Colonies
What was the first permanent English settlement established in 1607?
Jamestown
Where were the 1st shots of the American Revolution fired?
Lexington and Concord
The very first form of government in the United States was known as the...
Articles of Confederation
What territory did we purchase from France in 1803
Louisiana Purchase
What prompted the South to split from the Union in 1860?
Election of Abraham Lincoln
This slave rebellion was the largest slave revolt in the colonies...(Hint: Spain)
Stono Rebellion
Known as the turning point in the American Revolution...(Hint: France)
Battle of Saratoga
What was known as the only success of the Articles of Confederation?
Northwest Ordinance
The idea that it is our God given right to own all the land from the East Coast to the West Coast is known as?
Manifest Destiny
This allowed for the passage of popular sovereignty and for California to be admitted as a free state
Compromise of 1850
What was the name of the 1st form of Representative Government in the colonies?
Mayflower Compact
This led the groundwork for the eventual American Revolution by prohibiting colonist from claiming lands to the WEST of the Appalachian Mountains
Proclamation of 1763
This rebellion by a lowly farmer helped reshape American government by ridding the people of the ineffective Articles of Confederation...
Shays Rebellion
54 40 or Fight is a slogan in reference to...
Acquiring the Oregon Territory
This was the bloodies single day battle of the entire Civil War seeing the deaths of over 20K soldiers
Battle of Antietam
This rebellion was led by an indentured servant and saw the end of indentured similitude in the colonies due to their unruliness...
Bacon's Rebellion
This was the only from of taxation that was ever repealed in the lead up to the American Revolution...
Stamp Act
This law helped further lay the foundation for America by creating a court system that would be supreme over all others
Judiciary Act of 1789
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended a conflict in 1848 and gave the United States access to 2 new territories, what are they?
New Mexico and California
This man led a rebellion against a federal arsenal in Harpers Ferry that brought the issues of slavery back to the political forefront of American politics
John Brown
This was known as the "bloodiest war per capita" in US History...
King Phillips War
During the French and Indian War this plan was devised to help protect the colonies and was later used as a symbol during the American Rev...
Albany Plan of Union
(Join or Die Flag)
These two resolutions were written in response to the Alien and Sedition Acts for violating citizens 1st Amendment rights...
Virginia and Kentucky
Created by Henry Clay it helped tie the country together through transportation, protective tariffs, and strengthening the power of the National Bank
The American System
This was known as the first all black infantry regiment in the United States Army responsible for fighting all over the South...
54th Massachusetts