Colonial Era/Early Nation
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Religiousity
Randomness
100
The Natural Rights that John Locke believed all people are born with
What is Life, liberty and property?
100
Colonists objected to this because it limited their ability to move westward
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
100
The first method of traveling west
What is wagons?
100

These English Separatists sailed to America in 1620 seeking religious freedom and founded a colony at Plymouth.

Who are the Pilgrims?

100
This philosophical movement led to colonists questioning the power of King George III, statesmen concluding that individual citizens have natural freedoms and people looking for answers to social questions through the use of science.
What is the Enlightenment?
200
The New Jersey Plan and the Virginia Plan came together to be called....
What is the Great Compromise?
200
Colonists refused to pay this tax and burned effigies of those who tried to collect it.
What is the Stamp Act?
200
The reason why most people moved out west before the 1840's.
What is to make a new life for themselves and their families?
200
Which amendment grants American citizens freedom of religion?
What is the First Amendment?
200
The debate over how states would be represented in Congress was settled by this compromise.
What is the Great Compromise?
300
Certain states did not ratify (approve) the Constitution until this was added to it
What is the Bill of Rights?
300
Some people objected this amendment because it stopped slavery
What is the 13th amendment?
300
This allowed the federal government to pay Native Americans to move west.
What is Indian Removal Act?
300

This Puritan leader and governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony famously preached about creating a “city upon a hill.”

Who is John Winthrop?

300
This author of the Declaration of Independence was inspired by John Locke.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
400
This future president was leader of the Continental Army during the Revolutionary war?
Who is George Washington?
400
John C. Calhoun went against his boss when he authorized the use of this for his home state of South Carolina
What is Nullification?
400
_______________ to overspread and to possess the whole of the continent which Providence has given us?
What is Manifest Destiny?
400

Founded by Roger Williams, this colony became known for religious tolerance and separation of church and state.

What is Rhode Island?

400
DAILY DOUBLE!!! This man supported ratification of the Constitution without a Bill of Rights.
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
500
From which of the following Enlightenment thinkers did the Declaration of Independence adopt many of its principles?
John Locke
500

In 1798, James Madison and Thomas Jefferson secretly authored these resolutions arguing that states could object to federal laws they deemed unconstitutional.

What are the Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions?

500
The reason why the Texans fought for freedom from Mexico
What is slavery?
500

This 1730s–1740s religious revival, featuring preachers like Jonathan Edwards, emphasized personal faith and emotional sermons.

What is the First Great Awakening?

500
The main criticism for this document was that it did not give enough power to the federal(central) government.
What are the Articles of Condederation?
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