Native Americans
In 1619, the first slaves were brought to this English colony?
What is Virginia?
This pamphlet by Thomas Paine urged American colonists to declare independence from Britain.
What is Common Sense?
This was the first governing document of the United States, replaced by the Constitution.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
This 1803 purchase from France doubled the size of the United States.
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
This 1820 compromise admitted Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state.
What is the Missouri Compromise?
This war, also known as Metacom's War, was an early and bloody conflict between Native Americans and New England settlers.
What is King Philip’s War?
This act of 1765 imposed a direct tax on the colonies for paper goods, leading to widespread protest.
What is the Stamp Act?
This 1786-1787 rebellion in Massachusetts highlighted the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation.
What is Shays' Rebellion?
This 1823 doctrine stated that further European colonization in the Americas would be viewed as an act of aggression.
What is the Monroe Doctrine?
This 1850 compromise included the controversial Fugitive Slave Act.
What is the Compromise of 1850?
This 1676 rebellion in Virginia was led by settlers against the colonial government.
What is Bacon's Rebellion?
This 1770 event where British soldiers killed five colonists was used as a propaganda tool by revolutionaries.
What is the Boston Massacre?
These first ten amendments to the Constitution guarantee individual freedoms and rights.
What is the Bill of Rights?
This 1830 act led to the forced relocation of Native American tribes to lands west of the Mississippi River.
What is the Indian Removal Act?
This 1857 Supreme Court decision stated that African Americans could not be citizens and that Congress could not ban slavery in the territories.
What is the Dred Scott decision?
This fertile region was the focus of competition among French, British, and Native American interests in the mid-18th century.
What is the Ohio River Valley?
This 1773 protest saw American colonists dump British tea into Boston Harbor in defiance of the Tea Act.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
This rebellion in 1794 tested the new national government's ability to enforce its laws.
What is the Whiskey Rebellion?
This belief that the United States was destined to expand across the North American continent was known by this term.
What is Manifest Destiny?
This abolitionist led a violent raid on Harpers Ferry in 1859.
Who is John Brown?
This 1754-1763 conflict between the British and the French, along with their respective Native American allies, is also known as the Seven Years' War.
What is the French and Indian War?
This document, adopted on July 4, 1776, declared American independence from Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This group supported the ratification of the Constitution, while their opponents were known as Anti-Federalists.
Who are the Federalists?
This 1846-1848 war resulted in the U.S. acquiring territories in the southwest, including California and New Mexico.
What is the Mexican-American War?
This 1863 proclamation issued by President Lincoln freed slaves in Confederate states.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
The outcome of the French and Indian War led to this 1763 proclamation restricting colonial expansion west of the Appalachian Mountains.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
This series of acts, including the Sugar Act, Stamp Act, and Tea Act, imposed various taxes on the American colonies.
What are the Townshend Acts?
In his farewell address, this first U.S. president warned against political parties and foreign alliances.
Who is George Washington?
This tragic journey, resulting from the Indian Removal Act, forced the Cherokee to move westward in harsh conditions.
What is the Trail of Tears?
This concept allowed settlers in new territories to decide whether to allow slavery.
What is popular sovereignty?