A tax placed on goods from another country to protect the home industry.
What is protective tariff?
100
Delegates of the Second Continental Congress met on July 4th of this year to sign the Declaration of Independence.
What is 1776?
100
A representative in France for the Revolution, this man was an important delegate to the Constitutional Convention.
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
100
This party supported a Constitution which favored a strong national government.
Who are Federalists?
100
This passionate patriot is most famous for "Give me liberty or give me death!"
Who was Patrick Henry?
200
We fought against this "Mother Country" for our independence.
What is Great Britain or England?
200
Jamestown, VA, the first permanent English settlement, was established in this year.
What is 1607?
200
After serving as the leader of the Continental Army, he was elected president of the Constitutional Convention and the first President of the United States.
Who is George Washington?
200
As members of this branch of government, elected representatives from both parties make or enact laws.
What is legislative branch?
200
One of the leaders of this campaign against the sale or drinking of alcohol was Carrie Nation.
What is the Temperance Movement?
300
The belief that the United States should own all of the land between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
What is Manifest Destiny?
300
In this year, Thomas Jefferson purchased a great deal of territory from France and began America's westward expansion beyond the Mississippi River.
What is 1803?
300
This former slave became the best-known black abolitionish in the country.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
300
The leader of the original Democratic Party, he was responsible for the Trail of Tears.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
300
This short speech given by Abraham Lincoln to dedicate a cemetery for soldiers who died in battle.
What is the Gettysburg Address?
400
The original east coast area that became the original states was settled by Great Britain beginning in 1607.
What is the 13 Original Colonies?
400
Americans fought over the issues of slavery, states' rights, and economic and sectional difference between the North and the South over this time period.
What is 1861 - 1865?
400
The author of Common Sense and The Crisis used these pamplhlets to promote the ideas of the American Revolution.
Who is Thomas Paine?
400
This political party opposed the Constitution and preferred the state government have more power than the national.
Who are the Antifederalists?
400
When the Pilgrims in Plymouth signed this document, they agreed to consult each other about laws for the colony and promised to work together to make it succeed.
What is The Mayflower Compact?
500
According to this economic theory, a country's strength is measured by the amount of gold it has, the colonies exist for the benefit of the Mother Country, and a country should sell more than it buys.
What is mercantilism?
500
In April of this year, shots fired in Lexington, Massachusetts marked the beginning of the American Revolution.
What is 1775?
500
The grave of this leader of the Sons of Liberty sets in a cemetery in downtown Boston.
Who is Samuel Adams?
500
This aristocractic plantation owner from Virginia was the leader of the anti-Federalists.
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
500
This foreign policy statemehnt by James Monroe was an agreement between the United States and European nations.