Early America
European Colonization
Revolutionary Era
Constitution
Early Republic
Vocabulary
100

This environmental change allowed people to travel by land between Asia and America.

What are falling sea levels that revealed land bridges?

100

This vocabulary phrase is the name of the shortcut that early European Explorers were searching for.

What is the Northwest Passage?

100

This battle of the Revolution, an early battle, showed how the Colonists used the "home field advantage" - they moved their troops to the top of a hill to fire down on the British.

What is the Battle of Bunker Hill?

100

This branch of government, established by Article I, makes laws and finances the government.

What is the Legislative branch?

100

This court decision allowed the Supreme Court to declare laws Unconstitutional.

What is Marbury v. Madison?

100

DAILY DOUBLE:

This theory says that a powerful nation must sell more goods than it buys.  The Colonists were upset by the resources that were essentially stolen from them under this theory.

What is mercantilism?

200

This was the first established civilization in the Americas.

Who were the Olmec?

200

This explorer founded the first Spanish colony in the Americas.

Who is Christopher Columbus?

200

According to the Declaration of Independence, this is the most important job of the government.

What is protecting the rights and liberties of the citizens?

200

This branch of government, established by Article II, is the leader of the country and Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces

What is the Executive branch?

200

This political party, founded by Thomas Jefferson, believed in strong states' rights and supported a strong farming economy.

What is the Democratic Republicans?

200

This word means to approve a document, law, or constitution.

What is ratify?

300

This early civilization was the first to develop a farming surplus which allowed their civilization to grow.

Who were the Olmec?

300

This three word alliterative phrase represents the three main reasons for Spanish colonization in the Americas.

What is Gold, Glory, and God?

300

This geographical advantage allowed the Colonists to win the Battle of Yorktown and, ultimately, the war.

What is a peninsula?

300

This branch of government, established by Article III, hears court cases and decides if laws are Constitutional.

What is the Judicial branch?

300

This political party, founded by Alexander Hamilton, believed in strong federal government and supported a strong manufacturing economy.

What is the Federalists?

300

This word means to change a document, law, or constitution.

What is amend?

400

This early civilization, with the largest empire, was known as the engineers - they developed terraces.

Who were the Inca?

400

This document, written by the Pilgrims to govern Plymouth Colony, was the first attempt at representative government in the colonies.

What is the Mayflower Compact?
400

DAILY DOUBLE:

Colonists have a habit of making promises to gain allies during war then not delivering.  Give at least one example of this.

Promising land to Native Americans in the French and Indian war.

Promising freedom to Slaves in the Revolutionary War.

400

This clause of the Constitution says that federal laws supersede state laws when they contradict each other.

What is the Supremacy Clause?

400

This is the name for a crop that is sold for money at market.

What is a cash crop?

500

This early civilization, known as Warriors of the Sun, developed causeways, or roadways, to expand their empire.

Who were the Aztec?

500

The Virginia Company established this, a system of government where voters elected representatives to make laws in the colonies.

What is the house of Burgesses?

500

This rhyming phrases represents the most significant grievance outlined in the Declaration of Independence.

What is Taxation Without Representation?

500

This is the name given to the first ten amendments to the Constitution.

What is the Bill of Rights?
500

This is the name for an introduction to a declaration, constitution, or other document.

What is a preamble?