Chapters 1 - 3
The first permanent English colony in the New World?
What is Jamestown?
Said "Give me liberty, or give me death!"
Who is Patrick Henry?
This purchase doubled the size of America.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
Author of the Blue-Backed Speller.
Who is Noah Webster?
Know as the "Lone Star Republic?"
What is Texas?
Colony the Pilgrims established.
He published Poor Richard's Almanac.
Who is Ben Franklin?
The country to whom America purchased the Louisiana Territory.
Who is France?
Author os Huckleberry Fin.
Who is Samuel Clemens?
Known as the "Father of Texas."
Who is Sam Houston?
Spanish king and queen who sponsored Columbus's expedition.
Who is king Ferdinand and queen Isabella?
The most widely used textbook in colonial America.
What is the New England Primer?
Francis Scott Key's famous poem.
What is "The Star-Spangled Banner?"
He promoted transcendentalism.
Who is Ralph Waldo Emerson?
He declared himself the dictator of Mexico.
Who is Santa Anna?
The colony that John Winthrop described as "a city upon a hill".
What is Massachusetts Bay?
This required colonists to furnish British soldiers with certain supplies and living quarters.
What is the Quartering Act?
Indian tribe that endured much suffering on the "Trail of Tears."
Who were the Cherokee?
He is remembered as a circuit-riding preacher.
Who is Peter Cartwright?
City where wagon trains heading West usually started.
What is Independence, Missouri?
What is Georgia?
The idea that the colonies existed solely for the good of their Mother Country.
What is mercantilism?
Nicknamed "Old Tippecanoe".
Who is William Henry Harrison?
Who is Richard Allen?
Trailblazer who claimed the Bible and a rifle as his "two best friends."
Who is Jedediah Smith?