13 Colonies
This was the first permanent English settlement in North America.
What is Jamestown?
This early war between Britain and France spilled into the American colonies and helped spark the Revolution.
What is the French and Indian War?
He was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
This 1803 case established the principle of judicial review.
What is Marbury v. Madison?
This belief held that Americans were destined to expand westward to the Pacific Ocean.
What is Manifest Destiny?
Founded by Puritans, this colony aimed to be a model Christian society.
What is Massachusetts Bay Colony?
The first battles of the American Revolution were fought at these two Massachusetts towns
What are Lexington and Concord?
This enslaved African American led a major 1831 rebellion in Virginia.
Who is Nat Turner?
This case ruled that Congress had the power to regulate interstate commerce.
What is Gibbons v. Ogden?
This 1840s conflict led to the acquisition of much of the Southwest, including California and Texas.
What is the Mexican-American War?
This colony was founded as a haven for Catholics.
What is Maryland?
This final battle of the American Revolution effectively ended the war.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
He was Chief Justice who strengthened the power of the federal government through landmark court decisions.
Who is John Marshall?
This 1819 case upheld federal power over state laws and established the constitutionality of the national bank.
What is McCulloch v. Maryland?
This 1846 treaty ended the Mexican-American War and ceded over 500,000 square miles of territory to the U.S.
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
This colony had the most religious diversity and was founded by William Penn.
What is Pennsylvania?
This early 19th-century war was partly caused by British impressment of American sailors.
What is the War of 1812?
She helped organize the women’s rights movement and co-authored the Declaration of Sentiments.
Who is Elizabeth Cady Stanton?
This controversial 1857 decision ruled that African Americans were not citizens and that Congress couldn’t ban slavery in the territories.
What is Dred Scott v. Sandford?
This compromise temporarily settled the issue of slavery in new territories gained during westward expansion.
What is the Compromise of 1850?
This New England colony practiced a form of direct democracy through town meetings.
What is Massachusetts (or Plymouth, later merged into Massachusetts)?
This violent conflict in 1676 exposed tensions between poor settlers and Virginia’s colonial elite.
What is Bacon’s Rebellion?
This former slave and orator became one of the most influential abolitionists of the 19th century.
Who is Frederick Douglass?
This case limited tribal sovereignty by ruling that Native American tribes were "domestic dependent nations."
What is Cherokee Nation v. Georgia?
This 1854 legislation repealed the Missouri Compromise and heightened tensions over slavery.
What is the Kansas-Nebraska Act?