FORGOTTEN ... BUT WORTH REMEMBERING
THIS MAN TRAVELED FROM EUROPE TO THE AMERICAS IN 1492.
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
JAMESTOWN ESTABLISHED THE FIRST REPRESENTATIVE GOVERNMENT WITH THE CREATION OF THIS LEGISLATURE
HOUSE OF BURGESSES
GENERAL OF THE CONTINENTAL ARMY (AND THE FIRST PRESIDENT)
GEORGE WASHINGTON
THE FAMOUS DATE ASSOCIATED WITH THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
JULY 4, 1776
THE FIRST THREE WORDS OF THE CONSTITUTION
"WE THE PEOPLE ..."
The two methods that the first humans used to reach the Americas from Asia.
Travelled across the land bridge or Moved by boat along the coast
PILGRIMS AT PLYMOUTH SIGNED THIS DOCUMENT WHICH ESTABLISHED SELF-GOVERNMENT
MAYFLOWER COMPACT
THIS EVENT CAUSED ENGLAND TO IMPOSE TAXES ON ITS COLONIES
FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR
FIRST SECRETARY OF STATE AND THIRD PRESIDENT (AND AUTHOR OF THE DECLARATION).
THOMAS JEFFERSON
THE ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION DID NOT GIVE THIS IMPORTANT POWER TO THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
POWER TO TAX
WHERE OR WHY DID THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR START?
OHIO RIVER VALLEY (WHICH ENGLAND AND FRANCE BOTH CLAIMED)
WESTWARD EXPANSION OF 13 COLONIES
THEY SETTLED MASSACHUSETTS BAY IN 1630.
PURITANS
THE STAMP ACT CAUSED THE COLONISTS TO SHOUT THIS SLOGAN.
"NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION!"
THE #1 GRIEVANCE THE COLONISTS MADE AGAINST THE KING.
TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION
TWO OF THE FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS
FREEDOM OF SPEECH
FREEDOM OF THE PRESS
RELIGIOUS FREEDOM
RIGHT TO ASSEMBLE
RIGHT TO PETITION THE GOVERNMENT
WHICH COUNTRY GAINED CONTROL OF THE LAND EAST OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER IN THE TREATY OF PARIS:
1. IN 1763
2. IN 1783
1. BRITAIN
2. UNITED STATES
JAMESTOWN WAS LOCATED IN WHICH IMPORTANT COLONY - WHICH ALSO PRODUCED FOUR OF THE FIRST FIVE PRESIDENTS AS A STATE.
VIRGINIA
THE BATTLE OF SARATOGA WAS KNOWN AS THE ____________________ OF THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION.
TURNING POINT
THE THREE UNALIENABLE (NATURAL) RIGHTS STATED IN THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE
LIFE, LIBERTY, PURSUIT OF HAPPINESS
TWO REBELLIONS WHICH PROVED THE:
1. WEAKNESS OF THE ARTICLES
2. STRENGTH OF THE US CONSTITUTION
1. SHAYS' REBELLION
2. WHISKEY REBELLION
IMPACT OF THE COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE ON:
1. NATIVE AMERICANS
2. EUROPEANS
1. DEATH FROM DISEASE
2. HEALTHY DIETS / LONGER LIVES
1619 MARKS THE YEAR THAT __________________ FIRST ARRIVED IN JAMESTOWN
SLAVES
"THE SHOT HEARD 'ROUND THE WORLD" REFERS TO THIS PAIR OF BATTLES WHICH BEGAN THE REVOLUTION.
LEXINGTON AND CONCORD
JEFFERSON INCLUDED THIS FAMOUS PHRASE IN THE DECLARATION - BUT IT WAS NOT TRUE UNTIL AFTER THE CIVIL WAR.
"ALL MEN ARE CREATED EQUAL"
THE THREE CONCESSIONS ON SLAVERY IN THE CONSTITUTION
1. 3/5 CLAUSE
2. FUGITIVE SLAVE CLAUSE
3. INTERNATIONAL SLAVE TRADE CLAUSE