Transportation Revolution
This technological advancement led to the rise of river cities and easier access to trade along rivers.
What are steamboats?
The victory of this battle convinced the colonial armies that they could beat the British and encouraged France to form an alliance.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
This work of literature written by Thomas Paine inspired colonists to declare independence from England.
What is Common Sense?
This movement led by Daniel Shay revealed the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.
What is Shay’s Rebellion?
This man cultivated tobacco and turned Virginia into a profitable colony.
Who is John Rolfe?
These technological advancements were limited by geography and froze in the winter.
What are canals?
This significant Civil War Battle allowed Lincoln to issue the Emancipation Proclamation and diminished the chances of Britain joining the War.
What is the Battle of Antietam?
This book was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe and exposes the harsh reality of slavery.
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin?
This act of rebellion consisted of men dressing as Mohawk Indians and dumping tea into the Boston Harbor.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
These are crops that people eat and are grown on family farms.
What are staple crops?
This was an amusement park in NY built at the end of a train run.
What is Coney Island?
This was the first battle of the American Revolution and is known as “the shot heard around the world”.
What is the Battle of Concord and Lexington?
This was written by Thomas Paine in the fall of 1776 after George Washington’s horrible performances in the Revolutionary War.
What is The Crisis?
This movement led to the rise of slavery and the decline of indentured servants as the main labor force.
What is Bacon's Rebellion?
This region of colonies had religious motives for colonizing.
What are the New England Colonies?
This was the celebration of the Erie Canal, in which they proceeded through the locks of the canal, and filled a keg of Lake Erie water.
What is the Wedding of Waters?
In 1781 British General Cornwallis surrendered at this battle, which diminished Britain’s chances of winning the war.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
This newspaper, written by William Lloyd Garrison, announced the new and more radical abolitionist movement.
What is the Liberator?
This rebellion was a violent protest fought by farmers who were against the placement of a tax on whiskey.
What is the whiskey rebellion?
The economy of these colonies is based on slave labor and cash crops such as tobacco, rice, and indigo.
What are the Southern colonies?
This man was the creator of the steamboat.
Who is Robert Fulton?
This battle is known for having the largest among of casualties in the Civil War and was a turning point for the North.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
This autobiography, written by a former slave, was an important part of the abolition movement and thrived during the Communication Revolution.
What is Fredrick Douglass The Autobiography?
This event led to the death of 150 freedmen and is known as the bloodiest incident during Reconstruction.
What is the Colfax Massacre?
This type of colony was a charter colony granted to a corporation that seeks to make a profit.
What is a joint-stock colony?