Colonial America and Revolution
What was the first permanent English settlement in North America?
Jamestown
Who was made the commanding general of the Continental Army?
George Washington
What political party did Alexander Hamilton lead?
Federalist
How did the U.S gain the territory known as Mexican Cessation?
By winning a war with Mexico.
The election of whom led to South Carolina, as well as other southern states to begin seceding from the Union?
Abraham Lincoln
This is the period of time upon which Jamestown settlers, who would not farm, began to starve and freeze to death.
The Starving Time
At which battle did General Cornwallis surrender, officially ending the American Revolution?
Battle of Yorktown
What was the significance of the Whiskey Rebellion?
It showed the strength and power of the new national government, especially in contrast to Shays Rebellion showing the weaknesses of the Articles.
To outlaw slavery.
What was the name of the strategy that the Union took to take down the Confederacy?
Anaconda Plan
Which religious group settled at Plymouth?
Puritans
Why is the Battle of Saratoga considered the turning point in the war?
What event led the framers to call for the Constitutional Convention in 1787 to revise the Articles?
Shays Rebellion
How were voting rights expanded during the Antebellum period?
By eliminating land requirements.
What happened during Sherman's March to the Sea?
General Sherman marched through the south and burned/destroyed everything in his path.
What was the period of religious revival during the colonial period called?
The First Great Awakening
What did the Proclamation Act of 1763 do?
Forbade colonists from going past the Appalachian Mountains in order to prevent war with Native Americans.
The Kentucky and Virginia Resolves were written in response to what?
Alien and Sedition Acts
Which compromise allowed Missouri to come in as a slave state, Maine as a free state, and made the 36'30 the cutoff for slavery?
Missouri Compromise of 1820
What was Presidential Reconstruction
Reconstruction led by President Andrew Johnson that was less strict towards the south.
What is mercantilism?
Colonial economic system which required the American colonies to trade only with Britain.
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
What was the name of the document that set up the first American government?
Articles of Confederation
What event led to an influx of population to California and gave California enough people to apply for statehood in 1850?
California Gold Rush of 1849
What event ended Reconstruction?
Compromise of 1877