Colonization & Revolution
This 1620 document established self-government for the Plymouth Colony.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
This 1776 document announced the colonies’ independence from Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This 1803 purchase doubled the size of the United States.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
The British law that placed a tax on printed materials and angered colonists in 1765.
What is the Stamp Act?
The system that divides power among three branches of government.
What is separation of powers?
The belief that Americans were destined to move westward across the continent.
What is Manifest Destiny?
This slogan summed up colonial anger over British taxation policies.
What is “No taxation without representation”?
The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights?
This trail led settlers to California during the Gold Rush.
What is the Oregon Trail?
The 1773 protest where colonists dumped British tea into Boston Harbor.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
This compromise settled the issue of representation at the Constitutional Convention
What is the Great Compromise?
The 1830 law that forced Native Americans to move west of the Mississippi River.
What is the Indian Removal Act?
The first battles of the American Revolution were fought at these two towns.
What are Lexington and Concord?
The weakness of this early U.S. government led to the writing of the Constitution.
What are the Articles of Confederation?