Early Encounters
What country is credited for sending Christopher Columbus to the Americas?
Spain
This colony is considered the first permanent English settlement, being established by the Virginia Company in 1607.
Patriots
Who was "unanimously" chosen to be the first president of the United States?
George Washington
Which President is responsible for the purchase of Louisiana?
Thomas Jefferson
What is the term given to the exchange of food, weapons, ideas, and disease between "the new world" and "the old world"?
The Columbian Exchange
Pilgrims or Separatists
Which colonial conflict in the mid-1700s is credited as being a long-term cause of the Revolutionary War?
The French & Native American War
The earlier governing document that the United States created that was considered to provide a weak central government with no executive or judicial branches.
the Articles of Confederation
Which current U.S. state was acquired from Spain in exchange for Texas?
Florida
Which Native American cultural area do we currently live in today?
Northeast
The economy of this colonial region relied heavily on plantation agriculture, cash crops, and enslaved labor due to fertile soil and a warm climate.
The Southern Colonies
This document was sent to the King of England, stating the colonists intent to break ties with the crown and form a new nation.
The Declaration of Independence
This plan, introduced by James Madison, proposed representation in Congress based on population.
The Virginia Plan
What practice by the British triggered President Madison to declare war in 1812?
Impressment
Which labor system did Spanish explorers/settlers use to demand labor and tribute from Indigenous peoples in exchange for "protection" and "spiritual guidance"?
The Encomienda System
This Southern colony was founded in 1733 as a buffer colony between the southern colonies and Spanish Florida and was initially established as a "prisoner colony".
Georgia
This was a direct tax on the colonies that taxed paper, lead, glass, tea, and more.
The Townshend Act
This compromise determined that enslaved people would be counted as three-fifths of a person for purposes of representation and taxation.
the Three-Fifths Compromise
What president was responsible for the large scale relocation of Native American tribes from the East Coast into the Oklahoma territory? What was the name of this "act"?
Andrew Jackson. The Indian Removal Act.
Which conflict between New England colonists and Native American groups, led by the Wampanoag leader Metacom, resulted in widespread destruction and is considered one of the deadliest wars per capita in colonial American history?
King Philip's War
This colony was established in 1634 as a haven for English Catholics and was later known for its Act of Toleration.
Maryland
This treaty officially ended the Revolution, and created the new boarders of the new United States of America.
The Treaty of Paris
This promise helped secure ratification by assuring skeptics that amendments protecting individual rights would be added.
The Bill of Rights
Which two states were added to the "union" in the Missouri Compromise? Also identify if they were "free states" or "slave states".
Maine - Free State
Missouri - Slave State