The Colonies
American Revolution
Government
Westward Expansion
A Nation Breaking Apart
100
This is the name of the first surviving pilgrim settlement in the colonies
What is Jamestown
100
On a dark night in 1773, badly disguised as Indigenous men, the Sons of Liberty carried out this act of protest.
What is the Boston Tea Party
100
This is the name of the first ten amendments of the Constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights
100
The belief that westward expansion was inevitable and destined by God.
What is Manifest Destiny
100
The U.S. President during the Civil War
Who was Abraham Lincoln.
200
This is the name of the Powhatan leaders daughter who married John Rolfe
Who is Pocahontas
200
This man commanded the Continental Army.
Who was George Washington
200
This past President, is often referred to as the "Father of the Constitution."
Who is James Madison
200
This was the migration to Oregon Territory.
What was the Oregon Trail.
200
This controversial act prevented anyone from helping runaway slaves.
What is the Fugitive Slave Act of 1850.
300
This was the first of the 13 Colonies
What is Virginia
300
In 1764, Parliament passed this Act, which set duties on molasses and sugar imported by the colonists
What is the Sugar Act
300
The House of Representatives is part of this branch of government.
What is the Legislative Branch
300
The deal President Thomas Jefferson made for the final price of $15 million dollars
What is the Louisiana Purchase.
300
After having lived in a free state, this slave sued for his freedom and the case made it all the way to the Supreme Court.
Who was Dred Scott.
400
This was the main religion of the Massachusetts colony
What is Puritan
400
This man was killed in the Boston Massacre
Who was Crispus Attucks.
400
This is the date the Declaration of Independence was ratified.
What is July 4, 1776
400
This 1849 event which caused a population boom in the West
What is the California Gold Rush
400
This novel was written by Harriet Beecher Stowe about slavery?
What is Uncle Tom's Cabin.
500
The middle colonies were often referred to as this food item.
What is the breadbasket
500
Written by Thomas Jefferson, this document cut ties between America and Great Britain and listed the numerous reasons justifying doing so
What is the Declaration of Independence
500
This document served as America's first attempt to govern itself as an independent nation.
What are the Articles of Confederation
500
The mass migration of settlers led by Brigham Young
What is the Mormon Trail.
500
Often considered to be the most important amendment of the U.S. Constitution due to its equal protections clause.
What is the Fourteenth Amendment.
600
Which colony became a place where debtors and orphans could start a new life?
What is Georgia
600
This Act of 1765 required colonists to pay for an official stamp, or seal, when they bought paper items
What is the Stamp Act
600
The name given to the solution to the problem of how to count slaves as part of a state's population.
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise
600
This treaty ended the Mexican-American War.
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
600
Going into effect on January 1st, 1863, it declared all slaves to be free.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation.
700
The name of the Quaker man who founded Pennsylvania
Who is William Penn
700
What is the place where the first shots were fired in the Revolutionary War?
Where is Lexington
700
The name of the essays written to defend the Constitution.
The Federalist Papers
700
The war that resulted in helping the U.S.A. attain Manifest Destiny.
What is the Mexican-American War.
700
What was the purpose of the military government in the South during Reconstruction?
What is to protect and ensure the rights of newly freed enslaved people.
800
This is the name of the agreement created by the pilgrims before getting off their ship in the New World
What is the Mayflower Compact
800
In June 1767, Parliament passed the this Act, which placed duties on glass, lead, paints, paper, and tea.
What is the Townshend Acts
800
This man became the first Secretary of Treasury.
Who is Alexander Hamilton
800
This need for expansion west of the Appalachian Mountians led to this war.
What is the 7 year war or The French Indian War.
800
This was the first state to secede from the Union.
What is South Carolina.
900
Government in which people choose other
people to vote or represent them
What is Representative Government
900
On Christmas night, Washington and his troops crossed this river.
What is the Delaware River
900
When voting for President, this group actually determines the winner.
Who is the Electoral College
900
This U.S. President was responsible for starting the Mexican-American war
Who was President James Polk
900
The Kansas-Nebraska Act changed The United States and benefited which group of Americans?
What is Pro-slavery Southerners.
1000
Sarah Good, Sarah Osborne, and a slave called Tituba, where persecuted in these famous trials
What were the Salem Witch Trials
1000
This Major General would turn traitor and side with the British army.
Who is Benedict Arnold.
1000
The Virginia Plan, the New Jersey Plan, and the Great Compromise all included this trifecta. Much like a tree.
What are the three branches of government
1000
This is the amount of population required to form a state out of a territory.
What is 60,000 people
1000
On this date, in Western Texas, 250,000 slaves received the news that they were free.
What is June 19th, 1865.