Before there was an America
A series of military campaigns in the Middle East in the name of Christianity.
What are the Crusades?
This was considered the first battle of the American Revolution.
What is the Battle of Lexington?
This document was our first attempt at a constitution.
What were the Articles of Confederation?
English philosopher who believed in the social contract theory. Thomas Jefferson really liked his ideas.
Who is John Locke?
A division of power between a federal government and state governments.
What is federalism?
This branch of government has the power to make laws.
What is the legislative branch?
A frozen land bridge that connected Asia to America.
Way back in the day.
What is beringia?
A Thomas Paine writing that encouraged American independence from England.
What is Common Sense?
The first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution.
What are the Bill of Rights?
The primary author of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
A term for a two-house legislature.
What is bicameral?
Name the two houses in our legislative branch.
What is the House of Representatives and the U.S. Senate?
Three "G" reasons for exploring the New World.
What is gold, God, glory?
The Brits surrendered in this battle, thus ending the war.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
This issue was probably the biggest to resolve among the small states and the large states. Connecticut came up with a good solution.
What is representation in Congress?
This founding father is known as the "Father of the Constitution".
Who is James Madison?
To wander from place to place in search of food and water.
What is nomadic?
This house in Congress has equal representation from each state.
What is the U.S. Senate?
This movement criticized the Catholic Church and the authority of the Pope.
What is the Reformation?
"No taxation without ____________ became a rallying cry for the colonists against the king.
What is representation?
Name these documents in the order that they were written.
The Constitution, the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation
What is the Declaration of Independence, the Articles of Confederation, the U.S. Constitution.
This guy was the President of the Constitutional Convention. Oh yeah, went on to become our first President.
Who is George Washington?
A cultural awakening in Europe in the 1400s.
What is the Renaissance?
The global transfer of crops, livestock, and diseases between the New World and Europe.
What is the Columbian Exchange?
A trans-Atlantic network of trade that included the use of slaves.
What was the triangular trade?
The document that notified King George that the colonies were ending their relationship with him.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
The word ratify means this.
What is to approve?
This guy was Washington's Secretary of the Treasury and became the leader of the Federalist Party. His portrait is also on the ten-dollar bill.
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
The belief that a nation can increase its wealth by maintaining a favorable balance of trade.
What is mercantilism?
Name the three branches of our federal government.
What is the Executive, Judicial, and Legislative branches?