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Revolution
USC
POTUS Washington
J. Adams - Jefferson
100
I sailed to the "New World" in 1492
Columbus
100
"No taxation without ______"
REPRESENTATION
100
This was America's first plan of government/constitution.
THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION
100
The first ten amendments to the USC.
THE BILL OF RIGHTS
100
This foreign policy "affair" involved three French diplomats.
XYZ AFFAIR
200
The Colombian Exchange
200
Jonathan Edwards, George Whitefield, Religious Revival in the 1740s.....?
The FIRST GREAT AWAKENING
200
This young man at age 36 was the "Father of the Constitution"
JAMES MADISON
200
My foreign policy can be summed up in ONE word:
NEUTRALITY
200
This was bought from France for $15,000,000.00 in 180s.
LOUISIANA
300
Which explorer’s expedition is most associated with first circumnavigating the globe?
Ferdinand Magellan
300
This conflict was known in Europe as the SEVEN YEARS WAR.
THE FRENCH & INDIAN WAR
300
This was the super-important compromise that settled representation with both large and small states.
THE GREAT COMPROMISE
300
I showed the power (and grace) of the new federal government when I ended this rebellion.
WHISKEY REBELLION
300
I killed former Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton in a duel in Weehawken, NJ.
AARON BURR
400
The black line labeled "SLAVES" represents the:
MIDDLE PASSAGE
400
What's happening here?
THE BOSTON MASSACRE
400
This compromise dealt with how to count slaves as population.
THE 3/5 COMPROMISE
400
Whiskey is made from....
CORN
400
As a young, pregnant girl, I was a great help to the Lewis & Clark Expedition
SACAGAWEA
500
These workers would have their fare across the Atlantic paid in full by their master and then would typically serve their master for five years, then be released.
indentured servant
500
I wrote the Declaration of Independence
THOMAS JEFFERSON
500
This is the term for a group that is divided into two houses, or chambers.
BICAMERAL
500
This type of tax is placed on a domestic good and is often used to discourage the use of the product.
EXCISE TAX
(sin tax)
500
POTUS Jefferson tried to avoid war with Britain and France by passing this VERY unpopular trade law.
THE EMBARGO ACT of 1807
600
The first joint-stock company to launch a lasting venture to the New World was the VIRGINIA COMPANY OF LONDON. The founded THIS, the first permanent English settlement in Amerca.
JAMESTOWN
600
He was the commanding general of the American Continental Army during the American Revolution.
GEORGE WASHINGTON
600
Established in Article II, Section 1 of the U.S. Constitution, this is the formal body/group which elects the President and Vice President of the United States
THE ELECTORAL COLLEGE
600
My wife's name was....?
MARTHA
600
POTUS Adams passed these acts which limited free speech and protest.
ALIEN & SEDITION ACTS
700
These were the eight Englishmen to whom King Charles II granted the joint ownership of a tract of land in the New World called "Carolina."
THE LORDS PROPRIETORS
700
This American victory was the turning point in the war.
SARATOGA
700
This group argued that a Bill of Rights MUST be added to the USC to protect individual liberties.
THE ANTI-FEDERALISTS
700
In my Farewell Address, I warned about the dangers of these THREE things
political parties, sectionalism, permanent alliances
700
The SCOTUS case Marbury v. Madison established this power of the Courts.
JUDICIAL REVIEW