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Age of Exploration
13 Colonies
American Revolution
A New Nation
Age of Jackson
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I set out to find a shorter passage to India. Instead I landed in the Caribbean islands.
Who is Christopher Columbus
100
We traveled to the New World on the Mayflower to escape religious persecution
Who are the Pilgrims?
100
This act taxed all written documents in the colonies.
What is The Stamp Act?
100
This is a loose confederation of states led by a weak government.
What is a confederacy?
100
I was the only woman in an all-male expedition of the new Louisiana Territory
Who is Sacagawea?
200
I founded the modern-day state of Florida while on my search for the Fountain of Youth
Who is Juan Ponce de Leon?
200
In this town, religious zealots executed several of its citizens as accused witches.
What is Salem, Massachusetts?
200
I was the most famous spy masters who rode out to warn the Americans the British were headed to Concord.
Who is Paul Revere?
200
I am known as the “Father of the Constitution” because I wrote a good portion of it.
Who is James Madison?
200
This was the Supreme Court case that deemed it unconstitutional for the Cherokee to be forced from their land?
What is Worcester v. Georgia?
300
I established the first European settlement in the modern United States. I called it Saint Augustine!
Who is de Aviles?
300
This document was the first attempt at self government in the American colonies.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
300
Who said this?: “Give me liberty, or give me death?”
Who is Patrick Henry?
300
A series of essays persuading Americans to ratify the new Constitution.
What are The Federalist Papers?
300
Andrew Jackson became the most famous American general since George Washington after this battle:
What is The Battle of New Orleans?
400
I led the first group of Native Americans across the Mississippi River—the farthest west anyone had traveled up to that point
Who is Hernando de Soto?
400
This was where you grew enough crops to support yourself and your family and barely had enough left over to sell.
What is subsistence farming?
400
It was as a result of this significant battle that the French agreed to join the fight.
What is the Battle of Saratoga?
400
President John Adams became unpopular by infringing the first amendment rights of Americans with these:
What are The Alien and Sedition Acts?
400
It was this treaty that granted the United States ownership of the Florida territory
What is The Adams-Onis Treaty?
500
I attempted to establish the first French presence in the New World. It didn’t work out very well.
Who is Jean Ribault?
500
Peace was negotiated in this city.
What is Paris?
500
This man developed a new economic policy for the United States that included the First Bank of the United States.
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
500
This most famous American foreign policy tells Europe to stay out of our affairs!
What is The Monroe Doctrine?