Important Dates
What is the settlement that was founded in 1620?
Plymouth
This geographical feature limited the 13 colonies to the east.
What are the Appalachian Mountains
What is the document signed in 1215 by William and Mary of England and the first document that limited power of the ruler?
What is the Magna Carta
19th Amendment
What is the amendment that gave women the right to vote?
Document that was signed on July 4, 1776?
Declaration of Independence
This was a renewed interest in religion that happened in the late 1700s and early 1800s.
What is The Great Awakening
What is the treaty that ended the French and Indian War?
What is the Treaty of Paris 1763
What amendment gave black men the right to vote?
What is the 15th
This provided admission of California into the Union as a free state
Compromise of 1850
Who has the power to declare war?
What is Congress?
What is the treaty that ended the American Revolution?
What is the Treaty of Paris of 1783
14th Amendment
What is an amendment that guarantees citizenship and rights to all people born or naturalized in the United States?
Why are the dates 1861-1865 important
What is the years the Civil War was fought?
Virginia Plan plus New Jersey Plan
Preamble
7 Articles
27 amendments
7th amendment
What is the amendment that guarantees the right to a jury trial in civil cases
This war was based on British impressment of American sailors, restrictions on U.S. trade, and British support for Native American tribes who opposed U.S. westward expansion
What is the War of 1812
Supreme Court ruled that all the Georgia laws regarding the Cherokee were unconstitutional and void in what court case?
What is Worchester v Georgia
At this meeting the Colonies decided to boycott all British goods until repeal and form a militia
What is the 1st Continental Congress
This amendment revises and outlines the procedure of how Presidents and Vice Presidents are elected, specifically so that they are elected together.
What is the 12th Amendment