European Settlement
Which Country did Christopher Columbus think he discovered in 1492?
INDIA
What is the event where a group of Americans threw, tea into the harbour?
The Boston Teaparty
When did United States achieve independence from England
1783
When did the civil war start. + - 2 years
12. April 1861
Who did the Americans buy Manhattan from?
The Native Americans
Who discovered America first?
The Vikings
1783
What does the Congress of the United States make?
Laws
When did the war end?
1865
What had to been used instead of cash in Jamestown?
Tobacco leaves
Which lands did France claim?
Canada and Mississippi
Who was appointed to lead the American Militia?
George Washington
When was the latest change proposed by congress?
1789
When did Abraham Lincoln get assasinated? + - 2 years
1865
How did the U.S goverment punish Robert E. Lee?
They turned his land into a Cemetery for the people who died in war.
Where did Holland found New Amsterdam?
On the tip of Manhattan.
On which date did America declare its independence from Great Britain? + - 1 year
July 4th 1776
How many times has the constitution been changed or amended?
27 times
9. million people lived in the South but how many lived in the North?
22 million
When the French lost Canada, which two Islands were they allowed to keep?
St. Pierre and Miquelon
What things could you grow in the south?
Tobacco, rice and cotton
What are the 2 cities, that the farmers that gathered guns to start called. (Have to get them both)
Lexington and Concord
Which two chambers does the Congress have?
The House of Representatives and Congress
Over 620.000 soldiers died under the civil war, but what did most of them die from.
Diseases
What was the Bronx in New York named after?
Jonas Bronck