Important Dates
The first permanent English settlement that was founded in 1607
What is Jamestown?
The place the first shots of the American Revolution were fired
What is Lexington & Concord?
The belief that the US should own all of the land between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
What is Manifest Destiny?
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
This amendment abolished slavery
What is the 13th amendment?
This document was signed on July 4, 1776
What is the Declaration of Independence
This battle was the turning point of the American Revolution
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
The rights that cannot be taken away: Life, Liberty & the Pursuit of Happiness
What are unalienable rights?
The treaty that ended the French and Indian War
What is Treaty of Paris of 1763?
This amendment allows for freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly & petition
What is the 1st Amendment?
The year the Constitution was written
What is 1787?
The place the first shots of the Civil War were fired
What is Fort Sumter?
When someone refuses to buy something as a form of protest
What is a boycott?
The treaty that ended the American Revolution
What is the Treaty of Paris of 1783?
This amendment guarantees citizenship and rights to all people born or naturalized in the United States
What is the 14th Amendment?
The years the Civil War was fought
The name of the battle that was a turning point of the Civil War for the North
What is the Battle of Gettysburg?
The practice of allowing each territory to decide for itself whether or not to allow slavery
What is popular sovereignty?
This ended Reconstruction, elected Rutherford B. Hayes as President, removed troops from the south, and assisted in the industrialization of the south.
What is the Bargain of 1877?
This amendment guarantees the right to vote to all citizens regardless of race
What is the 15th Amendment?
The year President Thomas Jefferson purchased the Louisiana Territory from France
What is 1803?
The place where Robert E. Lee surrendered at the end of the Civil War
What is Appomatox Court House?
The unofficial British policy where parliamentary rules and laws were loosely or not enforced on the American colonies and trade
What is salutary neglect?
This document was introduced at the Seneca Falls Convention that said, “all men and women are created equal” and that women would take action to claim the rights of citizenship denied to them by men
What is the Declaration of Sentiments?
These are the first 10 amendments to the constitution
What is the Bill of Rights?