US Locations
This major river flows south through the central United States and empties into the Gulf of Mexico.
What is the Mississippi River?
This era began with the establishment of Jamestown in 1607 and ended after the French and Indian War in 1763.
What is the Early Colonial Era?
Colonists in this region relied heavily on fishing, shipbuilding, and maritime trade because of its rocky soil and natural harbors.
What is New England?
Established in Virginia in 1607, this became the first permanent English settlement in North America.
What is Jamestown?
The United States, Canada, Mexico, and the nations of Central America are located on this continent.
What is North America?
This mountain range created a natural barrier to westward settlement during the colonial period.
What are the Appalachian Mountains?
This era, lasting from 1763 to 1783, included colonial protests, the Declaration of Independence, and the war for independence.
What is the American Revolution Era?
Because of their fertile soil and successful grain production, these colonies became known as the “Breadbasket Colonies.”
What are the Middle Colonies?
Adopted on July 4, 1776, this document announced that the thirteen colonies were separating from Great Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, and Peru are located on this continent.
What is South America?
This Massachusetts city became the location of the Boston Massacre and Boston Tea Party.
Boston
he Articles of Confederation, Constitutional Convention, and ratification of the Constitution occurred during this 1783–1789 era.
What is the Constitutional Era?
Tobacco, rice, and indigo were widely grown as these types of crops in the Southern Colonies.
What are cash crops?
Delegates met at this 1787 gathering to revise the Articles of Confederation but created a new Constitution instead.
What was the Constitutional Convention?
This continent is located directly east of the Atlantic Ocean and includes Ghana, Egypt, Nigeria, and Ethiopia.
What is Africa?
The Declaration of Independence and the United States Constitution were both written in this Pennsylvania city.
What is Philadelphia?
This 1861–1865 era involved armed conflict between the Union and the Confederacy.
What is the Civil War Era?
This forced labor system expanded as Southern plantation owners demanded workers to produce labor-intensive cash crops.
What was chattel slavery?
This 1803 land purchase from France nearly doubled the size of the United States.
What was the Louisiana Purchase?
This is the world’s largest continent by land area and contains China, India, Japan, and the Arabian Peninsula
What is Asia?
Control of this Louisiana port city was important because it provided access to the Mississippi River and the Gulf of Mexico.
What is New Orleans?
During this 1865–1877 era, the United States attempted to restore the Union and define freedom and citizenship for formerly enslaved people.
What is the Reconstruction Era?
A person who agreed to work for several years in exchange for transportation to the colonies was known by this term.
What is an indentured servant?
Issued by Abraham Lincoln during the Civil War, this document declared enslaved people in areas rebelling against the United States to be free.
What was the Emancipation Proclamation?
Name all seven continents.
What are Africa, Antarctica, Asia, Australia, Europe, North America, and South America?