Important Dates
Places & Events
Vocabulary
Documents
Amendments
100
JAMESTOWN
What is the first permanent English settlement that was founded in 1607?
100
Lexington & Concord
What is the place the first shots of the American Revolution were fired?
100
Manifest Destiny
What is the belief that the US should own all of the land between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans?
100

Declaration of Independence 

What is the document signed in 1776 that lays out the United States wanting to break away from England

100
13th Amendment
What is the amendment that abolished slavery?
200
Declaration of Independence
What is a document that was signed on July 4, 1776?
200
Battle of Saratoga
What is the turning point of the American Revolution?
200
unalienable rights
What is the rights that cannot be taken away. Life, Liberty & the Pursuit of Happiness.
200

Constitution 

The document that gives the U.S. government its power and responsibilities. 

200
1st Amendment
What is freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly & petition?
300
1787
What is the year the Constitution was written?
300
Fort Sumter
What is the place the first shots of the Civil War were fired?
300
Primary Sources
What is the original records of an event? They include eyewitness reports and first-hand information.
300
Treaty of Paris of 1783
What is the treaty that ended the American Revolution?
300

3rd Amendment

What is an amendment that guarantees the country cannot house soldiers in your home. 

400
1861-1865
What is the years the Civil War was fought?
400
Battle of Gettysburg
What is the name of the battle that was a turning point of the Civil War for the North?
400
popular sovereignty
What is the practice of allowing each territory to decide for itself whether or not to allow slavery? (power of the people)
400
Mayflower Compact
What is the agreement signed in 1620 by the Pilgrims in Plymouth?
400
15th Amendment
What is the amendment that guarantees the right to vote to all citizens regardless of race?
500
1803
What is the date President Thomas Jefferson purchased the Louisiana Territory from France?
500
Appomatox Court House
What is the place where Robert E. Lee surrendered at the end of the Civil War?
500
Republic
What is a nation in which voters choose representatives to govern them?
500
Monroe Doctrine
What is a document signed by James Monroe stating not to interfere with foreign affairs?
500
Bill of Rights
What is the first 10 amendments to the constitution?
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