Civil War
Early Colonization
The 13 Colonies
The American Revolution
The Constitution
100

Name of the document that freed the slaves during the war

Emancipation Proclamation

100
John Rolfe, a prominent English colonist married this famous Powhatan Indian princess. Their marriage helped end the first Anglo-Powhatan war.
Pocahontas
100
This colony was founded by William Penn, a Quaker, and was known for its religious toleration
Pennsylvania
100
Without the support of this nation, the American colonies may not have been successful in their Revolution from England
France
100

The Constitution establishes which three branches of government?

Executive, Judicial, Legislative

200

Head General of the Confederates

Robert E. Lee

200
The crop cultivated by the English beginning in Virginia that soon led to be one of the major cash crops for the English colonies
Tobacco
200
This colony's biggest city was Charles Town, which became of the most important ports for the colonial south.
South Carolina
200
The events at these two places sparked the start of the American Revolution and lead to Paul Revere's famous ride
Lexington and Concord
200

The Constitution was written, drafted, and voted on at this gathering

Constitutional Convention

300

President of the Confederacy

Jefferson Davis
300
The first permanent and surviving English settlement in the New World
Jamestown
300
This colony was named after England's Queen Elizabeth and was home to Jamestown, the first English settlement
Virginia
300
Name at least 3 of the Acts that were established by England in an attempt to control the American colonies. These acts helped to lead the colonies to revolt
Stamp, Sugar, Quartering, Intolerable, Townshend, Declaratory, Tea
300

The main government document that failed, leading to the Constitution

Articles of Confederation

400

The general who "Marched to the Sea" through Georgia

General Sherman

400
The Roanoke or "Lost Colony" was established in 1585 by this man.
Sir Walter Raleigh
400
This colony was originally controlled by the Dutch and was originally named New Amsterdam
New York
400

To win the Revolution, the colonies needed a strong continental army, as well as, the support of another type of military force composed of ordinary citizens. What is the name of this other type of military force?

Militia/Minutemen

400

The names of the two sides of the Constitutional Convention debate, which became the basis for our political parties

Federalists and Anti-Federalists

500
The battle won in the West by Ulysses S. Grant that shifted the war in the Union's favor by securing the Mississippi river and cutting the Confederacy in half

Battle of Vicksburg

500
John Smith's famous slogan that helped saved the people of Jamestown from "Starving Time."
He Who Shall Not Work Shall Not Eat
500
This colony was founded by James Oglethorpe was originally created as a prison and debtor's colony to be used as a buffer zone for Spanish Florida
Georgia
500
The name of the Treaty that was signed between the American colonies and England to end the American Revolution
The Treaty of Paris
500

What is the 19th Amendment?


Women's suffrage

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