Colonization of America
This 1620 agreement created a self-government for the Pilgrims before they settled in Plymouth.
This was the first plan of government for the United States after independence.
The Articles of Confederation
This group officially elects the president of the United States.
The Electoral College
This issue was the biggest cause of the Civil War.
Slavery
This document written by Thomas Jefferson declared American independence in 1776.
The Declaration of Independence
This colony was founded by William Penn and became known for religious tolerance and good relations with Native Americans.
Pennsylvania
This event showed the weakness of the Articles of Confederation when farmers in Massachusetts rebelled in 1786.
Shays’ Rebellion
This political event is when citizens vote to choose their party’s candidate.
A primary election
This 1863 order by Abraham Lincoln declared enslaved people free in Confederate states.
Emancipation Proclamation
This compromise allowed California to enter the Union as a free state in 1850.
This colony was founded in 1630 by Puritans seeking to build a “city upon a hill.”
Massachusetts Bay Colony
This compromise created a two-house Congress with representation based on population in one house and equal representation in the other.
The Great Compromise
This is the number of electoral votes needed to win the presidency.
270
This famous 1863 battle was the turning point of the Civil War.
The Battle of Gettysburg
This Civil War amendment abolished slavery in the United States.
The 13th Amendment
This region of colonies were known as the “breadbasket colonies” because they produced large amounts of grain.
These first ten amendments to the Constitution protect individual freedoms.
The Bill of Rights
If no presidential candidate wins a majority of electoral votes, this part of Congress chooses the president.
The House of Representatives
These laws passed in the South after the Civil War restricted the freedom of formerly enslaved people.
Black Codes
This idea from the Enlightenment said government gets its power from the consent of the people.
popular sovereignty
When English settlers returned to the abandoned Roanoke colony in 1590, they found only one clue carved into a tree: this mysterious word.
Croatoan
This constitutional principle divides power between the national government and the state governments.
Federalism
During the presidential election process, this day when many states hold their primaries or caucuses at the same time can greatly influence which candidate becomes the party’s nominee.
Super Tuesday
This 1865 event officially ended the Civil War when General Robert E. Lee surrendered to Ulysses S. Grant.
Appomattox Court House
This law required citizens in free states to help capture escaped enslaved people.
The Fugitive Slave Act