Founding Document
Colonies
Rebellion
Migration
Genral US history
100
What is the Declaration of Independence?
Expresses the founding ideals AND separates us from Great Britain
100
How many Colonies were there at the start of the United States?
13
100
What did the Americans have to pay that upset them so much that they started a war?
Taxes
100
What group did we learn about in class yesterday?
Native Americans
100
Who was the first president?
George Washington
200
What is the Constitution?
Defines the three branches of government and sets up the rules and laws of America
200
Middle Colonies
200
Name 3 of the taxes that the Americans had to pay to the British
Stamp tax
Sugar tax
Tea Tax
200
What did many people have to ride in to cross over the United States back in the 1800's?
A wagon.
200
What happened to Native Americans when colonists moved west?
They got removed from their land
300
What is the Bill of Rights
The first 10 Amendments
300
What crops were grown in the Southern Colonies
Cash crops such as tobacco, cotton, sugar cane
300
What event is being described "A group of people dressed as Natives Americans dumped tea into the harbor"
Boston Tea Party
300
What act gave people the opportunity to own 160 acres?
The Homestead act
300
Name 3 founding fathers
John Jay
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Alexander Hamilton
Benajmin Franklin etc.
400
Name 2 things that we get because of the Bill of Rights?
Freedom of Speech, Freedom of Press, Freedom of religion, Freedom to own a firearm etc.
400
New England Colonies
400
This line prevented the Colonists from moving west
The Proclamation of 1763
400
Under the Homestead act, you had to live on the land for how many years before you owned it?
3-5 years
400
Who fought in the French and Indian War
French, Natives, British, Colonists
500
How many Amendments are there?
27
500
Which Colonies were known for their large plantations mainly worked by slaves?
Southern Colonies
500
What was the name of the war where the United States fought Great Britain to gain independence
Revolutionary War
500
How much was 160 acres worth in 1820?
18 dollars
500
What are the three branches of government?
Executive, Legislative, Judicial
OR
President, Congree/senate, Supreme Court