Important Dates
1607
What is Jamestown the first successful permanent English settlement?
4th Amendment
What is the amendment that protects you from unreasonable search and seizure?
1776
What is the Declaration of Independence?
unalienable rights
What are the rights that cannot be taken away? Life, Liberty & the Pursuit of Happiness.
Treaty of Ghent
What is the treaty that ended the War of 1812?
1803
What is the date President Thomas Jefferson purchased the Louisiana Territory from France?
Boston Massacre
What is the place where British troops fired on civilians that were protesting?
Republicanism
What is the principle of the constitution that voters choose representatives to govern them?
Monroe Doctrine
What is a document signed by James Monroe stating Europe could not longer Colonize the Americas?
8th Amendment
What is the amendment that protects you from cruel or unusual punishments?
Battle of Yorktown
What is the final battle of the American Revolution?
Impressment
What is the kidnapping of US Sailors that started the War of 1812?
10th Amendment
What is an amendment that created federalism? Sharing power between the states and federal government.
1845
What is the year Texas was annexed into the United States?
Whiskey Rebellion
What is the event that George Washington dealt with that proved the Constitution would work?
popular sovereignty
What is the practice of allowing each territory to decide for itself whether or not to allow slavery? (power of the people)
Mayflower Compact
What is the agreement signed in 1620 by the Pilgrims in Plymouth?
3rd Amendment
What is the amendment that protects you from quartering troops in your home?