Colonial Days
Which country set up the colonies which eventually become the United States?
England/Great Britain
What is the name for a document that sets out the rules and guidelines for a government?
A constitution
Minutemen
Who was the first President of the United States under the U.S. Constitution?
Who was the President of the USA during the Civil War?
Abraham Lincoln
A poor person from Europe might choose to become an _________________ in order to get a free trip to America. They would work for a period of years and then be given some supplies and land.
Indentured Servant
What was the name of Thomas Paine's famous pamphlet urging the colonists to become independent?
Common Sense
What was the violent protest in Boston which became famous as an example of British brutality?
The Boston Massacre
Alexander Hamilton
Which state was the first state to secede from the union?
South Carolina
Who was the highest ranking General in the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War?
Which of the following documents was NOT written in England?
A. The Magna Carta
B. The English Bill of Rights
C. The Mayflower Compact
C. The Mayflower Compact
Which war caused England to get in debt and begin to tax the colonists at a higher level?
The French and Indian War
Which political party did Thomas Jefferson and his followers start?
Republican or Democratic Republicans
Who was the President of the Confederacy?
Jefferson Davis
Where was the "shot heard round the world", fired?
Lexington (Lexington and Concord)
The Magna Carta
Men and women in the colonies refused to buy the newly taxed goods... what is this type of protest known as?
Washington's foreign policy was based on the idea of neutrality. What does this mean?
Grant
What were a loyalist, a patriot, and a moderate during the start of the American Revolution?
Loyalists were colonists who were still loyal to the British, Patriots wanted to become independent from the British and Moderates were in the middle.
What is the name of the document has been the guideline and rule book for our government for over 200 years?
The U.S. Constitution
What did the colonists mean when they cried "No taxation without representation"?
They would not pay any taxes made by a government of people they did not get to elect.
What was the purpose of the sedition act?
To stop people from criticizing the government , especially to stop them from criticizing the people and policies of the Federalist Party.
Who said "It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion"?
Abraham Lincoln, Gettysburg Address, 1863