This is the year the first permanent English settlement in North America was established.
What is 1607
100
Written in January, 1776, Thomas Paine encouraged colonists to free themselves from the British Parliament and the tyranny of King George III.
What is Common Sense?
100
This first constitution of the United States was called this
What is the Articles of Confederation?
100
This doubled the size of the country when Thomas Jefferson purchased it in 1803.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
100
The belief that political power rests with the people is known as this.
What is popular sovereignty?
200
Written in 1620, this document created a government where none existed, based on majority rule.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
200
While speaking to the Virginia House of Burgesses, this man said, "I know not what course others might take, but as for me, give me liberty, or give me death!"
Who is Patrick Henry?
200
Known as the Father of the Constitution, this man was also responsible for the first ten Amendments.
Who is James Madison?
200
These two men were commissioned by Thomas Jefferson to explore the Louisiana Purchase.
Who were Lewis and Clark?
200
Landmark Supreme Court case that confirmed slaves were property, not citizens.
What was Dred Scott vs.Sanford?
300
This was the first written constitution in the American colonies.
What is the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut?
300
After the French and Indian War, the British Parliament issued the Proclamation of 1763, which created the western boundary of the colonies along these.
What are the Appalachian Mountains?
300
System in which each branch of government shares its powers and makes sure no one branch has too much power is known as this
What is the system of checks and balances?
300
Known as the Great Compromiser, this man, from Kentucky, sponsored the Missouri Compromise in 1820.
Who is Henry Clay?
300
This was where the first shots of the American Civil War were fired on April 12, 1861.
What is Fort Sumter?
400
This colony's economy was based on tobacco production.
What is Virginia?
400
After a Continental Army victory here, the French government recognized the American government and sent aide.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
400
The sharing of powers between the federal and state governments is known as this
What is federalism?
400
The moving of Native Americans from their homes to Oklahoma was known as this.
What is the Trail of Tears?
400
Name given to people who fought to end slavery.
What is "abolitionists?"
500
This system of agricultural production was based on large scale land ownership and the use of slave labor to produce goods.
What is the plantation system?
500
What document says, "all men are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights"
What is the Declaration of Independence?
500
The Constitution is separated into seven parts, or these sections that give the government its power.
What are the Articles?
500
This term means the Supreme Court is the final authority in determining if a law is unconstitutional.
What is judicial review?
500
Location of Robert E. Lee's surrender to Ulysses S. Grant to end the Civil War.