Pre-Revolution
This group of ultra-conservative English Christians traveled to North America seeking freedom from religious prosecution, mostly due to their belief that the Anglican Church had not fully exorcised Catholicism from its dogma.
The PURITANS
The place(s) in which the first shots of the Revolution were fired.
LEXINGTON and CONCORD
The ARTICLES of CONFEDERATION
This battle was the second failed Confederate invasion of the Union, and resulted in the beginning of consistent Confederate retreats.
GETTYSBURG
Anderson will begin coaching this sport for the middle school starting in the Spring, despite knowing little to nothing about it.
TRACK
This war immediately preceded the Revolution, and was fought in both Europe and North America between the French and their allies and the British and their allies.
The SEVEN YEARS' / FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR
The BOSTON MASSACRE
This war, fought soon after the Revolution, is often considered our "Second Revolution" and provides an early test for the Constitution government.
WAR of 1812
This southern terrorist organization carried out assassinations, lynchings, arson attacks, and bombings against upwardly mobile black southerners and supportive white southerners.
The KLAN / KU KLUX KLAN / KKK
This country, currently focused on in Global Studies, is famous for its rich cultural tradition of Haiku, the Tea Ceremony, and Noh Theater.
JAPAN
The INTOLERABLE ACTS
This British general presented his sword to George Washington as the official surrender of the British military in the colonies.
GENERAL LORD CHARLES CORNWALLIS
This European power dominates the Mississippi at the time of the drafting of the Constitution, posing a huge threat to American industry
SPAIN
This general was famous for his indecisiveness and obvious, personal dislike of Abraham Lincoln, which he took to an unnecessary extreme by running for president against him in 1864.
GEN. GEORGE MCCLELLEN
This main character of Red Dead Redemption 2 seems like a pretty cool guy so far, but I've only just finished the tutorial, so who knows.
JOHN MARSTON (?)
This colonial leader was banished from Massachusetts for preaching against aggression towards indigenous people, and founded the colony of Rhode Island after his banishment.
ROGER WILLIAMS
This 1774 meeting focused on the issue of unity, specifically "how to respond to coercive action from the Crown as a unit."
The FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS
This element of the Great Compromise established that for both taxation and representative purposes, enslaved Americans would be counted as 3/5ths of a person.
The 3/5th COMPROMISE
The single bloodiest day in American history, this one-day battle was the first unsuccessful Confederate invasion of the Union.
ANTIETAM
This Russian city is where Anderson's friends will be joining him on a podcast for later today (rescheduled from yesterday)
SAINT PETERSBURG / SANKT-PETERBURG
This leader of the Wampanoag People's arrest and execution of a double agent led to the war, named after him, that extinguished the political agency of the Wampanoag People.
METACOM or KING PHILLIP
This overwhelming colonial victory was the turning point in the war - resulting in increased French aid to the United States and a refocusing of British effort on pacifying the south.
SARATOGA
This ordinance established a formal process for creating new territories AND later, new states.
The NORTHWEST ORDINANCE OF 1787
This act torpedoed Reconstruction in the South by offering amnesty, regardless of oath-swearing, to former Confederates, giving them back the right to vote AND hold public office.
AMNESTY ACT of 1872
This fellow southern MLS side scored a deflection on Sunday night to beat Charlotte FC, starting Anderson's week on a terrible note.
ATLANTA UNITED (scum)