Early Settlements
This group of people arrived in the Americas in 1619 starting slavery.
Who are slave traders?
This colonial assembly was the first form of representative government in America.
What is the Housee of Burgesses
Who was George Washington?
This Founding Father is known for his experiments with electricity and as a key diplomat in France.
Who was Benjamin Franklin?
This was the name of the plan proposed at the Constitutional Convention in 1787 that advocated for a strong central government with a bicameral legislature, ultimately influencing the structure of the U.S. Congress.
What is the Virginia Plan?
Jamestown settlers grew wealthy exporting this crop to England.
What is Tobacco?
This is the main reason many settlers came to America during the colonial period.
What is religious freedom?
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
This man if often called the "Father of the Constitution."
Who was James Madison?
This first ten amendments to the Constitution protect individual liberties such as freedom of speech, religion, and assembly.
What is the Bill of Rights?
This colony was the first permanent English Establishment in America.
What is Jamestown?
These are the three main regions of the 13 colonies.
What are New England, Middle, and Southern colonies?
This is where the British surrendered in 1781.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
This Founding Father argued for independence and later became the second U.S. president.
Who was John Adams?
This clause in Article VI of the Constitution ensures that federal law takes precedence over state law.
What is the Supremacy Clause?
This is the daughter of Chief Powhatan, remebered for her role in easing the tensions between settlers and the Powhatan people.
Who is Pocahontas?
The two industries which New England's economy was based off of.
What are fishing and shipbuilding?
This 1775 battle was the first armed conflict of the Revolutionary war.
What is the Battle of Lexington and Concord?
This Founding Father served as the first Secretary of the U.S. financial system.
Who was Alexander Hamilton?
This section of the Constitution outlines the powers and responsibilities of the legislative branch, known as Congress
What is Article I?
The name of the Native American chief who helped the Jamestown settlers survive in the early years.
The rebellion in 1676 led by Virginia settlers angry over the government's protection of Native Americans
(or Indians for those cool people)
What is Bacon's rebellion?
This 1783 treaty officially ended the Revolutionary War.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
This Founding Father helped write the Federalist Papers and later became the first Chief Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court.
Who was John Jay?
This amendment, ratified in 1865, abolished slavery in the United States.
What is the 13th Amendment?