1763-1774
Patriots dressed as Mohawk Indians protested the British Tea Act in this way.
What is dumping tea into the Boston Harbor?
The Declaration of Independence was signed on this day by members of Congress.
What is July 4, 1776?
This assembly developed the Constitution in 1787.
What is the Constitutional Convention?
In 1861, tensions boiled up between the North and South, largely over concerns about slavery, leading to this conflict.
What is the Civil War?
This amendment to the Constitution officially outlawed slavery.
What is the 13th Amendment?
Upset about the lack of representation in British Parliament, Patriots used this slogan.
What is "no taxation without representation"?
He was named Commander-in-Chief of the American forces during the Revolution.
Who is George Washington?
In 1791 a series of amendments known as this were added to the Constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights?
Prospectors traveled to California in droves, hoping to participate in this.
What is the California Gold Rush?
In 1865, he was assassinated while watching a performance at Ford's Theater.
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
This was a deadly riot during which British soldiers shot and killed several American colonists in 1770.
What is the Boston Massacre?
This officially ended the Revolutionary War.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
A 3-year conflict between the US and Great Britain over British violations of U.S. maritime rights.
What is the War of 1812?
The Civil War was a conflict between the Confederate soldiers in the South and these soldiers in the North?
Who are Union soldiers?
Following the Civil War was this era in American history, which lasted until 1877, and grappled with bringing Southern states back into the Union.
What is the Reconstruction Era?
The Boston Port Act, Administration of Justice Act, Massachusetts Government Act, Quartering Act of 1774, and the Quebec Act were collectively termed this by those opposing them.
What are the Intolerable Acts?
What is Common Sense?
He led troops to US victory in the War of 1812.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
In 1863, Lincoln issued this, which freed the slaves in the South.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
White supremacists in the south were upset when freedmen were given the right to vote and subsequently formed this group.
What is the Ku Klux Klan?
King George III issued this to organize the North American territory and stabilize relations with American Indians, following the French and Indian War.
The "shot heard 'round the world" happened during this conflict between Minutemen and British redcoats.
What is Lexington and Concord?
This nearly doubled the land mass of the United States and included 827,000 square miles west of the Mississippi river.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
The Cherokee Nation was forcible relocated and made to march from the Southeast to Oklahoma in what is known as this.
What is the Trail of Tears?
In 1870, this made it unconstitutional to deny someone the right to vote based on race, color, or previous condition of servitude.