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The first permanent English settlement was founded in
What is 1607
100
The first shots of the American Revolution were fired
What is Lexington Massachusetts
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A person who wanted to end slavery in the United States
What is an Abolitionist
100
Signed in 1215 by King John, was the first document that limited power of the ruler.
What is Magna Carta
100
Wrote the Declaration of Independence
Who is Thomas Jefferson
200
The Declaration of Independence was signed on this date.
What is July 4, 1776
200
The first battle of the American Revolution
What is Concord Massachusetts
200
Tax on goods brought into a country
What is tariff
200
A document written by Thomas Jefferson declaring the colonies independence from England
What is the Declaration of Independence
200
Leader of the Continental Army who became the first President of the United States
Who is George Washington
300
The Constitution of the United States was written in
What is 1787
300
The turning point of the American Revolution
What is the Battle of Saratoga
300
The belief that the United States should own all of the land between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans
What is Manifest Destiny
300
The first American constitution
What is the Articles of Confederation
300
President of the Confederacy during the Civil War
Who is Jefferson Davis
400
President Thomas Jefferson purchased the Louisiana Territory from France in
What is 1803
400
The first shots of the Civil War were fired at
What is Fort Sumter
400
The Legislative Branch, the Judicial Branch and the Executive Branch
What are the Three Branches of Government
400
The agreement signed in 1620 by the Pilgrims in Plymouth
What is the Mayflower Compact
400
16th President of the United States
Who is Abraham Lincoln
500
The Civil War was fought from
What is 1861-1865
500
Robert E Lee surrendered the Confederate Army to Ulysses S Grant ending the Civil War
What is Appomattox Court House
500
The era in which a change from household industries to factory production using powered machinery took place
What is Industrial Revolution
500
A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine to convince colonists that it was time to become independent from Britain
What is Common Sense
500
Father of the Constitution
Who is James Madison