Colonize This!
The three colonial regions.
What are the Northern (New England, Middle, and Southern Colonies?
The reason most colonists demanded a war with England.
What are taxes (Taxation Without Representation)?
A new nation must have a document such as this to set up its laws and structure.
What is a constitution?
The Second Great Awakening was a revival of
What is religion
Every time America added new land a question over this emerged.
What is slavery (the expansion of slavery)?
First nation to colonize in the new world.
What is Spain?
Snowballs galore in the event prior to the American Revolution.
What is the Boston Massacre?
George Washington warned about these (we really didn't listen) since they're always fighting in D.C.
What are political parties?
Thank Horace Mann for being here today! What reform did he work for?
What is education?
Gold was found in this state in 1849 and people flocked there.
What is California?
Seeking religious freedom? This group of people were not who you wanted to come in contact with
Puritans
Officially declared the American Colonies separate from England and really made the King mad.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
Want to prove the national government is stronger than the states? Just refer to this event.
What is the Whiskey Rebellion?
This idea stated that America had a unique since of individualism and self-reliance. Henry David Thoreau and Ralph Waldo Emerson were key authors of this movement
Transcendentalism
The Missouri Compromise declared that slavery would not be allowed north of?
What is 36'30'
Perhaps the most religious and culturally diverse of the American Colonies.
What is Pennsylvania?
The first major turning point and morale booster in the American Revolution. Washington attacked the drunk Hessians on Christmas
What is the Battle of Trenton (Trenton)?
Jefferson used this when he bought Louisiana from France.
What is loose interpretation?
These sisters really just didn't have time for slavery.
Who are the Grimke sisters?
Two part question: The term used to describe America's divine right to expand westward.
Who was the President associated with this?
James K Polk
Defeating this meant more easily claiming the Atlantic Coast.
What is the Spanish Armada?
The document that ended the American Revolution.
What is the Treaty of Paris?
This term was used by John C Calhoun and South Carolina to attempt to declare federal laws voided
Nullification
This system was instituted by Andrew Jackson and led to some poor decision making.
What is the Spoils System?
America gained Florida as a result of this treaty.
What is the Adams Onis Treaty?