AMERICAN AND NATIONAL IDENTITY
This document, written on July 4, 1776, contained a list of grievances against the King of England
What is the Declaration of Independence
This method of transportation was the first to cross the entire continent of North America and was used to move goods and people across large distances
What is the Transcontinental Railroad
This land deal of the early 19th century nearly doubled the size of the budding United States, and granted the United States control over various important geographical features, such as the Mississippi River
This 18th century ideological movement which spread across the United States promoted logic and individual thinking over blind and thoughtless obedience to higher authority
What is the Enlightenment
This document was the second attempt at establishing a framework for the national government of the United States, and remains in use to this day
What is the Constitution of 1789
This is the name of the American side of the Revolutionary War
Who are the Patriots
This machine patented in 1794 improved cotton production rates and was mostly used in the South
What is the Cotton Gin
These crops heavily contributed to the economic of the Southern regions of the colonies and United States (name ≥3)
What are Tobacco, Rice, Corn, Cotton, and Indigo
This social movement opposed the practice of slavery and encompassed people from various backgrounds and ideologies
What is the Abolitionist Movement
This document—ratified in 1781—outlined the structure, function, and powers of the American government following its independance from Britain
What are The Articles of Confederation
This essay written by Thomas Payne encouraged the colonies to become independent
This technological advancement increased the efficiency of transportation and the production of goods, highly industrializing Northeast America
What is the Steam Engine
These practices primarily fueled the economic activity of the Northern colonies and United States (name ≥2)
What are Shipbuilding, Trade, Fishing, and Logging
This group of people worked off debt for a predetermined amount of time to earn their freedom
Who are Indentured Servants or Tenant Farmers
This group was established in response to the intorlable acts
What is the First Continent Congress
This radical group opposed tax agents and tarred and feathered tax collectors, creating extreme tension in the British colonies
What are the Sons and Daughters of Liberty
This term refers to women who worked in large factories during the market revolution
Who are Mill Girls
This ideology took root during the mid 19th century and maintained that the United States had a God-given right to steadily expand across the entire North American continent
This idea encouraged women to support their family and their country by instilling patriotic values in their children
This war between Great Britain and the United States was fought primarily due to invasive British martime policy, disagreements regarding westward expansion, and British support of Native groups
What is the War of 1812
This treaty marked the end to a war fought between Great Britain and the United Stats during the early 19th century, and while no major changes occured due to the treaty's ratification, it contributed to a period of heightened patriotism and national pride
What is the Treaty of Ghent
This waterway transported goods between the East Coast and the Midwest more efficiently and established New York as an American commercial center
What is the Erie Canal
This legislative act prevented colonists from crossing the Appalachian mountains to prevent hostility between colonists and Native Americans
What is the Proclamation of 1763
This social movement advocated for the termination of all alcohol consumption on the basis that the consumption of alcohol contributed to society's problems
These acts imposed by the British on colonial America imposed taxes on important goods and fostered anger and dislike across the colonies (name 3)
What are the Sugar (1764), Stamp (1765), and Townshend (1767/1768) Acts