The First Americans
The original Americans found by explorers living in the New World
What are Native Americans or American Indians?
Three sections of the original thirteen include The Northern Colonies, the Southern Colonies, and this section
What are the Middle Colonies?
The first tax act angering the colonists, it placed a duty on all newspapers and documents
What was The Stamp Act?
The top U.S. leader, head of the Executive Branch
The term used to show that the USA was "destined by God" to grab the rest of the land and expand all the way to the Pacific Ocean.
What is "Manifest Destiny"?
The trade system between the New World, Africa, and Europe, which traded goods AND diseases
What is the Columbian Exchange?
The name for the group of colonies including Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia
What were the Southern Colonies?
Colonists protested "Taxation Without" this benefit
What is Representation?
All citizens over 18 years old, born in the United States, have this power to exercise in their government
What is voting, or the power to vote?
Thomas Jefferson sent them to the wilderness to create maps of the unsettled land on the west coast
Who were Lewis and Clark, OR The Corps of Discovery?
This holiday commemorates the first winter's harvest, shared between Pilgrims and Native Americans
What is Thanksgiving?
This group of colonies was in the north, and included Connecticut, Massachussetts, New Hampshire, and Rhode Island
What were the New England colonies?
Soldiers began firing on protestors, sparking a massacre in this town
What is Boston?
The Supreme Court is part of this branch of U.S. government
What is the Judicial Branch?
This deal brought us a huge chunk of land in the middle of North America for only 15 million dollars
What was the Louisiana Purchase?
This strip of land between Russia and Alaska served as a bridge for East Asians who came to America 36,000 years ago
What is the Bering Strait?
Two of the four colonies included in The Middle Colonies
What were New York, New Jersey, Delaware, or Pennsylvania?
The Sons of Liberty dumped 92,000 pounds of British tea into the harbor to protest the Tea Act.
What was the Boston Tea Party?
A President can use this power to make any bill he likes go away
What is "veto"?
These people moved west to live a tough life on the frontier.
Who were the Pioneers?
This war with France in the colonies cost Britain a huge debt. The tax they placed on colonists led to the American Revolution.
What was The French and Indian War?
One of the main reasons people came from Europe to settle in the colonies
What are Religious Freedom, or Trade Opportunities?
The Quartering Act forced colonists to let British soldiers do this
What is "stay in your home"?
The Senate and the House of Representatives come together to make this branch of our government
What is the Legislative Branch?
This founding father fought a duel with Aaron Burr, and died from his wounds
Who was Alexander Hamilton?