Revolutionary Causes
This 1765 act taxed printed materials in the colonies. Question
What is the Stamp Act?
The first battles of the Revolutionary War were fought here
What are Battles of Lexington and Concord?
The first U.S. government was created under this document.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
This president made the Louisiana Purchase.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This war was fought between the United States and Britain from 1812–1815.
What is the War of 1812?
Colonists dumped tea into Boston Harbor to protest this company’s monopoly
British East India Company?
This document declared independence from Britain in 1776
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This rebellion exposed weaknesses in the Articles of Confederation
What is Shays' Rebellion?
This 1803 purchase doubled the size of the United States
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
This battle made Andrew Jackson a national hero.
What is the Battle of New Orleans?
This pamphlet by Thomas Paine encouraged colonial independence
What is Common Sense?
This winter camp became famous for harsh conditions faced by Washington’s army
What is Valley Forge?
his compromise created a two-house Congress.
What is the Great Compromise?
These explorers were sent west by Jefferson.
Who are Meriwether Lewis and William Clark?
This invention greatly increased cotton production.
What is the cotton gin?
These laws punished Massachusetts after the Boston Tea Party.
What are the Intolerable Acts?
This 1777 American victory convinced France to support the colonies.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
These essays supported ratification of the Constitution.
What are the The Federalist Papers?
This court case established judicial review.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
This canal connected the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean.
What is the Erie Canal?
this meeting in 1774 united colonies in response to British actions.
What is the First Continental Congress?
This 1781 battle effectively ended the Revolutionary War.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
he first ten amendments to the Constitution are known as this.
What is the Bill of Rights?
his doctrine warned Europe against colonizing in the Americas.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
This compromise admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
What is the Missouri Compromise?