European Explorers
First European to sight the Pacific Ocean from an American shore
Who is Balboa
This cash crop was the primary crop grown on southern plantations
What is tobacco
As a result of this war, the American colonists united for the first time against a common enemy.
What is the French and Indian War
This state is known as the "Mother of Presidents" and is the birthplace of 8 presidents, including 4 of the nation's first 5.
What is Virginia
"First in war, first in peace, and first in the hearts of his countrymen," this General, and president of the Constitutional Convention later became our first president.
Who is George Washington
Mariner whose expedition was the first to circumnavigate the globe
Who is Magellan
These colonies were known for their cod industry, shipbuilding, whaling, and triangular slave trade
What are the New England Colonies
As a result of this event, the British parliament punished Boston by closing the city's harbor and changing the colony's charter.
What is the Boston Tea Party
This document gave Congress no power to tax or regulate inter-state commerce and therefore fueled the need for a stronger federal government.
He wrote Common Sense, a pamphlet published in 1776 that won many Americans over to the idea of independence from Britain and propelled the colonies toward the adoption of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Paine
Discoverer of a trade route across the Atlantic still used by sea captains today and the first European to explore the Bahamas, Cuba, and Hispaniola
Who is Columbus
The first textbook used in the colonies
The New England Primer
Known as "The shot heard round the world," the first battle of the American Revolution began at these two cities.
What are Lexington and Concord.
This document, reflecting the American desire for isolationism, proclaimed that the American continents were closed to colonization by European nations.
What is the Monroe Doctrine
This First Lady saved a famous painting of George Washington from being destroyed when the British burned the White House and the city of Washington.
Who is Dolley Madison
Origin of the name applied to the new continents discovered during the Age of European Exploration
Who is Vespucci
These colonies were known for their farming, milling, and production industries as well as having a mixture of Quaker, Catholic, Lutheran, Jewish and Dutch Reformed religions.
What are the Middle Colonies
While technically a British victory, the Americans inflicted heavy casualties on the British and this battle became a rallying point for the American cause.
What is the Battle of Bunker (Breed's Hill)
Author John O'Sullivan coined this phrase describing America's right to "overspread and possess the whole of the continent which Providence has given us for the free development of our yearly multiplying millions."
What is Manifest Destiny
While delivering the longest inaugural address ever, this president contracted pneumonia and died one moth later in the White House.
Who is William Henry Harrison
Author of an influential book that inspired other European explorers to search for another trade route to the Far East.
Who is Marco Polo
This leader in the Jamestown Colony said, "He that will not work shall not eat."
Who is John Smith
Adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, this document begins "When in the course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another...."
What is the Declaration of Independence
This journey was initiated by Andrew Jackson, using the Indian Removal Act of 1830, forcing Native American tribes to land west of the Mississippi and east of the Rockies.
What is the Trail of Tears
This British mechanic secretly immigrated to the United States, constructed the first successful cotton spinning mill in Rhode Island and is known as the Father of American Industry.
Who is Samuel Slater