Colonization
Which river did the French colonize in order to control trading fur with Native Americans from Louisiana to the Northwest Territory?
Mississippi River
In 1773, Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty organized the _________ in an act of civil disobedience against taxes by Parliament.
Boston Tea Party
Who is the 3rd President of the United States, after writing the Declaration of Independence. He also is a founder of the University of Virginia.
Thomas Jefferson
Who was the President of the United States during the Civil War (1861-1865)?
Abraham Lincoln
Who was the first person killed in the Boston Massacre? He was African and Native American.
Crispus Attucks
Which region (New England/Middle/Southern) was known for it's humid/hot weather, fertile soil, and slavery to produce cash crops as an economic resource?
the Southern Colonies
Which country significantly helped American during the American Revolution at key points such as Saratoga and Yorktown?
France
This President passed the Emancipation Proclamation which freed the slaves in the rebelling states of the Confederacy.
Abraham Lincoln
This Compromise admitted Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state to keep the balance between free and slave.
The Missouri Compromise or the Compromise of 1820
What was the forced migration of Native Americans across the South to reservations in Oklahoma by President Andrew Jackson?
The Trail of Tears - Indian Relocation Act is okay
This dissenter would leave Massachusetts to become the founder of Rhode Island with Anne Hutchinson.
Roger Williams
Where did George Washington and Marquis De Lafayette train the troops during the harsh winter, in preparation to win the rest of the American Revolution?
Valley Forge
This President passed the Alien & Sedition which restricted people from publicly speaking against the government and banned people that "could be" French.
John Adams
Where did the first shots and battle of the Civil War begin? It was a Confederate attack on a Union fort in the heart of Confederate territory.
Fort Sumter - Charleston, South Carolina
This canal through New York made it easier to transport goods and people from the Atlantic Ocean to the Great Lakes Region. Sparking cities such as Rochester, Buffalo, and Albany.
Erie Canal
What state was founded by Lord Baltimore for the Catholics? Think Edgar Allan Poe/Ravens
Maryland
In response to the colonists' Boston Tea Party, King George III harshly responded to the city of Boston by passing the ________ Acts.
Intolerable
This President passed a doctrine which declared that no country in the Eastern Hemisphere can come to the Western Hemisphere and colonize a country.
James Monroe
What are the names of the leading Union general and the leading Confederate general during the Civil War?
Confederate: Robert E. Lee or Stonewall Jackson
This state first tried to nullify a federal law with the Nullification Crisis, led by John C. Calhoun by protesting the "Tariff of Abominations" by John Quincy Adams.
South Carolina
Jamestown date:
Plymouth date:
1607
1620
Where did the Founding Fathers write the Declaration of Independence and Constitution?
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
This President was known as the "Common Man" due to his humble beginnings but would become one of the most polarizing presidents ever.
Andrew Jackson
Who was the Native American translator Lewis and Clark during their expedition to map the land bought in the Louisiana Territory to Oregon? She birthed a child on the trip that would be named Jean Baptiste Charbonneau
Sacagawea