The American Colonies
Founded in 1607, this is the first permanent English colony in the New World
Jamestown
During the chaotic events of the Boston Massacre, this British officer was accused of ordering his men to fire into the crowd. He was later defended in court by John Adams and found not guilty. Who was this Captain?
Captain Thomas Preston
This 1803 purchase expanded US borders from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains
The Louisiana Purchase
This man shot and killed Abraham Lincoln on April 14th, 1865
John Wilkes Booth
We hold these truths to be self evident, that all Men are created Equal
Thomas Jefferson
In 1620, the Pilgrims sailed to the New World on the Mayflower and landed at Plymouth Rock. Why did they come to the New World?
Religious Freedom
This silversmith and member of the Sons of Liberty created the most famous image of the Boston Massacre. His midnight ride would lead directly to the Shot Heard 'Round the World.
Paul Revere
In 1849, a Gold Rush in this territory triggered thousands to move west in search of fortune
California
This man's house was robbed after the signing of Robert E Lee's surrender
Wilmer McLean
Abraham Lincoln
This cash crop saved the early American settlers
Tobacco
Battle of Saratoga
Passed by Congress in 1830 under President Andrew Jackson, what law authorized the forced relocation of Native American tribes east of the Mississippi River?
Indian Removal Act
Passed by Congress in 1820, this decision said that no state above the agreed upon line of latitude could permit slavery.
Missouri Compromise
Sic Semper Tyrannis
John Wilkes Booth
Established in Virginia in 1619, this legislative body was the very first representative assembly of elected officials in the American colonies, setting a massive precedent for future democratic government in the United States. What was its name?
The House of Burgesses
Signed in 1783, this treaty ended the Revolutionary War, forcing Britain to recognize American independence.
The Treaty of Paris
Beginning in Independence Missouri, this route took many settlers West in search of a better life.
Oregon Trail
This Confederate General begged Robert E Lee to stop Pickett's Charge, but was ultimately ignored.
Give me Liberty, or Give me Death.
Patrick Henry
Following the French and Indian War, King George III issued this decree in 1763, which infuriated American colonists by strictly banning them from settling any land west of the Appalachian Mountains. What was this law called?
Organized by Samuel Adams, these groups formed a network to move information throughout the colonies
Committees of Correspondence
This treaty ended the Mexican/American War, and greatly increased the size of the United States
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
This man and his sons led a raid on Harpers Ferry, Virginia in an attempt to arm and begin a slave rebellion.
John Brown
The American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers.
James Monroe