Exploration and Colonization
The Europeans came to explore the New Lands to find land, riches and spread religion. TRUE or FALSE
What is TRUE.
This is where the first shots of the American Revolution took place?
What is the Battle of Lexington and Concord.
What was the first government (Constitution) of the new nation called?
What is the Articles of Confederation.
The movement led by mostly women to stop the consumption of alcohol
What is the Temperance movement?
What were the laws written specifically for Black people by Southern states?
Black Codes
The name and year of the first successful English settlement in the colonies
What is Jamestown 1607
The Stamp Act (written material), Sugar Act (molasses), Tea Act (Tea), Townshend Act (imported goods) were taxes imposed by British Parliament on the colonies due to this event
What is the French and Indian War
Deal between large and small states to settle the number of representatives allowed per state.
What is the Great Compromise
The president of Reconstruction after Abraham Lincoln's assassination?
Who is Andrew Johnson
What was the name of the journey where enslaved Africans were sent to the Americas?
What is the Middle Passage.
This is the most famous protest of the colonists boycotting a British good
What is the Boston Tea Party
A deal between smaller states in the North and larger states in the South using slaves as a part of the population for the purpose of representation
What is the 3/5ths compromise
The territory acquired as a result of the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo
What is the Mexican Cessian
What battle was the turning point of the Civil War?
What is the battle of Vicksburg/Gettysburg
Pilgrims created this social contract to rule themselves
What is the Mayflower Compact.
The location where the Continental Army trained and endured a harsh winter in 1777-1778 until French help came
Anti - Federalist believed this needed to be added to the Constitution before ratification
What is the Bill of Rights
What was the name of the act that forced removal of Native Americans from their land
What is the Indian Removal Act
This is the first form of representative government in the colonies
What is the Virginia House of Burgesses
This document was a list of complaints by the colonist to King George AND the fact that he was ignoring the colonists was called this. (Two part answer)
What is the (1) Declaration of Independence and (2) Salutary Neglect
The set of rules our government must abide by to ensure everyone's rights are protected
What are the 7 principles of government
This is a document written by Abraham Lincoln freeing slaves in the Confederacy.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation