Colonies & Exploration
The first permanent English settlement in America.
Jamestown
The year the Declaration of Independence was signed.
1776
The first President of the United States.
George Washington
The president during the Civil War.
Abraham Lincoln
This ocean is on the East Coast of the U.S.
Atlantic Ocean
People who came to America for religious freedom and settled Plymouth.
Pilgrims
The leader of the Continental Army.
George Washington
The first ten amendments to the Constitution.
The Bill of Rights
The side that wanted to keep slavery.
South/Confederacy
This large river runs through the middle of the U.S.
Mississippi River
This crop was the main source of money in Virginia.
Tobacco
There was a tax on what? Leading to a famous protest.
Tea
This purchase in 1803 doubled the size of the U.S.
Louisiana Purchase
The side that won the Civil War.
North/Union
The capital city of the United States.
Washington, D.C.
Colonies under British rule were called these.
The 13 Colonies
The last major battle of the Revolutionary War.
Yorktown
The system where power is shared between national and state governments.
Federalism
This proclamation freed enslaved people in the Confederacy.
Emancipation Proclamation
The land route used by settlers to move west.
Oregon Trail
The route that traded goods between Africa, Europe, and the Americas.
Triangular Trade
The document that told Britain the U.S. wanted to be free.
Declaration of Independence
This branch of government makes the laws.
Legislative Branch
The first battle of the Civil War was at this fort.
Fort Sumter
The agreement in 1787 that created two houses of Congress.
The Great Compromise