Primary vs Secondary Sources
Is a diary written by a soldier fighting in the Revolutionary War a primary or secondary source?
What is a primary source?
Many people came to the Americas seeking this freedom to practice their beliefs
What is religious freedom?
This famous protest involved colonists dumping tea into the Boston Harbor
What is the Boston Tea Party?
This document became the supreme law of the United States.
What is the Constitution?
This president put together the expedition of Louis and Clark
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
Is a history textbook written about the Founding Fathers a primary or secondary source?
What is a secondary source?
The Spanish mainly colonized what two areas of the US?
What is Florida and the Southwest?
This act placed a tax on newspapers, legal documents, and playing cards.
These were the first battles of the Revolutionary War
What is Lexington and Concord?
This purchase doubled the size of the US
What is the Lousiana Purchase?
What doesn't belong when researching US Colonization?
-documentary
-textbook
-journal of a French colonizer
-newspaper from 1950
What is a journal of a French colonizer?
This is the first permanent English settlement in America.
This 1770 event left five colonists dead after British soldiers fired into a crowd.
What is the Boston Massacre?
This was America's first national government that failed before the Constitution.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
Alexander Hamilton wanted to create this to help stabilize the nation's economy.
What is the National Bank?
Is a documentary presenting paintings from the Revolution era a primary or secondary source?
What is both?
What are the two main ways colonization led to the downfall of Native Americans?
What is introduction to diseases and military superiority?
This King and Queen ruled during the Revolution
Who are King George III and Queen Charlotte?
This country was the US's main ally during the war
What is France?
This 1848 discovery led thousands to move to California.
What is the California Gold Rush?
True or False: A newspaper published a year after the event cannot be a primary source
What is false?
This colonial region was known for making money off of cash crops.
What is the southern region?
This meeting brought delegates from 12 colonies together to discuss Britain's actions.
What is the First Continental Congress?
This document officially ended the Revolutionary War in 1783.
What is the Treaty of Paris (1783)?
This movement encouraged people to improve society through education, abolition, and women's rights.
What is the Second Great Awakening or the Reform Movement?