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Colonization

100

A territory controlled by a foreign government to acquire natural resources

What is a colony?

200

Nation that colonized much of Central America, South America, and the Caribbean

What is Spain?

300

First permanent British settlement in North America

What is Jamestown?

400

The forced journey of enslaved Africans from West Africa to the Americas

What is Middle Passage?

500

Name of the Spanish system that aimed to convert Native Americans to Catholicism and Spanish ways of living

What is the mission system? 

American Rev

100

Document that officially separated the American colonies from the British Empire

What is Declaration of Independence?

200

Sites of the first battles of the American Revolution

What is Lexington and Concord?

300

Americans who wanted to break free from Great Britain

What is Patriots?

400

Philosophical movement that emphasized reason, liberty, and science

What is Enlightenment?

500

Document that created the first government of the United States

What is Articles of Confederation?

Constitution and Gov

100

Document that laid out the first 10 amendments to the Constitution

What is Bill of Rights?

200

Amendment that protects freedoms of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition

What is First?

300

Amendment that protects citizens from cruel and unusual punishment

What is Eighth?

400

Amendment that protects people from unreasonable searches and seizures - you can't have your things searched without a warrant

What is Fourth?

500

Supreme Court case that ruled students do not lose their constitutional rights like the right to protest at the schoolhouse gate

What is Tinker v Des Moines?

Early Republic

100

First President of the United States

Who is George Washington?

200

Third President of the United States

Who is Thomas Jefferson?

300

This doubled the size of the United States

What is Louisiana Purchase?

400

War that weakened Native American resistance and increased American nationalism

What is War of 1812?

500

Act signed by John Adams that targeted immigrants and people who spoke out against the President

What is Alien and Sedition Acts?

Westward Expansion

100

What is the state that experienced a gold rush in the 1840's?

What is California?

200

In the 1830's, American settlers living in this place rose up in revolution against the Mexican government

What is Texas?

300

War that resulted in the United States gaining a lot of land in the Southwest

What is Mexican American War?

400

Law signed by President Andrew Jackson that led to the Trail of Tears

What is Indian Removal Act?

500

US city that became a major port city due to the Gold Rush

What is San Francisco?