Movers and Shakers
Invented bifocals, a stove, insurance, and was known for being a shrewd negotiator.
Who Is
Benjamin Franklin?
Author of “Common Sense” and “The American Crisis” – both arguments for American independenceAuthor of “Common Sense” and “The American Crisis” – both arguments for American independence
Who is
Thomas Paine?
Canceled the Massachusetts Legislature, closed Boston Harbor, and moved thousands of soldiers into the Boston area…
What are the
Intolerable Acts
(aka Coercive Acts)?
“We hold these truths to be self evident – that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by the Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness…”
What is
The Declaration of Independence?
“It is our _____ _______ to overspread and to possess the whole of the continent which Providence has given us.”
What is
Manifest Destiny?
Protested slavery by writing a novel about a slave’s experiences in the South?
Who is
Harriet Beecher Stowe?
Supporters of a strong national government wrote these to convince others to accept the Constitution?
What are
The Federalist Papers?
Traveled by night, the North Star as a guide, had stops along the way, led by someone known as “Moses”…
What is the Underground Railroad?
“Give me liberty, or give me death.”
Who is Patrick Henry?
The western border of the United States in 1783!
What is the Mississippi River?
Co-authored several Federalist Papers and conceived the idea of the American Bank – was shot by Jefferson’s Vice President?
Who is
Alexander Hamilton?
Focus of William Lloyd’s Garrison’s The Liberator…
What is
abolition?
Hung for treason, seized arms at Harper’s Ferry, helped instigate “Bleeding Kansas”…
Who is John Brown?
“We the people of the United States in order to form a more perfect union, establish justice, ensure domestic tranquility, secure the blessings of liberty to ourselves and our posterity…”
What is the Preamble to the US Constitution?
The huge mountain region all western travelers had to cross to get to Oregon and California!
What are the Rocky Mountains?
Made the best of his deportation by starting new colony in Rhode Island?
Who is
Roger Williams?
Famous document that warned European nations to stay OUT of the Americas!
What is the
Monroe Doctrine?
No shoes, freezing temperatures, no food in the Winter of ‘77!
What is
Valley Forge?
The idea that people are the final authority in government…
What is
Popular sovereignty?
The river by which Lewis and Clark ventured west to explore the Louisiana Purchase…
What is
The Missouri River?
Known as The Great Compromiser who settled disputes between North and South about the expansion of slavery…
Who is
Henry Clay?
Gave us the principle of “one man, one vote” and planted a seed for democracy in the colonies…
What is the
Mayflower Compact?
Split the nation in two, caused brothers to fight each other, killed more Americans than ever before or since!
What is the
Civil War?
“In the new code of laws which I suppose it will be necessary for you to make, I desire that you would not forget the ladies…do not put such unlimited power in the hands of husbands…”
Who is Abigail Adams in a letter to her husband John during his tenure in the Continental Congress?
Worchester v Georgia lead to a western journey that began against the will of its travelers and cost many thousands their lives!
What is the
Trail of Tears?