Unit 1
George Santayana concluded this about people who cannot remember the past.
What is they are condemned to repeat it?
The English king who broke with Rome and established the Church of England.
Who is King Henry VIII?
Colonial officer that failed at pushing the French out of Fort Duquesne (Doo-Kane).
Who is George Washington?
He is the British general that surrendered to Washington and Yorktown, Virginia.
Who is Lord Charles Cornwallis?
The right to bear and keep arms is guaranteed by this Amendment.
What is the 2nd Amendment?
This introduced Europeans to the geography, cultures and riches of the East.
What were the Crusades?
This explorer sailed to Newfoundland for England in 1497.
Who is John Cabot?
Philosophical movement that de-emphasized the role of God in the world.
What is know as the Enlightenment?
He led thousands of settlers through the Cumberland Gap.
Who is Daniel Boone?
Commander in Chief describes their role with the US military.
Who is the President of the United States?
The period of intellectual inquiry, exploration, and artistic expression in Europe following the Middle Ages.
What is the Renaissance?
__________ was known as the location for the first attempt to establish a colony in North America.
Where is Roanoke?
Winner of the French and Indian War.
Who is Great Britain?
The first governing document of the United States?
What are the Articles of Confederation?
The fraction of the Senate elected every two years.
What is one third (1/3)?
Hernando Cortez led the conquest of this nation.
Who are the Aztecs (Mexico)?
Defeated by the English navy in 1588, therefore increasing world power.
What is the Spanish Armada?
The confrontation between Boston citizens and the British soldiers on March 5, 1770.
What is the Boston Massacre?
The year the Constitutional Convention met for the first time.
What is the year of 1787?
The term or phrase used to describe the ways the three branches of government limit each other's powers.
What is Checks and Balances?
European explorer believed to have landed on the eastern coast of North America before Columbus.
First permanent English settlement in North America.
What is Jamestown?
"Give me liberty, or give me death" was exclaimed by this person.
Who is Patrick Henry?
He was the chairman of the Constitutional Convention.
Who is George Washington?
The fraction of states needed to ratify a proposed Constitutional amendment for it to take effect/.
What is three-fourths (3/4)?