America as British Colonies
In Mesoamerica and the Andes, the two great empires of the Americas.
What are the Aztec and Inca empires?
This secret group of colonial protestors formed in the 1760s to oppose British taxes like the Stamp Act and later organized the Boston Tea Party.
What is the Sons of Liberty?
Written primarily by Thomas Jefferson and adopted on July 4, 1776, this document declared the colonies’ independence from Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
The first written constitution of the United States that created a weak central government.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
In 1773, colonists disguised as Mohawk Indians dumped tea into Boston Harbor to protest British taxation.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
The trade route connected Africa, the Americas, and Europe, transporting enslaved Africans across the Atlantic Ocean.
What is the Middle Passage?
This 1774 meeting of delegates was called in response to the Intolerable Acts.
What is the First Continental Congress?
This 1775 battle marked the start of the American Revolution, fought in two Massachusetts towns.
What are Lexington and Concord?
This compromise counted a portion of enslaved people toward a state’s population for representation and taxation.
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise?
This 1803 land deal between the United States and France doubled the size of the nation.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
The 1619 Virginia assembly marked the beginning of representative government in the English colonies.
What is the House of Burgesses?
Passed in 1767, these acts placed taxes on imported goods like glass, paper, paint, and tea, which angered colonists and led to boycotts of British goods.
What are the Townshend Acts?
The turning point battle of the Revolution that convinced France to ally with the colonies.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
To win support for the Constitution, Federalists promised to add these first ten amendments protecting individual liberties.
What is the Bill of Rights?
This U.S. president issued the Emancipation Proclamation during the Civil War.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This 1676 rebellion in Virginia exposed tensions between backcountry settlers and the colonial elite.
What is Bacon’s Rebellion?
This 1776 pamphlet by Thomas Paine argued for independence from Britain.
What is Common Sense?
Signed in 1783, this treaty officially ended the Revolutionary War and recognized American independence.
What is the Treaty of Paris (1783)?
These essays, written by Hamilton, Madison, and Jay, argued for the ratification of the U.S. Constitution.
What are The Federalist Papers?
In 1607, this was the first permanent English settlement in North America.
What is Jamestown?
This 1675–1676 conflict between New England colonists and Native Americans, led by the Wampanoag chief Metacom, was one of the bloodiest wars in colonial America.
What is King Philip’s War?
These two groups emerged during the First Great Awakening, one supporting traditional church authority, and the other embracing emotional, revival-style preaching.
What are the Old Lights and New Lights?
Meeting in Philadelphia in 1775, this assembly of colonial delegates managed the war effort and appointed George Washington commander of the Continental Army.
What is the Second Continental Congress?
In this famous Federalist Paper, James Madison argued that a large republic would best protect against the dangers of factions.
What is Federalist No. 10?
In 1929, this major event began when the stock market crashed, leading to years of economic hardship.
What is the Great Depression?