Colonies and Revolution
He was the main contributor in writing the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
He led a rebellion against the courts in Massachusetts after they threatened to take the farms from those who were in debt.
Daniel Shay
This "little" man sold the Louisiana Territory to the US doubling its size
Napoleon Bonaparte
Mr. Kurth went to this college
UC Berkeley
GO BEARS!
The French colonies mainly profited by trading and selling this good with Native Americans
Furs
This was added to the Constitution as a way to make sure that it was ratified, easing some of the fears from the Antifederalists
Bill of Rights
What tension between the United States and Great Britain led to the War of 1812?
British Navy seizing American ships
Mr. Kurth has this many kids.
Two
To John Locke, the right to rule as a king did NOT come from this.
God
These are the three branches of government
Legislative, Executive, Judiciary
This former slave became a popular advocate for abolishing slavery by giving powerful speeches about the horrors of slavery.
Frederick Douglass
Mr. Kurth lived in here for a year after college. Crikey!
Australia
Was the final battle in the Revolutionary War where the French Navy trapped the English and George Washington's troops were able to capture them on land.
Yorktown
If there were 1,000 slaves in a county, this is how many would be counted towards that counties population
600
This was the belief that America was predestined by God to expand from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific
Manifest Destiny
Mr. Kurth coaches this sport at DHS
Water Polo
This seven years long war took place between Great Britain and France, culminating the 100 years war between the two countries.
French and Indian War
Each territory needed this many white males to live there for it to become a state
5,000
This contraption allowed for the much quicker processing of cotton and made growing cotton much more valuable thus leading more people to buy slaves to grow the crop.
Mr. Kurth has two dogs, one is a golden doodle, the other is this type
Miniature Poodle