Colonial America
What was the main cash crop of the Jamestown
Tobacco
What 1770 event was used as propaganda by patriots to build support for the revolution?
Boston Massacre
What was America’s first constitution called?
Articles of Confederation
What purchase doubled the size of the U.S. in 1803?
Louisiana Purchase
What compromise counted 3 out of 5 slaves for representation？
Three-Fifths Compromise
The 1620 agreement established a form of self-government for the Pilgrims.
The Mayflower Compact
What document formally declared the colonies’ independence from Britain?
Declaration of Independence
What rebellion in 1786 convinced many that the Articles were too weak?
Shays’ Rebellion
What 1820 agreement tried to maintain a balance of free and slave states?
Missouri Compromise
Who led a failed slave rebellion in Virginia in 1831?
Nat Turner
What system gave land to colonists to bring over indentured servants?
Headright System
Who was the primary author of the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
What compromise resolved the issue of representation in Congress?
The Great Compromise
What Supreme Court case established judicial review?
Marbury v. Madison
What network helped enslaved people escape to freedom in the North?
Underground Railroad
What 1676 event showed tensions between frontiersmen and colonial elites in Virginia?
Bacon's Rebellion
Which 1777 battle is considered the turning point of the Revolutionary War?
Battle of Saratoga
What part of the Constitution allows for implied powers?
The Elastic Clause
Who invented the cotton gin in 1793?
Eli Whitney
What law required the return of runaway slaves?
Fugitive Slave Act
Which colony was founded by William Penn as a haven for Quakers?
Pennsylvania
What treaty officially ended the American Revolution?
Treaty of Paris (1783)
What 1798 laws limited speech critical of the government and targeted immigrants?
Alien and Sedition Acts
What was the goal of the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848?
Women’s rights, including suffrage
What abolitionist published The Liberator?
William Lloyd Garrison