1492-1732
Christopher Columbus was not the first European to land on North America. Who and where were the first Europeans to land on North America?
The Vikings were the first Europeans to land on North America in the 10th and 11th century, when they landed on Greenland and Canadian Islands the the Baffin Islands.
What war did the English take most of the French's colonial land?
The Seven Years War?
When was the Declaration of Independence signed?
July 4, 1776
President Thomas Jefferson bought 825,000 square miles of land from Napoleon of France in 1803 in purchase known as the __________ ________?
Louisiana Purchase.
What act that said Kansas should chose whether it is a free state or not escalated ________ ______ and broke what compromise?
Bleeding Kansas, Missouri Compromise
When did Christopher Columbus land on Hispaniola?
1492.
The French and Indian War.
When did Betsy Ross sew the first American Flag?
Late May or Early June of 1776.
The expedition across America to the Pacific Ocean was called what?
The Lewis and Clark Expedition.
What party formed due to the fall of the Whig Party?
The Republican Party.
What was the Native American nations the Pilgrims and British first interacted with?
Powhatan and Wampanoag
What war did George Washington fight in before the American Revolution?
The French and Indian War.
Which countries helped the USA gain independence?
France and Spain.
What Native American woman helped on the Lewis and Clark Expedition? (Double Points if you name her baby.)
Sacagawea. (Her baby was Jean Baptiste Charbonneau, nicknamed Pomp.)
Which states seceded from the Union?
Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia
When did the Pilgrims arrive at Plymouth Rock?
1620.
Name the Thirteen colonies.
Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, South Carolina, Virginia,
In what battle did the Americans win the Revolutionary War?
Battle of Yorktown.
Why did the war of 1812 start?
The British didn't want America expanding anymore.
When was the Statue of Liberty opened?
1886.
When was Jamestown established, a which colony did it belong to?
1607 and Colony of Virginia.
What was the event where teenage boys dressed up as Natives and dumped tea into the Boston Harbour?
The Boston Tea Party
What year did Britain recognized American independence?
1783.
Why did the Democratic-Republican Party dissolve?
Andrew Jackson formed the Democratic Party, and the Whig Party formed.
What was the Proclamation that said the slaves should be Emancipated?
The Emancipation Proclamation.
How many Natives lived in post-colonial America?
18 Million.
Why did some Americans want freedom from the Brits?
They taxed everything.
Which of the colonies was first to become a state?
Delaware.
Which 5 native nations were forced out of there homes to the Oklahoma territory in a genocide known as "The Trail Of Tears"?
Chicksaw, Choctaw, Cheerokee, Creek and Seminole Nations.
Who assassinated Abraham Lincoln?
John Wilkes Booth.
Which were the three biggest colonial powers in North America?
England, France, Spain.
Who was king when the Americans were taxed?
King George III
Who suggested to national bird of America be a turkey?
Which president died a month into office of pneumonia?
William Henry Harrison.
What was the railroad that went across America?
The Trans-Continental Railroad.
How did the first Native Americans get to North America?
The walked across the Bering Strait to modern day Alaska during to last Ice Age.
What protest turned into a massacre that killed 3, and mortally injured 2?
The Boston Massacre.
Who was our first president?
George Washington.
Who was president after Harrison died?
John Tyler.
During the 1870s, America joined what revolution? (Double points if you name three things invented during that time period.)
The Industrial Revolution.
Was Christopher Columbus a good guy?
No. Absolutely not.
What was the first battle of the American Revolution?
The Battle of Lexington and Concord.
What was America's first capital?
Philadelphia.
What was the idea the America should be able to expand out west at whatever cost?
Manifest Destiny.
Which president died nine months into office of gunshot wound and septic shock?
James Garfield (Not the cat)
Which was the last out of the thirteen colonies to be established?
Georgia.
Because the colonies didn't have any representation in the British parliament, what did the create?
The Continental Congress.
What is the capital of the USA?
Washington D. C.
What war did America start with Mexico that eventually took over half of their land after invading Texas?
The Mexican-American War.
America bought ______ from Russia in 1867.
Alaska.
Who colonized modern day Philadelphia and New Jersey before the British?
Sweden
"The British are coming! The British are coming" while riding on horseback?
Paul Revere
The White House. (Originally The President's House)
Where did the Gold Rush of 1849 start in?
The foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains.
After America beat Spain in the Spanish-American war, what territories did America acquire?
Cuba, Puerto Rico, The Philippines
Who colonized modern day New York before the British?
The Netherlands
Who sayed "Don't fire until you see the whites of there eyes."
William Prescott
When was the Constitution ratified?
June 21, 1788.
Which president died in office after catching the stomach bug?
Zachary Taylor.
When was Hawaii annexed into the United States?
1898.