The Colonies
This was the first permanent successful English settlement in North America.
What was Jamestown?
The "Shot heard 'round the World" is considered the start of the Revolution and broke out between British soldiers and Massachusetts Minutemen in this battle
What is Lexington and Concord?
This constitution got us through the Revolutionary War, but was too weak to effectively rule the colonies.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
This was an attempt by congress to maintain an equal balance between free states and slave states by allowing two states to join the Union at the same time one a free state and one a slave state.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
This man led an attack on Harper's Ferry, Virginia, in order to provoke a slave revolt prior to the Civil War.
Who is John Brown?
British troops were accused of firing upon unarmed colonial civilians during this event.
What is the Boston Massacre?
The army faced a brutal winter and a lack of supplies at this pivotal moment.
What was Valley Forge?
This early political party believed in a strong central government and argues the Constitution should be adopted as written.
Who were the Federalists?
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended this war.
What is the Mexican-American War?
This was the name of the Union war strategy to squeeze the South by blocking southern ports, capturing the capital of Richmond, and dividing the South at the Mississippi.
What is the Anaconda Plan?
The Pilgrims created this to establish a civil government, because the settlers had missed their destination.
What is the Mayflower Comapct?
The Colonist needed French Naval aid to help them win at this battle which became the final battle of the American Revolution.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
The Case of Marbury vs. Madison established this power of the Court to decide if a law is unconstitutional.
What is Judicial Review?
This idea proposed that America had a divine mission to expand across the continent
What is Manifest Destiny?
Lincoln said that men gave their lives so that the nation might live at this famous speech.
What is the Gettysburg Address?
This was the basis for success for the Middle Colonies.
What is Trade?
This was a secret radical organization committed to independence for the colonies
What are the Sons of Liberty?
This was created to protect the people from overreach by the government.
What is the Bill of Rights?
This allowed California to enter the Union as a free state and divided much of the remaining land in the west into territories that could use popular sovereignty to settle slavery.
What is the Compromise of 1850?
He led his March to the sea through Georgia, believed cruelty was a necessary part of war.
Who was William Tecumseh Sherman?
This section of the 13 colonies used slave labor to grow tobacco.
What are the Southern Colonies?
After victory at this battle the French to finally agree to help the Colonists.
What is Saratoga?
This created a two-house legislature, with one house based on proportional representation and one house based on equal representation
What is the Great Compromise?
The Us Army marched the Cherokee, Creek, and Seminole to "Indian Territory" in this event
What is the Trail of Tears?
This was the Capitol of the Confederacy.
What is Richmond, Virginia?