Documents
This document created a self government for the Pilgrims.
Mayflower Compact
France
General of the Continental Army
George Washington
Washington's Farewell Address warned of these 2 things.
1. Beware of political parties
2. Don't make foreign alliances because they will drag the country into foreign wars.
The first representative government in the 13 Colonies.
House of Burgesses
This 1787 document created the U.S. government.
Constitution
The first battle of the Civil War.
Fort Sumter
Author of Common Sense, which encouraged ordinary people to want independence from England.
Thomas Paine
The 2nd war between the United States and England.
War of 1812
The unalienable rights listed in the Declaration of Independence.
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness
This document, written in 1776, listed the colonists' grievances against King George.
Declaration of Independence
The last battle of the American Revolution.
To double your points - what is the name of the English general who surrendered?
Yorktown
Cornwallis
He warned Europe against further colonization in Latin America.
Monroe
The event during the Age of Jackson that caused South Carolina to threaten to secede over states' rights.
Nullification Crisis
This gives Americans their freedom of expression.
First Amendment
The name of the first constitution of the United States.
Articles of Confederation
The turning point of the Civil War that showed the war would last longer than expected.
Gettysburg
He was Washington's Secretary of Treasury and leader of the Federalist Party.
Alexander Hamilton
This event during Washington's presidency proved that the new federal government was strong.
Whiskey Rebellion
To allow for changing times, the Founding Fathers created the ______________ process.
Double your points if you can say the process!
amending
2/3 vote of Congress, 3/4 vote of state legislatures
This was the first constitution of the 13 Colonies. It said men did not have to be church members to vote.
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
The "Shot Heard 'Round the World" happened here.
Lexington and Concord
The philosopher who came up with the idea of natural rights.
John Locke
Jefferson's unsuccessful effort to stop impressment.
Embargo Act
The definition of federalism
The division of power between the state goverments and the national government