Dates (II)
1776
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This was an armed rebellion held by Virginia settlers that took place from 1676 to 1677 after the Governor refused to drive Native American Indians out of the colony.
What is Bacon's Rebellion?
This was a formal announcement issued by U.S. President George Washington on April 22, 1793, that declared the nation neutral in the conflict between revolutionary France and Great Britain.
What is Washington's Proclamation of Neutrality?
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
Presidencies:
A) Adams, John Quincy
B) Jackson, Andrew
C) Jefferson, Thomas
D) Monroe, James
E) Van Buren, Martin
C, D, A, B, E
1824
What is the election of John Quincy Adams and the "Corrupt Bargain"?
This 1739 slave uprising in South Carolina was the largest enslaved rebellion in the Southern Colonies, with 25 colonists and 35 to 50 Africans killed
What is the Stono Rebellion?
This was a United States foreign policy position that opposed European colonialism in the Western Hemisphere. It held that any intervention in the political affairs of the Americas by foreign powers would potentially be a hostile act against the United States
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
the Alien and Sedition Acts were passed.
Who is John Adams?
A) Alabama
B) Kentucky
C) Louisiana
D) Missouri
E) New York
E, B, C, A, D
1848
What is the Seneca Falls Convention?
This 1831 Virginia revolt was the deadliest slave revolt in U.S. history. The rebels killed between 55 and 65 White people and caused widespread fear amongst the White population in its aftermath.
What is Nat Turner's Rebellion (or the Southampton Insurrection)?
This was a treaty between the United States and Spain in 1819 that granted Florida to the U.S. and defined the boundary between the U.S. and Mexico.
What is the Adams-Onis Treaty?
the Era of Good Feelings prevailed.
Who is James Monroe?
A) Louisiana Purchase
B) Northwest Ordinance
C) Proclamation of Neutrality
D) XYZ Affair
B, C, A, D
1823
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
This rebellion was a violent tax protest in Western Pennsylvania in the early 1790s. It was in response to the first tax imposed on a domestic product by the newly formed federal government.
What is the Whiskey Rebellion?
This treaty between the United States and Great Britain limited naval armaments on the Great Lakes and Lake Champlain following the War of 1812.
Among other provisions, the treaty limited each country could maintain one military vessel as well as one cannon (no more than eighteen pounds) on Lake Ontario and Lake Champlain.
What is the Rush-Bagot Treaty?
the cotton gin was invented.
Who is George Washington?
A) Embargo Act
B) Fulton's first steamboat voyage (Clermont)
C) Morse's telegraph
D) Slater's first textile factory
D, A, B, C
1765
What is the Stamp Act?
This 1763 rebellion was undertaken by a loose confederation of Native Americans who were dissatisfied with British rule in the Great Lakes region following the French and Indian War. Their goal was to drive British soldiers and settlers out of the region.
What is Pontiac's Rebellion?
This 1795 treaty between the United States and indigenous nations of the Northwest Territory redefined the United States' western border, as tribes surrendered their claims to the Ohio Territory and promised to open it to settlement by Americans.
What is the Treaty of Greenville?
the War of 1812 was fought.
Who is James Madison?
A) Cotton Gin
B) Ratification of U.S. Constitution
C) Shay's Rebellion
D) Star-Spangled Banner
C, B, A, D