Government
The three branches of government
What are the legislative, judicial, and executive branch
92,000 pounds of tea were dumped into Boston Harbor
What is the Boston Tea Party?
The three different parts of the thirteen colonies
What is the Southern, New England, and Middle colonies
This purchase made the United States double in size
What is the Louisiana purchase
This president never entered the White House
Who is George Washington
The first ten amendments of the constitution
What are the Bill of Rights
Britian taxed the colonists on printed materials
What is the stamp act.
Enslavement was most common in this part of the 13 colonies.
What are the southern colonies
The belief that the United States was destined to expand west
What is manifest destiney
This person was the first first lady to live in the White House.
Who is Abigail Adams
This power allows the President to reject a bill passed by Congress
What is the veto
British soldiers killed five colonists
What is the Boston Massacre
These colonies were known for having good weather for agriculture and soil to grow grains.
What are the middle colonies.
The 5 civilized tribes that were forced to resettle by the US government
Who were the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Muscogee, and Seminole
The person is on the 100 dollar bill
Who is Benjamin Franklin
This clause makes the constitution and federal laws the supreme law of the land
What is the supremacy clause
This was passed as a result of the Boston Tea Party
What are the Intolerable Acts.
These colonies focused on fishing as their food source
What are the New England Colonies
The path of the Cherokee that resulted in many deaths
What is The Trail of Tears
This woman gave water to the soldiers on the battlefields of New Jersey.
Who is Mollie Pitcher
The Constitution was written in this year
What is 1787
A popular saying of of the colonists when protesting against parliament.
What is "No taxation without Representation".
The 13 original colonies
What are New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia
This canal linked the east coast and midwest and made it easier to travel and transport goods
What is the Erie Canal
These 3 presidents died on the 4th of July
Who are Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and James Monroe.