Presidents
Which US President purchased the Louisiana Territory in 1803?
Thomas Jefferson
I was a famous enslaved Black woman poet in Boston during the American Revolution.
Phyllis Wheatley
Why was the Battle of Saratoga important?
It was the first major Patriot win that garnered international support.
What are two items that Europeans introduced to the Western Hemisphere?
disease (smallpox, measles); pigs, cattle, sheep; wheat; guns
Which US President passed the Indian Removal Act?
Andrew Jackson
I wrote a pamphlet called Common Sense.
Thomas Paine
What are two events in Massachusetts from 1763 to 1774 that led to the first battle of the Revolution at Lexington and Concord?
Any of the acts:
The Currency Acts of 1751 & 1764; Sugar Act, 1764 ; Stamp Act, 1765; The Townshend Act, 1767; The Tea Act, 1773; The Intolerable Acts, 1774; Quebec Act, 1774;
Occupation of Boston, 1768
The Boston Massacre, 1770
The Boston Tea Party, 1773
What is another colonial or Native name for New York City?
Mannahata
Lenapehoking
New Amsterdam
La Nouvelle-Angoulême
Which U.S. president pioneered smallpox inoculation during the American Revolution?
George Washington
I was a poor, white woman from Massachusetts who dressed up like a man during the American Revolution and drew an (illegal?) pension for my service.
Deborah Sampson
What issue invigorated the southern British colonies to declare independence?
Desire to take more Native lands
Why was the invention of the cotton gin in 1791 a pivotal moment in the trajectory of the US?
It reinvigorated the southern cash-crop economy after the revolution and helped realize Thomas Jefferson's dream of an "Empire of Liberty" and the expansion of the US domestic slave economy.
Which US President ended the War of 1812?
James Madison
I wrote my husband (who became the second US President) a famous letter reminding him not to "forget the ladies" when forming the United States.
Abigail Adams
What is the concept of "Republican Motherhood"?
What North American animal in the rodent family was hunted to near extinction in the 19th century?
Beavers
How many US Presidents were active slave owners during their presidency?
Eight!
I inspired Pontiac's rebellion with my preaching for a Pan-Indian identity, rejection of European goods and ways of life, and the forceful seizure of dispossessed lands, leading to the Proclamation of 1763.
Prophet Neolin, a Delaware (Lenape) man
What made the American War for Independence Revolutionary?
The rejection of a hereditary monarchy and the adoption of a more inclusive voting system (some states abolished income and tax requirements for white men to vote); invented mass-consumer boycott as a political act; created the first capitalist nation; created the rhetorical paradox of equality of opportunity but not equality of condition
What industries dominated the North American continent in relation to agricultural production or natural resources from the 16th to the 19th centuries (think Canada and the US South)?
Single, Mass Cash Crop Agricultural Production
Deforestation
Fur trade
Fishing