Colonial Times
These colonies had large plantations and relied heavily on enslaved labor.
Southern Colonies
The year the United States declared independence from Britain.
1776
The first plan of government for the United States, replaced because it was too weak.
Articles of Confederation
He was the first President of the United States.
George Washington
He was president during the Civil War.
Abraham Lincoln
This group of colonies relied on fishing, shipbuilding, and trade due to rocky soil and a cold climate.
New England Colonies
This 1765 act placed taxes on paper goods like newspapers and legal documents.
Stamp Act
The meeting held in 1787 to create a new Constitution took place in this city.
Philadelphia
This President made the Louisiana Purchase in 1803.
Thomas Jefferson
The attack on this location on December 7, 1941, brought the U.S. into World War II.
Pearl Harbor
Known as the “breadbasket” colonies because of their grain production.
Middle Colonies
This 1770 event, where British soldiers fired into a crowd of colonists, was used as propaganda by patriots.
Boston Massacre.
The first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution are known by this name.
Bill of Rights
The War of 1812 was fought during his presidency.
James Madison
He was president during the Great Depression and most of World War II.
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Colonists came to the New World for various reasons, including these two: religious freedom and....
Economic Opportunity
In response to the Boston Tea Party, Britain passed these harsh laws in 1774.
Intolerable Acts
This compromise counted enslaved people as part of a person for representation.
Three-Fifths Compromise
Trends that George Washington started, such as only serving two terms as president, are called this.
Precedents
The year Idaho became a state.
1890
The first elected representative assembly in the colonies, established in Virginia in 1619.
House of Burgesses
The meeting of colonial leaders in 1774 to organize a response to British policies.
First Continental Congress
This man was the oldest delegate at the Constitutional Convention, being 81 at the time.
John Adams.
This conflict (1950–1953) was fought to stop the spread of communism in Asia.
Korean War