1700s America
The first president of the United States
George Washington
Called "Moses", this former slave freed hundreds of other slaves
Harriet Tubman
The warriors of feudal Japan
Samurai
The four basic cardinal directions are North, South, East and
West
The Declaration states we have what kind of rights...
Natural rights Or Government rights?
Natural Rights
The American Revolution
People that worked to end slavery in the United States were called this.
Abolitionists
Isolation policy
Africa, Asia, North America, South America, Antarctica, Europe, and Australia are all...
Continents
According to social contract philosophy, what do people do when they feel their rights are violated?
They rebel
This war resulted in England wanting to station troops in the American colonies and raise taxes on the colonists.
The French and Indian War (or Seven Years War)
The network of safehouses that runaway slaves followed to freedom
Underground Railroad
The ancient native religion of Japan
Shinto
Egyptians were building pyramids in the year 2000...
AD or BC?
BC
This social contract philosopher taught that people were naturally selfish and needed a strict government to keep them safe.
Thomas Hobbes
This act demanded that American colonists supply and shelter British soldiers.
The Quartering Act
This war was fought over slavery. It was a war of northern American states vs southern American states.
The Civil War
The rebellion that the Last Samurai movie was based on.
The Satsuma Rebellion
A firsthand account of a historical event or person. It can also include a news report from today.
Primary or Secondary Source
This social contract philosopher taught that people were naturally good-intentioned and only needed government to protect to their freedom and equality.
Jean Jacques Rousseau
The rulebook for the American government and lists our legal rights included the amendments
The Constitution
This proclamation by President Lincoln during the Civil War ordered the release of all slaves in the southern states
The Emancipation Proclamation
This naval officer from America "encouraged" Japan to open up for trade after showing up with warships.
Commodore Matthew Perry
Put these events in order from oldest to most recent.
The American Revolution
The Civil War
World War I
The French and Indian War
1. The French and Indian War (oldest)
2. The American Revolution
3. The Civil War
4. World War I
Thomas Jefferson borrowed the ideas of John Locke while writing in the Declaration of Independence that we had a right to what three things?
Life
Liberty (or freedom)
Pursuit of Happiness