Marking Period 1
Credited with saving the colony of Jamestown.
Who is John Smith?
What was adopted on July 4th, 1776, ending all political ties to Great Britain for the USA?
What is the Declaration of Independence?
Who discovered habitable land, new species of plants & animals, & made accurate maps?
Who were Lewis & Clark?
Who assassinated President Lincoln at Ford's Theatre on April 14, 1865?
Which European country did NOT claim land in North America?
What is Portugal?
What is South Carolina?
What was the last battle of the American Revolution where British General Cornwallis surrendered to American General Washington?
What was the Battle of Yorktown?
Who wrote the Star Spangled Banner?
Who was Francis Scott Key?
What woman was the famous conductor of the Underground Railroad?
Who was Harriet Tubman?
What was the name of the plan for united colonial legislature proposed by Ben Franklin during the French & Indian War?
What was the Albany Plan of Union?
What year was the Toleration Act passed in Maryland? This gave freedom of religion for all CHRISTIAN settlers.
What is the year 1649?
What major Canadian city did the British capture in 1759 during the French & Indian War?
What is Quebec?
What laws made it illegal to criticize the government & deported foreigners?
What were the Alien & Sedition Acts?
What was the spiritual belief that the United States should span the continent of North America?
What is Manifest Destiny?
What is checks & balances?
Where did the famous Witch Trials take place that convicted & hanged 19 people?
What is Salem, Massachusetts?
At what location was COLONEL Washington captured during the French & Indian War?
What is Ft. Necessity?
What was held in Philadelphia, PA to revise the Articles of Confederation?
What is the Constitutional Convention?
Who was Harriet Beecher Stowe?
What term can be defined as "to end slavery?"
Who was the famous Virginia frontiersman who burned Jamestown?
Who is Nathaniel Bacon?
Who gave the famous speech "Give me liberty or give be death?"
Who is Patrick Henry?
Where was Shays Rebellion, an uprising led by a farmer in response to the debt crisis, located?
What is Massachusetts?
Kentucky was an example of these Southern states that allowed slavery, but fought as part of the Union during the Civil War?
What is a border state?
What are the Eastern/Northeastern Woodlands?