Colonization
The year that Jamestown was founded.
1607
Lexington and Concord
Amendment that gives the right to own a gun.
2nd Amendment
Inventor of the cotton gin.
Eli Whitney
First battle of the Civil War.
Battle of Ft. Sumter
Document that set the example of self-government in the colonies in 1620.
Mayflower Compact
Author of the Declaration of Independence.
Thomas Jefferson
Principle that seperates the government into 3 parts.
Separation of Powers
How factories got a cheap labor force in the Industrial Revolution.
Immigration from Europe
Anaconda Plan
A representative assembly in Virginia that set an important government tradition in the colonies.
The House of Burgesses
Saratoga
Articles of Confederation
When people move to cities rapidly.
Urbanization
Action by Lincoln after the Battle of Antietam that changed the focus of the war to one to end slavery.
Emancipation Proclamation
A term that meant the colonies could do whatever they wanted as long as they continued to support mercantilism with England.
Salutary Neglect
This person was known as the father of the U.S. Navy by winning naval battles during the American Revolution.
John Paul Jones
Event that showed that the first constitution of the U.S. was too weak.
Shays' Rebellion
Group of artists that painted landscapes of the western frontier.
Hudson River School
Where Lee surrendered to Grant (which officially ended the war).
Appomattox Courthouse
This person wrote the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut after he was expelled from Massachusetts.
Thomas Hooker
Cornwallis
The only lasting success of the first constitution of the U.S.
The Northwest Ordinance
Transcendentalist author who wrote "Civil Disobedience" in response to the Mexican-American War.
Henry David Thoreau
African American solider that fought in the Battle of Ft Wagner and was awarded the Medal of Honor.
William Carney