America! America!
Which country helped Americans to fight the British?
France
____________________ is a set of rules explaining how a country will work.
Constitution
The first English people to settle in Australia were .
prisoners
In 1769 _____________ perfected the steam engine.
James Watt
A steam engine would run as long as it had __________for fuel.
coal
In 1776, the colonies declared their independence from Britain through the Declaration of Independence, written mainly by______________________.
Thomas Jefferson
At first how many American colonies became states?
13
In 1803, President ___________ purchased the _________ Territory from France. This event, doubled the size of the United States.
Thomas Jefferson
Louisiana Territory
A steam engine works by heating water in a closed metal bowl called
a. boiler b. cylinder c. piston d. boiling pot
As the water is heated, it turns into steam, which is pushed out of the metal bowl through a narrow pipe called a
. a. boiler b. piston c. cylinder d. screw
a. boiler
c. cylinder
An _________ made sure that factory workers spent all of their time working hard.
English factories that produced cloth were called_______.
overseer
mills
____________ was the First President, he was inaugurated in the city of _________. At first he didn't want to be president because__________.
George Washington
New York
He wanted to live a quiet life on his farm in Virginia.
_______________is responsible for making laws for the United States of America. It is made up of two “houses” called the ___________ and the ___________
Congress,
Senate,
House of Representatives
To explore this new territory American purchased from France, which doubled the size of the U.S. the President sent Meriwether ______ and William ______ on an expedition from 1804 to 1806. Their goals were to map the land, study plants and animals, and find a water route to the Pacific Ocean.
They were helped by a famous Native American women name ______
Lewis
Clark
Sacagawea
Cotton was the main crop grown in the __________ part of the United States.
Eli Whitney invented the ___________ to separate seeds from the cotton. Whitney had another idea that we now call ___________ , which means that parts are interchangeable.
southern
cotton gin
Standardization
why was the inventions of the steam engine revolutionary?
The steam engine changed many things in England, Europe, and North America. Steam could run so many more machines so much more quickly than human muscles, windmills, or waterwheels. Ships and trains could haul heavy loads and carry more passengers. More and more coal had to be mined to power the steam engines, and railroads were built across farmland to haul more coal.
The Constitution divides power among three branches: _____________ (makes laws), ________ (enforces laws), and ___________ (interprets laws).
legislative
executive
judicial
The ___________ was added to the Constitution in 1791. It consists of the first ten amendments and protects important freedoms and rights of American citizens, such as freedom of speech, religion, and the right to a fair trial
Bill of Rights
Tecumseh
The Prophet
Who were the Luddites?
What did the constitution of America say about slaves?
Who was Nat Turner? What was his mission?
The Three-Fifths Compromise counted enslaved people as three-fifths of a person for representation and taxation purposes.
Nat Turner was an enslaved African American preacher in Virginia who believed he had been chosen by God to help end slavery. In 1831, he led a rebellion in Virginia. Turner and his followers attacked and killed slaveholding families. Turner was captured, tried, and executed.
The American Revolution began because the British government wanted the American colonies to help pay for Britain's debts from the _____________ (called the French and Indian War in North America). The King of England at the time, named _______________ approved taxes such as the Stamp Act and Tea Act. The American colonists were angry because they had no representatives in the British Parliament to vote on these taxes. Their famous protest was "No taxation without _____________."
The Seven Year's War
King George III
Representation
In 1770, tensions between colonists and British soldiers led to the Boston _________, in which British soldiers fired into a crowd and killed five colonists. Why was it called massacre?
The British government placed taxes on tea, which many colonists believed were unfair. In 1773, some colonists disguised themselves as Indigenous people and dumped _____ chests of tea into Boston Harbor to protest the taxes.
Massacre
Colonial leaders exaggerated the incident and use to rally support against the British.
In 1770, ___________explored and claimed the east coast of Australia for Britain. In 1788, the First Fleet arrived carrying _________, soldiers, and officials to establish Britain's first colony in Australia. The colony was founded at Sydney Cove and was led by _______, the first governor of New South Wales.
James Cook
convicts/prisoners
Arthur Philips
The ____________ was the forced removal of several Indigenous nations, from their homelands in the southeastern United States during the 1830s. The most famous removal involved the Cherokee Nation. Thousands of Cherokee were forced to walk hundreds of kilometres to what is now Oklahoma. Many people suffered from hunger, disease, cold weather, and exhaustion. About 4,000 Cherokee died during the journey.
The U.S. government wanted Indigenous lands for white settlement and farming, especially after gold was discovered in some areas. Under the ________________, many Indigenous peoples were forced to move west of the Mississippi River.
Trail of Tears
Indian Removal Act
Who were the abolitionists?
Who were the Quakers?
Abolitionists were people who wanted to end slavery. They believed that slavery was morally wrong and worked to abolish it through speeches, writing, petitions, political action, and helping enslaved people escape.
The Quakers, formally known as the Religious Society of Friends, are a Christian religious group that believes all people are equal before God. Many Quakers became some of the earliest and strongest abolitionists because they believed slavery was incompatible with their religious beliefs about human equality and dignity.