Important Dates
Jamestown
What is the first permanent English settlement that was founded in 1607?
Whiskey Rebellion
What is the uprising of Pennsylvanian farmers in protest of the whiskey tax, which led President Washington to respond using military force? (1791-1794)
Judicial review
What is the the power of the Supreme Court to rule whether or not an action of the other branches are constitutional or not?
Magna Carta
What is the first document (1215) that established limited government?
3rd Amendment
What is the amendment which states that citizens are not required to quarter soldiers?
Declaration of Independence
What is the document that declared the colonies independent from British rule; Signed on July 4, 1776?
Battle of Saratoga
What is the turning point of the American Revolution?
Unalienable rights
What are the rights you are born with which cannot be taken away; Life, liberty, & the pursuit of happiness (and property).
The Albany Plan
Benjamin Franklin's (1754) plan to create a unified government of the 13 colonies; First attempt to organize the colonies under a single government? (Join or Die!)
1st Amendment
What are your individual rights; Freedom of speech, religion, press, petition, and assembly?
1787
What is the year the US Constitution was written?
Constitutional Convention of 1787
What is the meeting intended to revise the Articles of Confederation; Resulted in the creation of the US Constitution and the retired General George Washington was unanimously elected to lead as the first President of America?
Primary Source
What is an original records of an event? They include eyewitness reports and first-hand information.
Treaty of Paris of 1783
What is the treaty that ended the American Revolution?
4th Amendment
What is the amendment which protects citizens from any search and/or seizure without probable cause?
1776-1783
What is the American Revolution?
Boston Teaparty
What is the event that the colonists of Massachusetts protested the tea tax/policy imposed by British Parliament?
Popular sovereignty
What is the belief that the government is subject to the will of the people? (Power of the people)
Mayflower Compact
What is the document that first attempted to set up an orderly, organized government?
10th Amendment
What is the amendment which states that the governmental powers will be shared between the federal/national government and the states; Established federalism?
1803
What is the year that President Jefferson purchased the Louisiana Territory from France, doubling the size of the US?
The duel of 1804
What is the duel between Vice President Aaron Burr and Alexander Hamilton, which resulted in Hamilton's death?
Republic
What is a nation in which the voters choose the representatives to govern them?
Monroe Doctrine
What is James Monroe's policy opposing further European colonialism in the Americas?
Bill of Rights
What are the first 10 amendments to the constitution; The right's of the people?