Know Your John's
I founded Massachusetts Bay
John Winthrop
I invented many things; I was a leader in the Enlightenment; JOIN OR DIE!
Ben Franklin
Turning point battle in the American Revolution
Saratoga
Act that taxed colonies on legal documents, playing cards, newspapers, etc.
Stamp Act
NO drinking
Temperance
I introduced tobacco to Jamestown
John Rolfe
i was a person who led a raid at Harpers Ferry, Virginia. I also was pretty good with a broadsword in Kansas!
John Brown
Final battle of the Revolutionary War where Cornwallis surrendered
Yorktown
Right to Grand Jury, Right to Remain Silent, Eminent Domain, Due process, and Double Jeopardy. (G.R.E.D.D)
5th Amendment
Economic system that sends raw materials to the mother country so it can sell back finished goods to the colonies
Mercantilism
I tried to establish the Bear Flag Republic
John C. Fremont
First person to permanently settle in Tennessee
William Bean
The second war between the United States and Britain; war where the Star Spangled Banner was written
War of 1812
Guaranteed that the right to vote cannot be taken away because of race
15th Amendment
When people vote directly on an issue; happened specifically with slavery in Kansas, Nebraska, and the Mexican Cession
Popular Sovereignty
I was a believer in states' rights. He believed South Carolina should secede from the United States.
John C. Calhoun
A Prussian General who trained the troops at Valley Forge; created "The Blue Book"
Friedrich von Steuben
War that helped the country of Texas become part of U.S.A
Mexican/American War
This act taxed colonists on lead, paper, tea, and glass
Townshend Act
Eli Whitney invented this to help increase cotton production in the South; led to an increase in slavery
Cotton Gin
Johnathan Edwards
I was the leader of the Mexican army in the Texan Revolution and the Mexican-American War
Santa Anna
Refusing to pay tribute to Tripoli led to war with these people
The Barabry Pirates
This act forced the North to return all runway slaves to the South
Fugitive Slave Act
General term for a form of government based on a loose agreement of states/groups
Confederation