Forgotten but worth remembering
THE YEAR THAT CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS "SAILED THE OCEAN BLUE" TO THE AMERICAS
1492
RELIGIOUS PERSECUTION
HE WAS SELECTED TO BE COMMANDER OF THE CONTINENTAL ARMY (AND LATER ELECTED PRESIDENT)
GEORGE WASHINGTON
THIS DOCUMENT STATEMENT THAT "ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL"
DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
THE FIRST THREE WORDS OF THE CONSTITUTION
"WE THE PEOPLE ..."
THE VERY FIRST HUMANS ARRIVED IN THE AMERICAS FROM HERE (CONTINENT).
ASIA
PILGRIMS AT PLYMOUTH SIGNED THIS DOCUMENT WHICH ESTABLISHED SELF-GOVERNMENT
MAYFLOWER COMPACT
THIS WAR CAUSED ENGLAND TO IMPOSE TAXES ON ITS COLONIES
FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR (SEVEN YEARS WARS)
THIS TREATY GAVE THE UNITED STATES CONTROL OF THE LAND BETWEEN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN AND MISSISSIPPI RIVER
TREATY OF PARIS (1783)
THE FREEDOMS OF RELIGION, PRESS, AND SPEECH ARE LISTED HERE.
1ST AMENDMENT
or
BILL OF RIGHTS
The two methods that the first humans used to reach the Americas from Asia.
LAND BRIDGE OR BOAT; LAND BRIDGE THEORY AND COASTAL ROUTE THEORY
TWO OF THE THREE IMPORTANT 1619 EVENTS IN JAMESTOWN (ONE GOOD, TWO BAD)
FIRST SLAVES
HOUSE OF BURGESS (REPRESENTATIVE GOV'T )
HEADRIGHT SYSTEM (PLANTATIONS)
FAMOUS PHRASE USED TO SHOW DISPLEASURE WITH HAVING NO ONE FROM THE COLONIES ELECTED TO BRITISH PARLIAMENT
"NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION"
THIS REVOLT LED BY A MASSACHUSETTS FARMER PROVED THE WEAKNESS OF THE FIRST CONSTITUTION (ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION)
SHAYS' REBELLION
THE GOVERNMENT'S RESPONSE TO THIS REVOLT PROVED THE STRENGTH OF THE NEW CONSTITUTION
WHISKEY REBELLION
THE POSITIVE AND NEGATIVE IMPACT ON POPULATION OF THE COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE IN THE AMERICAS AND EUROPE.
AMERICAS: 90% POPULATION DECREASE (DUE TO DISEASE)
EUROPE: GRADUAL POPULATION INCREASE (DUE TO HEALTHIER DIET)
THE COLONISTS HELPED BRITAIN FIGHT FRANCE FOR THIS IMPORTANT PIECE OF LAND IN NORTH AMERICA
(HINT: ORV)
OHIO RIVER VALLEY
THIS 1765 TAX BROUGHT AN END TO THE ENGLISH POLICY OF SALUTARY NEGLECT
STAMP ACT
THE FAMOUS DATE ASSOCIATED WITH THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
JULY 4, 1776
THE TERM FOR DIVIDING ROLES AND RESPONSIBILTIES AMONG THE THREE BRANCHES OF GOVERNMENT
SEPARATION OF POWERS
THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION LACKED TWO IMPORTANT POWERS. IDENTIFY ONE.
LEVY TAXES
REGULATE INTERSTATE COMMERCE
MATCH THE COLONY WITH THE CORRECT YEAR IT WAS FOUNDED:
1607, 1620, 1630
PLYMOUTH, JAMESTOWN, MASSACHUSETTS BAY
JAMESTOWN - 1607
PLYMOUTH - 1620
MASSACHUSETTS BAY - 1630
THIS TREATY GAVE BRITAIN CONTROL OF THE LAND BETWEEN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN AND MISSISSIPPI RIVER
TREATY OF PARIS (1763)
THE THREE NATURAL RIGHTS ACCORDING TO JEFFERSON
LIFE, LIBERTY, PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS
THE PRESIDENT VETOING A LAW PASSED BY CONGRESS OR THE SUPREME COURT RULING A LAW UNCONSTITUTIONAL IS AN EXAMPLE OF THIS.
CHECKS & BALANCES