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JAMESTOWN
What is the first permanent English settlement that was founded in 1607?
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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

Author of the Constitution

Thomas Jefferson

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
unalienable rights
What is the rights that cannot be taken away. Life, Liberty & the Pursuit of Happiness.
200
Treaty of Paris of 1763
What is the treaty that ended the French and Indian War?
200

Responsible for the Trail of Tears

Andrew Jackson

300
1787
What is the year the Constitution was written?
300
Fort Sumter
What is the place the first shots of the Civil War were fired?
300
Primary Sources
What is the original records of an event? They include eyewitness reports and first-hand information.
300
Treaty of Paris of 1783
What is the treaty that ended the American Revolution?
300

5th President of the United States

James Monroe


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1861-1865
What is the years the Civil War was fought?
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

Mexican General/Dictator Responsible for attacking the Alamo

Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana

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1803
What is the date President Thomas Jefferson purchased the Louisiana Territory from France?
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

President who started the Mexican American War

James K. Polk