Colonial America
What was the first permanent English colony in North America?
Jamestown
What was was fought between the British and French over the Ohio River Valley?
French and Indian War
This document, written in 1776, declared the American colonies independent from Britain.
He was the second President of the United States and is known for creating the Alien and Sedition Acts.
John Adams
The belief that the U.S. was destined to expand from the Atlantic to the Pacific was known as
Manifest Destiny
What document, signed in 1620, established self-government for the Pilgrims?
Mayflower Compact
The first battles of the American Revolution took place in these two towns in 1775.
Lexington and Concord
This first U.S. governing document had many weaknesses, including a lack of power to tax.
Articles of Confederation
This president was responsible for sending Lewis and Clark to explore the Louisiana Territory.
Thomas Jefferson
This compromise stated that new states about the 36-30 line would be free states and those below it would be slave states.
The Missouri Compromise
Which movement in the 1730s and 1740s helped unify the colonies and promoted religious tolerance?
First Great Awakening
This battle was the turning point of the American Revolution and convinced France to support the colonies.
Battle of Saratoga
This agreement at the Constitutional Convention created a bicameral legislature to satisfy both small and large states.
Great Compromise
This president created the first piece of foreign policy which states that Europe could not create any new colonies in the western hemisphere.
The U.S. gained California and much of the Southwest as a result of this war.
Mexican-American War
What was the economic policy that required the colonies to trade only with England?
Navigation Acts
Impressment of American sailors was one of the main causes of this early 19th-century war.
War of 1812
This principle of government ensures that no one branch becomes too powerful by allowing each branch to limit the power of the others.
Checks and Balances
He was the first president to be impeached due to issues with Congress.
Andrew Johnson
This novel sparked outrage with the North with its insight into life in the South for slaves, leading to an increase in abolitionism.
Uncle Tom's Cabin
What act imposed by the British in 1765 required colonists to provide housing for British soldiers?
Quartering Act
This battle is considered a major turning point of the Civil War, as it stopped the Confederacy from further invading the North.
Battle of Gettysburg
This rebellion by farmers in 1786 highlighted the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation and led to calls for a stronger federal government.
Shays Rebellion
This president's election led to the secession of southern states and the start of the American Civil War.
Abraham Lincoln
This 1854 law allowed settlers in Kansas and Nebraska to decide for themselves whether to allow slavery, leading to violent conflict like "Bleeding Kansas"
Kansas-Nebraska Act