Unit 1
This is what New York was originally called.
What is New Amsterdam?
This phrase fueled the American Revolution and why they fought.
What is "taxation without representation?"
This person is the first President of the United States.
Who is George Washington?
This is the name of the purchase made by Thomas Jefferson to double the size of America.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
Who is Abraham Lincoln?
These were the motivations for the Europeans to explore the New World, and are also known as the three Gs.
What is God, gold and glory?
This book was written by Thomas Paine.
What is Common Sense?
These are the three branches of the US government.
What are the executive, legislative, and judicial branches?
This connects the Hudson River to Lake Erie.
What is the Erie Canal?
This document ended slavery in the south.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
This is the first permanent English settlement in the New World.
What is the Jamestown Colony?
This act was a tax on paper goods.
What is the Stamp Act?
What is 1783?
The Mexican-American War started because America annexed this state.
What is Texas?
This is the definition of an abolitionist.
What is a person who demanded the end of slavery?
This is the definition of a colony.
What is a place that is ruled and controlled by another country?
This act was a tax on glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea.
What is the Townsend Act?
This is the document that consists of the first 10 amendments to the US Constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights?
This US President wanted to represent the common man.
Who is Andrew Jackson?
This compromise in 1820 created balance between free and slave states.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
This is the definition of a complex society.
What is a group of people living together with different jobs, rules, and systems that help them survive and grow?
This event occurred on March 5, 1770.
The Great Compromise was made by this state.
What is Colorado?
This act gave pioneers free land if they move west.
What is the Homestead Act?
This state left the United States leading to the start of the Civil War.
What is South Carolina?