Colonial America
First permanent English settlement in America
What is Jamestown?
Famous protest against British taxes in 1773
What is the Boston Tea Party?
First U.S. President.
Who is George Washington?
Famous trail that brought settlers west
What is the Oregon Trail?
President who issued the Emancipation Proclamation
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
Group that established Plymouth Colony seeking religious freedom
Who were the Pilgrims
Date America declared independence.
what is July 4, 1776?
Number of amendments in the Bill of Rights
What is 10?
1849 event that sparked western migration
What is the California Gold Rush?
Battle considered the Civil War's turning point
What is Gettysburg?
The three colonial regions
What are New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies?
Treaty that ended the Revolutionary war.
Document the Constitution replace
What are the Articles of Confederation
President who championed the "common man"
Who is Andrew Jackson?
Amendment that abolished slavery
What is the 13th Amendment?
War that led Britain to tax colonists heavily
What is the French & Indian War?
Colonial rallying cry against British taxation.
What is "No Taxation without representation"?
Amount paid for the Louisiana Purchase
What is $15 million?
War that added southwestern territories
What is the Mexican-American War?
Year Reconstruction ended
What is 1877
Number of senators per state
What is two?
proclamation restricted colonial expansion
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
First 10 amendments to the Constitution
What is the Bill of rights?
He wrote Common Sense
Who is Thomas Paine?
The first three words of the Constitution
What is "We the People"?