People 1
Who was the young Virginian lawyer that proclaimed, "Give me liberty, or give me death!"?
Patrick Henry
Who led a rebellion during the Critical Period of American history?
Daniel Shay
Which method of education was prevalent in the southern colonies?
Old-filed schools
"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" was preached by which prominent figure?
Jonathan Edwards
What interpretation of the Constitution argued against the establishment of a national bank?
Strict construction
Which Spaniard was responsible for the conquest of the Aztecs?
Hernando Cortes
Which American diplomat negotiated a treaty with Spain in the late 18th century?
Thomas Pickney
What was the most commonly used textbook in colonial America?
New England Primer
Who wrote "Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania"?
John Dickinson
Which constitutional compromise addressed the issue of counting states' slave populations?
three-fifths compromise
Who is credited with inventing the movable-type printing press?
Johanne Guttenberg
Who explored the souther region of the Louisiana Purchase?
Zebulon Pike
What was the name of the ship commanded by John Paul Jones that captured the British vessel Serapis?
Bonhomme Richard
What was the name of the alliance of Native American tribes formed around A.D. 1400?
Iriquois Confederacy
What principle of constitutional government was established by the case of Marbury v. Madison?
Judicial review - Supreme Court can strike down an unconstitutional law
Who served as the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony?
John Winthrop
Hernando Cortés conquered which empire?
Aztecs
In what way did John Locke's political theory differ from that of William Blackstone?
Locke believed law of nature came from man and not God
What was the first institution of higher learning established in British North America?
Harvard
How did the Constitution address the issue of the unstable monetary system under the Articles of Confederation?
Congress was given power over monetary issues
Who authored the influential Commentaries on the Laws of England?
William Blackstone
Who was the founder of Log College?
William Tennent
What significant English precedent for American government originated from the Magna Carta?
limited representative government
Which British general was responsible for capturing New York?
Sir William Howe
Who was the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court?
John Jay