USA!
Who created an engraving after the “Boston Massacre” and warned citizens that, “The British are coming!”?
Paul Revere
Who was the most famous conductor of the Underground Railroad?
Harriet Tubman
Which famous African American abolitionist, speaker, and writer escaped from slavery as a runaway?
Frederick Douglass
Which document stated it was the government's job to protect the rights of its citizens?
Declaration of Independence
What is the system that keeps one branch of government from gaining too much power?
Checks and Balances
The ideals of freedom and liberty caused many Americans to begin to question the institution of what practice?
Slavery
Which document called for a halt to westward expansion? (Can't go past the Appalachians)
The Proclamation of 1763
Which philosophy claimed that the U.S was meant to extend to the Pacific Ocean?
Manifest Destiny
Loyalist support for the British was strongest in which region of America?
South
Thomas Paine wrote a pamphlet called what which called for a break with British rule?
Common Sense
Protestants who left the Anglican Church and established their own churches were called what?
Separatists
Which battle first taught the British that defeating the Americans would not be quick or easy?
Battle of Bunker Hill
What was the religious revival that occurred in early America known as?
The Great Awakening
Which incident sparked the Americans declaring war on Britain?
Chesapeake - Leopard Affair
Delegates compromised the debate between large/small states over representation with which decision?
The Great Compromise
The Americans formed a government in which people rule through elected representatives called what?
Republic
The system of government in which states and the national government share power is called what?
Federalism
Which decision kept the balance in congress between free states and slave states?
Missouri Compromise
Who was the president of the Continental Congress and the first person to sign the Declaration of Independence?
John Hancock
At which battle was the “shot heard 'round the world” fired?
Battle of Lexington and Concord
What was the name of the volunteer from France who became Washington's trusted aide in the Revolutionary War?
Marquis de Lafayette
Which American victory convinced the French to become an ally? (At which battle)
Battle of Saratoga
Which land act banned the institution of slavery in newly created states?
The Northwest Ordinance
The Americans sent one last formal request to King George in an attempt to avoid war known as the what?
Olive Branch Petition
The trial of whom led to the concept of freedom of the press?
John Peter Zenger