Exploration and Settlement
Explorer whose discoveries gave the Netherlands claims in the New World
Who is Henry Hudson?
Founded Maryland as a haven for Catholics
What is Maryland?
What is Treaty of Paris
Became known as the "Father of the Constitution"
Who is James Madison?
Determined where slavery could spread
What is the Missouri Compromise of 1820
Portuguese explorer who discovered South America
Who is Pedro Alvares Cabral?
Founded Georgia as a place for English Debtors
Who is James Oglethorpe?
Indian Chief who refused to give up land without a fight
Who is Pontiac?
Were the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution
What is the Bill of Rights?
Ended the War of 1812
Acclaimed as the discoverer of the Americas
Who is Christopher Columbus?
Established the House of Burgesses
What is Virginia?
Overall leader of the continental armies
Who is George Washington
Provided explanation of an arguments for ratification of the Constitution
What is the Federalist Papers?
Declared the Western Hemisphere closed for further European interference
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
What crop insured success of the Jamestown colony?
What is tobacco?
Written by the Plymouth colonists
What is the Mayflower Compact?
The year the Declaration of Independence was written
What is 1776?
First government for the United States that was later replaced by the Constitution
What is the Articles of Confederation?
Involved the purchase of land between the Mississippi River and the Rocky Mountains
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
For what was Jacques Cartier searching for?
What was the Northwest Passage?
Colony which included Boston
What is Massachusetts?
Established to keep settlers east of the Appalachians
What is the Proclamation Line of 1763?
A Major weakness of the Articles of Confederation
What is it could not raise taxes, enforce laws, or settle trade disputes?
In his ___________ _____________, President George Washington warned the nation against the rise of a spirit of party.
What is "Farewell Address"