The American Revolution
The date when independence was delcared.
What was July 4, 1776?
A president's two options when a bill is passed by congress.
What are to approve or veto?
The first president of the United States.
Who is George Washington?
He kickstarted European exploration in 1492.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
What it called when the parliament made laws for the colonies without being responsible to the colonists (not needing to be elected by them).
What is virtual representation?
The three branches of government.
What are Executive, Legislative, Judicial?
He was an aggressive expansionist.
Who was James K. Polk?
He saved Jamestown from chaos and made it profitable.
Who is John Smith?
The group of rebels who led protests and boycotts, often inciting violence.
Who were the Sons of Liberty?
What are unalienable rights?
He refused to pay bribes to the French.
Who is John Adams?
Three countries that claimed land in North America aside from Spain and Britain.
What are Sweden, Netherlands, and France.
He was appointed Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army.
Who was George Washington?
The political party that did not support the Constitution.
Who are the Anti-Federalists?
The number of years of a presidential term.
What is four?
The system by which countries gain wealth at the expense of other countries and peoples.
What is mercantilism?
The official end of the Revolutionary War.
What was the Treaty of Paris?
The clause stating that the Constitution is the supreme law of the land.
He won the Battle of New Orleans and later became President.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
This event shifted the balance of power from Spain to Britain and paved the way for British colonization in North America.
What is the defeat of the Spanish Armada?