Dates
1000 AD
Italian Explorer who Dailed for Spain in 1492
Christopher Columbus
How long is the President's term
4 years
Adopted on July 4, 1776
Declaration of Independence
First major battle of the War for Independence
Bunker Hill
People who remained loyal to the King; opposed the War
Loyalists
Social class composed of merchants and traders
Middle Class
Name given to the President's Advisors
Cabinet
First President of the U.S
"Give me Liberty or Give me Death"
Patrick Henry
1588
Explorer who conquered the Aztecs
Hernando Cortes
What is the minimum age to be President
35
Called for equal state representation in the new Congress
New Jersey Plan
Major turning point in the War for Independence
Saratoga
Patriots who followed Ethan Allen
Green Mountain Boys
type of company where several businessmen invested together
Joint-Stock Company
Formal Ceremony in which a president is placed in office
inauguration
First poet of African Descent in America
Phillis Wheatley
Leader of the Green mountain Boys
Plymouth Founded
1620
Led expedition to the St. Lawrence River
Jacques Marquette
3 branches of government
legislative, judicial, and exectuive
First central authority of the U.S.
Articles of Confederation
Battle where the Patriots virtually won the War
Yorktown
Colonial volunteer militia
Minutemen
First college in American founded to prepare young men for ministry
Harvard College
government department created in response to the XYZ affair
Department of the Navy
Best known missionary to the Indigenous tribes
David Brainerd
Elected President of the 2nd Continental Congress
John Hancock
When was the French and Indian War?
1754-1763
First Spanish on the mainland of North America
Vasco de Balboa
What is the highest court in the U.S.
Supreme Court
Canceled the American colonies western land claims
Quebec Act
Battle which took place on one of the hottest days in the summer; each lost 300
Monmouth
Best-known Naval Hero and his ship
John Paul Jones; Bonhomme Richard
3 Types of Colonies
Propriety, Royal, Self Governing
legislation that provided for the establishment of new states north and west of the Ohio River
Northwest ordinance of 1787
First Secretary of War
Henry Knox
English King that wanted to bring the American colonies under subjection
George III
1775-1783
Known as the Father of New France
Samuel de Champlain
How long is the term for a member of the House
2 years
Act that declared the colonies to be subordinate to Britain
Declaratory Act
Battle of the boundary between the Carolinas; Patriot victory
Cowpens
British General who surrendered to Washington at Yorktown
Charles Corwallis
Series of act for what government required of "aliens"
Alien and Seditions Act
Private schools offering instruction from Latin and Greek books
Latin Grammar School
First Secretary of State
Thomas Jefferson
Most powerful voice of the Great Awakening
George Whitefield