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100
First perment settlement in America.
What is 1607?
100
Who was the general of the contential army?
Who was George Washington?
100
Consisted of 13 individual states.
What is the 13 original colonies?
100
British Fire into mob of colonist killing 3.
What is the Boston Massacre?
100
People who came to the US to practice their own religion.
What is a Puritan?
200
Declaration of independence was signed.
What is 1776?
200
He wrote the Declaration of independence and was the 3rd president of the United State.
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
200
This natural barrier was an excellent way to transport goods to the port of Louisiana.
What is the Mississippi River?
200
A group of colonists, dress as Indians dump tea overboard.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
200
Growing crops and raising animals.
What is Agrarian?
300
Mayflower Compact was written. It was the first framework for government.
What is 1620?
300
Wrote Poor Richard Almanac, inventor, diplomat, and statesman.
Who was Ben Franklin?
300
The King of England didn't allow colonist to cross over this natural barrier.
What is the Appalachian Mountains?
300
Name given to French officials that tried to bribe US diplomats.
What is XYZ Affair?
300
Cotton, Tobacco, and Indigo
What is a cash crop?
400
The Philadelphia conventions as held and The Constitution was written.
What is 1787?
400
Wrote "Common Sense" helped lead US to Revolution.
Who is Thomas Paine?
400
This trail lead from Missouri all the way to Oregon.
What is the Oregon Trail?
400
When the first American Constitution was signed. It gave more voting rights to men.
What are the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut?
400
A fee charged on goods imported or exported.
What is a Tariff?
500
War between the states known as the Civil War.
What is 1861-1865
500
Considered the first African Amerian to hold public office.
Who was Wentworth Cheswell?
500
Land from New Mexico west to California became part of the US because of this.
What is the Mexican Cession of 1848?
500
Harsh laws designed to punish the colonists of Massachusetts for their part in the Boston Tea Party.
What are the Intolerable Acts?
500
Rights that government. cannot take away from you: Life, Liberty, Pursuit of Happiness
What is Unalienable Rights?