Unit 1: Colonies
Who gets credit for discovering the Americas because they told the world about it?
Christopher Columbus
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
What is the Highest Law in the Land?
The Constitution
Who won the war of 1812?
It was a tie. (America felt like it won)
What percent of pioneers died on the Oregon Trail?
10 percent
What are the 3 G's that motivated many European countries to colonize the Americas?
God, Gold, Glory
Why did the British government start taxing the American colonies?
To pay the debt from the French and Indian War
Who was the father of the Constitution?
James Madison
What is a precedent?
An example to follow
What did President Monroe say to Spain in regards to their Florida colony?
"Govern or get out!"
What was the name if the revival of religious feeling and belief in the American colonies that began in the 1730s
Great Awakening
What are the three examples of unalienable rights that are included in the DOI?
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness.
What was the 3/5 Compromise?
Only 3 out of 5 slaves would be counted towards a state's total population.
Which of the Founding Fathers concerned himself with the creation of the national bank?
Alexander Hamilton
Where did Lewis and Clark set out to explore in 1804?
Louisiana Territory
Who was the first European to sail to the Amercas?
Leif Erikson (Vikings)
What was the Stamp Act, AND why did the colonists have an issue with it? Hint: remember the slogan the colonists would say.
Tax on paper items. They viewed it as taxation without representation.
The right to a public trial in front of a jury of peers is protected by this amendment
6th Amendment
The Trail of Tears was the forced removal of which American Indian tribe?
Cherokee
Which woman was critical to the survival of the Lewis and Clark Expedition?
Sacagawea
an agreement made in 1215 listing the rights granted by King John to all free men of the kingdom
Magna Carta
What does the heading of the Declaration of Independence say?
"In Congress, July 4, 1776
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America"
What is the name that refers to the Supreme Court's power to declare a law unconstitutional?
Judicial Review
What was the Monroe Doctrine?
When James Monroe told European powers to stay out of the Western hemisphere.
What gave the U.S. the Mexican Cession?
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo