This compromise counted enslaved people as part of the calculation for representation and taxation purposes, and referred to them as "other Persons".
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise?
This 1776 document inspired revolutionary movements around the world by asserting the colonies’ right to self-govern.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This purchase extended U.S. territory westward and secured control of New Orleans, a key port city.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
This treaty ended the War of 1812, restoring pre-war boundaries without resolving maritime issues.
What is the Treaty of Ghent?
This document begins with "We the People" and outlines the structure of the U.S. government.
What is the Constitution?
Before moving to this "greatest city in the world", Alexander Hamilton spent much of his youth on the Caribbean island of St. Croix, where he worked as a clerk and witnessed the brutal realities of the slave trade.
What is New York?
This agreement resolved disputes between large and small states by creating a bicameral legislature.
What is the Great Compromise?
The Revolution of 1800 marked the first peaceful transfer of power between political parties in U.S. history, and elected this president.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This Native American woman, assisted Lewis and Clark in their exploration of the newly acquired Louisiana Territory.
Who is Sacagawea?
This forced relocation of Native Americans led to the death of thousands during their journey west.
What is the Trail of Tears?
This 1863 declaration by Abraham Lincoln freed enslaved people in Confederate states.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
In Hamilton, this political figure serves as Alexander Hamilton’s lifelong rival and ultimately kills him in a duel.
Who is Aaron Burr?
The Founding Fathers tabled the issue of slavery during this 1787 meeting to maintain unity.
What is the Constitutional Convention?
The successful slave revolt on this Caribbean island inspired fears of rebellion in the American South.
What is Haiti?
This 1836 battle secured Texas's independence from Mexico.
What is the Battle of San Jacinto?
This compromise included a stricter Fugitive Slave Act and admitted California as a free state.
What is the Compromise of 1850?
This 1791 addition to the Constitution guaranteed individual freedoms like speech, religion, and the right to a fair trial.
What is the Bill of Rights?
"If we assume the debts, the union gets new line of credit, a financial diuretic/How do you not get it, if we're aggressive and competitive/The union gets a boost, you'd rather give it a sedative?"
Hamilton is referring to the creation of this to stabilize the U.S. economy and manage debt.
What is National Bank or the first Bank of the United States?
The Slave Trade Clause allowed Congress to ban the importation of enslaved people after this year.
What is 1808?
This military leader’s rise to power in France worried American Federalists in the early 1800s.
Who is Napoleon Bonaparte?
This 1846 treaty between the United States and Britain established the 49th parallel as the boundary between U.S. and British territory in the Pacific Northwest.
What is the Oregon Treaty?
This 1854 act allowed settlers in two U.S. territories to determine whether slavery would be permitted, effectively repealing the Missouri Compromise and intensifying tensions that led to the Civil War.
What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act?
This amendment guaranteed equal protection under the law for all U.S. citizens.
What is the Fourteenth Amendment?
In the musical, this Schuyler sister expresses her love for Alexander Hamilton but sacrifices her feelings for her sister Eliza.
Who is Angelica Schuyler?
This controversial compromise in 1820 maintained the balance of slave and free states in the Senate and banned slavery over the 36° 30' parallel.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
This French Revolution figure, known as the "Hero of Two Worlds," played a pivotal role in both the American and French revolutions, serving as a key ally to George Washington and helping draft the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen.
Who is Marquis de Lafayette?
This 1848 treaty ended the Mexican-American War and significantly expanded U.S. territory, including California and much of the Southwest.
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
This 1863 Civil War battle, often considered the turning point of the war, resulted in a Union victory and inspired President Abraham Lincoln’s famous address honoring those who fought there.
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
This 1823 policy declared that European powers should no longer colonize or interfere in the affairs of the Americas, asserting the United States’ role as a protector of the Western Hemisphere.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
The song "One Last Time" captures this leader's decision to step down from the presidency, emphasizing his belief in the peaceful transfer of power.
Who is George Washington?