Founding Documents
This document was the first constitution of the United States.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
The first battles of the American Revolution were fought in this colony.
What is Massachusetts (Lexington and Concord)?
He was the first President of the United States and warned against political parties in his farewell address
Who is George Washington?
This colony, founded in 1607, was the first permanent English settlement in North America.
What is Jamestown?
This meeting in 1787 led to the creation of the U.S. Constitution
What is the Constitutional Convention?
This document begins with “We the People…”
What is the U.S. Constitution?
This Virginian famously said, “Give me liberty, or give me death!”
Who is Patrick Henry?
This event tested the power of the new federal government when farmers in Pennsylvania protested a tax on whiskey.
What is the Whiskey Rebellion?
This agreement, signed by the Pilgrims in 1620, was the first form of self-government in the colonies.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
This compromise settled the issue of how enslaved people would be counted for representation and taxation.
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise?
This 1689 English document inspired protections in the U.S. Bill of Rights.
What is the English Bill of Rights?
This 1776 pamphlet by Thomas Paine encouraged independence from Britain.
What is Common Sense?
This purchase in 1803 doubled the size of the United States.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
This economic system involved the colonies providing raw materials to the mother country in exchange for finished goods.
What is mercantilism?
The division of government into three branches is known as this.
What is separation of powers?
These first ten amendments to the Constitution guarantee personal freedoms.
What is the Bill of Rights?
This treaty officially ended the American Revolutionary War in 1783.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
This Supreme Court case established the principle of judicial review. This 1830 law forced Native Americans off their lands.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
his group settled in Massachusetts seeking religious freedom and had strict religious beliefs.
Who were the Puritans?
These are the first ten amendments to the Constitution, guaranteeing individual freedoms.
What is the Bill of Rights?
This document, written by Thomas Jefferson, explained why the colonies were breaking away from Britain
What is the Declaration of Independence?
France joined the American side after this major victory in 1777.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
This war, fought between the U.S. and Britain from 1812 to 1815, ended in a draw but increased American patriotism.
What is the War of 1812?
This colony was founded by William Penn as a refuge for Quakers and promoted religious tolerance.
What is Pennsylvania?
This system prevents one branch of government from becoming too powerful.
What are checks and balances?