreboard

$600 These two aristocratic privileges of inheritance were outlawed after the Revolution. ScoreboardAnswer

primogeniture and entail? What are primogeniture and entail? $600 Scoreboard

80,000 of these conservative pro-British colonists left the U.S. as a result of the Revolution. $800 ScoreboardAnswer

Loyalists Who are the Loyalists (or Tories)? $800 Scoreboard

The Quok Walker case represented the end of this institution in Massachusetts. $1000 ScoreboardAnswer

slavery? What is slavery? $1000 Scoreboard

This treaty recognized the independence of the U.S. and granted it much land east of the Mississippi River. $200 ScoreboardAnswer

What is the Treaty of Paris, 1783? $200 Scoreboard

This treaty so divided the Hamiltonians and Jeffersonians in the 1790s that two official political parties emerged. $400 ScoreboardAnswer

Jay Treaty? What is the Jay Treaty? $400 Scoreboard

This 1795 treaty effectively removed Native Americans from much of the Ohio Valley. $600 ScoreboardAnswer

Treaty of Greenville? What is the Treaty of Greenville? $600 Scoreboard

This agreement ended the Quasi-War between the U.S. and France. $800 ScoreboardAnswer

$800 Convention of 1800? What is the Convention of 1800? Scoreboard

This 1795 treaty improved relations between the U.S. and Spain now that the U.S. had full access to New Orleans. $1000 ScoreboardAnswer

Pinckney Treaty? What is the Pinckney Treaty? $1000 Scoreboard

Though not mentioned in the Constitution, George established one of these by regularly meeting with his four secretaries. $200 ScoreboardAnswer

cabinet? What is a cabinet? $200 Scoreboard

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Washington issued this statement in 1793 in response to the war between France and Britain. $400 ScoreboardAnswer

Neutrality Proclamation? What is the Neutrality Proclamation? $400 Scoreboard

Washington signed this law into effect providing for a federal court system, including the Supreme Court. $600 ScoreboardAnswer

Judiciary Act of 1789? What is the Judiciary Act of 1789? $600 Scoreboard

Washington set a foreign policy precedent of isolationism when he gave this in $800 ScoreboardAnswer

Farewell Address? What is his Farewell Address? $800 Scoreboard

Washington led an army part of the way in 1794 when this rebellion broke out in western Pennsylvania. $1000 ScoreboardAnswer

Whiskey Rebellion? What is the Whiskey Rebellion? $1000 Scoreboard

Mr. Adams was the leader of this political party. $200 ScoreboardAnswer

Federalist Party? What is the Federalist Party? $200 Scoreboard

This event created war fever in America, after three French agents “dissed” American diplomats in France. $400 ScoreboardAnswer

XYZ Affair? What is the XYZ Affair? $400 Scoreboard

These two 1798 laws were passed by Federalists to silence Jeffersonian opposition to the Quasi-War. $600 ScoreboardAnswer

Alien and Sedition Acts? What are the Alien and Sedition Acts? $600 Scoreboard

$800 Jefferson and Madison expressed their opposition to the Alien and Sedition Acts with these two “compact theory” resolutions. ScoreboardAnswer

Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions? What are the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions? $800 Scoreboard

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$1000 Adams lost a presidential election to Thomas Jefferson in this year. ScoreboardAnswer

$ ? What is 1800? Scoreboard

Hamilton based his argument in favor of the National Bank on this view of the Constitution. $200 ScoreboardAnswer

“loose construction?” What is “loose construction?” $200 Scoreboard

A compromise on this Hamiltonian measure gave the new national capital to the South. $400 ScoreboardAnswer

assumption of state debts? What is the assumption of state debts? $400 Scoreboard

This Hamiltonian measure was responsible for the largest share of government revenues. $600 ScoreboardAnswer

tariff (customs duties)? What is the tariff (customs duties)? $600 Scoreboard

$800 This aspect of Hamilton’s plan provoked the Whiskey Rebellion. ScoreboardAnswer

excise taxes? What are excise taxes? $800 Scoreboard

$1000 Common people who bought bonds during the Revolution criticized Hamilton for not informing them of this new government policy. ScoreboardAnswer

funding at par? What is funding at par? $1000 Scoreboard

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This was the official action agreed to by the First Continental Congress. Ultimate Question ScoreboardAnswer

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