French and Indian War
This war started because France wanted control over the Ohio River area, but the Britain wouldn’t let them have it. This soon turned into a battle and the British declared war against France.
What is the French and Indian War?
After the British began to impose taxes on the colonies, the colonists grew angry at Great Britain. During one protest in Boston, a fight broke out and several colonists were shot and killed. What was this incident called?
What was the Boston Massacre?
Secret organization of American patriots which originated in the pre-independence British North American colonies.
Who are the Sons of Liberty?
The largest land acquisition from France during Thomas Jefferson’s presidency (1803), doubling the size of the United States.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
A person who is strongly opposed to slavery.
What is an abolitionist?
This famous American was a colonel during this time and led the first battle of the French and Indian War.
Who is George Washington?
In 1773, the British imposed a new tax on tea. Several patriots in Boston protested this act by boarding ships in the Boston harbor and dumping their tea into the water. What was this act of defiance called? became known as the Boston Tea Party.
What was the Boston Tea Party?
For the role he played in winning and securing American independence, he is generally recognized as one of the most important figures in all of U.S. history. He also is called Father of his Country.
Who is George Washington?
The expedition from 1804-1806 that gathered information about the land gained by the Louisiana Purchase and sought an overland route from the Mississippi River to the Pacific Ocean.
What is the Lewis and Clark Expedition?
System of sheltering and aiding runaway slaves on their northward journey to free territory in the decades before the Civil War.
What is the Underground Railroad?
To pay for the war, England had to go into debt and owed a lot of money. Since the war was fought mainly to protect the borders of the American colonies in the United States, how did the British government decide to pay for the war.
What is... to make the Americans pay for most of that debt.
The British decided that the colonies needed to be punished for the Boston Tea Party. They issued a number of new laws that the colonists called the Intolerable Acts. Describe some of these.
What is the Stamp Act, the Sugar Act, and the Quartering Act?
Document proclaiming the independence of the 13 British colonies in America, adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
The discovery of this mineral at Sutter's Mill increased the population of 14,000 in 1848 to almost 100,000 in 1850. It was also famous for encouraging the construction of wagons, roads and railroads going west.
What is the California Gold Rush?
Escaped slave, one of the most famous conductors on the Underground Railroad; risked her life on 19 journeys back to Maryland to help more than 300 slaves to freedom; called “Black Moses.”
Who is Harriet Tubman?
This group of people fought along with the French to defeat the British in the French and Indian War.
Who is the Indians?
In 1774, twelve of the thirteen colonies sent representatives to this famous meeting. They sent a petition to King George III to repeal the Intolerable Acts. They never got a response from the king and so the colonists started a boycott of British goods. What was the name of this famous meeting?
What was the First Continental Congress?
The first military engagements of the American Revolutionary War. Known for "The Shot Heard Around The World."
What are the Battles of Lexington and Concord?
Products could be moved more cheaply and much faster by this new method of land transportation in the 1830's.
What is the steam locomotive?
A leader in the campaign for votes for women. In 1848 she organized America's first woman's rights convention in Seneca Falls, New York
Who is Elizabeth Cady Stanton?
The cost of the war led to a massive war debt for the British. In order to raise funds to pay this debt, the British government began taxing the American people. The new taxes angered the colonists and lead to a rebellion against the British. This started a major war to break out in 1775 against Great Britain. What was this known as?
What is the American Revolution?
After King George III did not respond to the colonists demands that he stop the unfair laws and taxes, the colonists held another meeting called the Second Continental Congress. The colonies all agreed to draft a document to send to King George III that declared they would not stay loyal to Great Britain. What was this document called?
What is the Declaration of Independence?
Slogan in the period 1763-1775 that summarized a primary grievance of the American colonists in the Thirteen colonies.
What is "no taxation without representation"?
The fort in San Antonio, Texas, which was the site of a Mexican victory over Texas citizens in 1836.
What is the Alamo?
I was born into slavery, was an abolitionist and fought for women's rights. I wrote a speech titled, “Ain’t I a Woman”, and presented it to the Ohio Women’s Rights Convention.
Who is Sojourner Truth?