Colonization
The first permanent English settlement in the Americas
What is Jamestown?
The British began to unfairly tax the colonies to pay off war debt from this conflict
What is the French and Indian War?
Document in which the American colonists explain their reasons for separating from Britain
What is the Declaration of Independence?
The name of the city that the Constitutional Convention took place in
What is Philadelphia?
The only president to be unanimously chosen as president of the United States
Who is George Washington?
Colony founded by William Penn with a land grant from the king that would provide a home for the Quakers
What is Pennsylvania?
The name of the group in Boston that started to actively protest the British, members include Samuel Adams, Paul Revere and John Hancock
Who are the Sons of Liberty?
The British surrendered at this battle, because they were trapped by colonists and French by land and sea
What is Yorktown?
The agreement that settle the dispute on representation between big states and small states
What is the Great Compromise?
The single, greatest real estate acquisition in US History, organized by Thomas Jefferson
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
Economic policy in the 1500-1700s that would force the colonists to buy British goods
What is mercantilism?
Famous saying that the colonist used when defending why the acts imposed by Britain were wrong.
"No taxation without representation"
The purpose of Baron Von Steuben and Marquis de Lafayette at Valley Forge
What is to help train the soldiers and help Washington's troops survive the winter?
The Three-Fifths Compromise settled disputes between these two groups
Who are northern states and southern states?
This incident got John Adams into trouble because he was shady about a so-called meeting in France where they apparently tried to bribe the US
What is the XYZ Affair?
The colony of Plymouth, which would eventually become Massachusetts, was founded by this religious group
Who are the Puritans?
This tax was imposed on all printed materials including newspapers, wills, mortgages, playing cards, etc.
What is the Stamp Act?
This battle took place on Christmas Day and was a surprise attack by the colonists on a group of German Hessian soldiers who were helping the British fight
What is the Battle of Trenton?
This group would not sign the Constitution until a Bill of Rights was added to protect the rights of citizens
Who are the Anti-Federalists?
The war of 1812 started with Great Britain because of trade disagreements, and this issue in which British sailors were kidnapping American sailors onto their ships
What is impressment?
Name all 13 original colonies and the 3 groups they were divided into
What is Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Pennsylvania, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, Delaware, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia (New England, Middle, Southern)?
He wrote Common Sense, a book which convinced the colonists that it was right to seek independence from England
Who is Thomas Paine?
Technically the first battle of the American Revolution, "the shot heard round the world"
What is Lexington and Concord?
What are the Federalist Papers?
This declaration created the basis for US foreign policy for the next several decades, which was to stay out of European affairs and defend the Americas from outside threat
What is the Monroe Doctrine?