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JAMESTOWN
What is the first permanent English settlement that was founded in 1607?
100
Lexington & Concord
What is the place the first shots of the American Revolution were fired?
100
Manifest Destiny
What is the belief that the US should own all of the land between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans?
100
Magna Carta
What is the document signed in 1215 by William and Mary of England and the first document that limited power of the ruler?
100
13th Amendment
What is the amendment that abolished slavery?
200
Declaration of Independence
What is a document that was signed on July 4, 1776?
200
Battle of Saratoga
What is the turning point of the American Revolution?
200
Bicameral 
(of a legislative body) having two branches or chambers.
200
Treaty of Paris of 1763
What is the treaty that ended the French and Indian War?
200
1st Amendment
What is freedom of speech, religion, press, assembly & petition?
300

Why did it take Florida 6 years of debate to become a state?

FL had to wait until a free state (Iowa) could join to keep the balance

300
Fort Sumter
What is the place the first shots of the Civil War were fired?
300

Nullification 

That individual states can invalidate federal laws or judicial decisions they deem unconstitutional, 

300
Treaty of Paris of 1783
What is the treaty that ended the American Revolution?
300

Mary Ludwig Hays McCauley

Carried water pitchers to the soldiers during the Revolutionary War, and legend has it she also took part on combat.

400

This treaty, signed on February 2, 1848, ended the war between the United States and Mexico. Ceded territories include the present-day states California, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, most of Arizona and Colorado, and parts of Oklahoma, Kansas, and Wyoming.

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

400
Battle of Gettysburg
What is the name of the battle that was a turning point of the Civil War for the North?
400
popular sovereignty
What is the practice of allowing each territory to decide for itself whether or not to allow slavery? (power of the people)
400
Mayflower Compact
What is the agreement signed in 1620 by the Pilgrims in Plymouth?
400

Marquis de Lafayette

French man who became Washington’s trusted aide and joined the American Revolution

500

Emancipation Proclamation

Issued by Lincoln, freeing all slaves in areas still at war with the Union. Gave North a moral foundation for war.

500
Appomatox Court House
What is the place where Robert E. Lee surrendered at the end of the Civil War?
500
Republic
What is a nation in which voters choose representatives to govern them?
500
Monroe Doctrine
What is a document signed by James Monroe stating not to interfere with foreign affairs?
500
Bill of Rights
What is the first 10 amendments to the constitution?