Colonial Life
A group of settlers in one place ruled or governed by another country
Colony
A person who supported separation and independence from Britain.
Patriot
This was the chief author of the Declaration of Independence.
Thomas Jefferson
This purchase doubled the size of the United States overnight and was the first step in America's growth westward.
Louisiana Purchase
A network of secret routes escaped slaves took to flee the south.
The Underground Railroad
The first SUCCESSFUL English colony.
Jamestown
This country was America's ally during the revolution and helped America gain its independence.
France
The three branches of government:
Legislative, executive, judicial
This person played a vital role in the Corps of Discovery by serving as a guide and translating for Lewis & Clark.
Sacagawea
This battle was a turning point of the Civil War and the only significant battle to be fought north of the Mason-Dixon line.
Battle of Gettysburg
These are the three Colonial Regions.
New England, Middle, and Southern
This law required colonists to house soldiers in their own homes if no barracks were available for them.
Quartering Act
The first 10 amendments to the Constitution.
The Bill of Rights
People traveled out west to California in 1849 in hopes of becoming rich in an event known as:
The California Gold Rush
The period after the Civil War that was about rebuilding the nation and reinstating the states that had succeeded.
Reconstruction Era
The economy of the New England Colonies was based on this:
Fishing, shipbuilding, whaling.
The first military engagements of the American Revolution.
Lexington & Concord
This was the FIRST government of the United States.
Articles of Confederation
The Mexican American War followed after the annexation of what state?
Texas
This law mandated that runaway slaves be returned, even if they were in a free state.
Fugitive Slave law or Fugitive Slave Act
The Southern colonies are...
Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia.
This conflict is what prompted England to increase taxes on the Colonies.
The French & Indian War or The Seven Years War
The two plans proposed at the Constitutional Convention were called:
New Jersey Plan & Virginia Plan
The belief that America was destined to grow and expand across the continent from coast to coast.
Manifest Destiny
This document signed by President Lincoln stated that all slaves in states of rebellion would be freed. This document changed the meaning of the war.
The Emancipation Proclamation