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100

What is the settlement that was founded in 1620?

Plymouth

100

This geographical feature limited the 13 colonies to the east.

What are the Appalachian Mountains

100
Manifest Destiny
What is the belief that the US should own all of the land between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans?
100

What is the document signed in 1215 by William and Mary of England and the first document that limited power of the ruler?

What is the Magna Carta

100

19th Amendment

What is the amendment that gave women the right to vote?

200

Document that was signed on July 4, 1776?

Declaration of Independence

200

This was a renewed interest in religion that happened in the late 1700s and early 1800s.

What is The Great Awakening 

200
unalienable rights
What is the rights that cannot be taken away. Life, Liberty & the Pursuit of Happiness.
200

What is the treaty that ended the French and Indian War?

What is the Treaty of Paris 1763

200

What amendment gave black men the right to vote?

What is the 15th

300

This provided admission of California into the Union as a free state

Compromise of 1850

300

Who has the power to declare war?

What is Congress?

300
Primary Sources
What is the original records of an event? They include eyewitness reports and first-hand information.
300

What is the treaty that ended the American Revolution?

What is the Treaty of Paris of 1783

300

14th Amendment

What is an amendment that guarantees citizenship and rights to all people born or naturalized in the United States?

400

Why are the dates 1861-1865 important

What is the years the Civil War was fought?

400
The Great Compromise created a bicameral legislature.  What 2 plans did it combine?

Virginia Plan plus New Jersey Plan

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
What are the 3 parts of the Constitution?

Preamble

7 Articles 

27 amendments

400

7th amendment 

What is the amendment that guarantees the right to a jury trial in civil cases 

500

This war was based on British impressment of American sailors, restrictions on U.S. trade, and British support for Native American tribes who opposed U.S. westward expansion

What is the War of 1812

500

Supreme Court ruled that all the Georgia laws regarding the Cherokee were unconstitutional and void in what court case?

What is Worchester v Georgia

500
Republic
What is a nation in which voters choose representatives to govern them?
500

At this meeting the Colonies decided to boycott all British goods until repeal and form a militia

What is the 1st Continental Congress

500

This amendment revises and outlines the procedure of how Presidents and Vice Presidents are elected, specifically so that they are elected together. 

What is the 12th Amendment