Colonial Life
American Revolution
Growing Country
Expanding West
Civil War
100
How many English colonies were there in North America?

13

100

In what city were American colonists massacred by British troops?

Boston

100
Thomas Jefferson purchased what land from France during his presidency?

Louisiana Territory (Louisiana Purchase)

100

The idea that the US had the right to move west was called what?

Manifest Destiny

100
The Civil War was fought between who?

North vs South

Free vs Slave states

200

What was the first permanent English settlement in North America called? 

Jamestown

200

What British law placed a tax on colonial paper products?

Stamp Act

200

The first two political parties that appeared in the US were what?

Federalists and Anti-Federalists

200

The journey in which American Indians were removed from their land is commonly referred to as what?

Trail of Tears

200

The name of the Southern government during the Civil War was what?

Confederate States of America (Confederacy)

300

Which group of colonies had an agricultural economy?

Southern

300

Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

Thomas Jefferson

300

Who wrote the Constitution?

James Madison

300

In what war did the US gain the territory of California?

Mexican-American War

300

What famous battle turned the tide of the war to the Union's favor? President Lincoln had a famous address there afterwards. 

Gettysburg

400

Trenton is the capital of which English colony (now a state)?

New Jersey

400

What country began to provide the Americans with support after the battle of Saratoga?

France

400

After the US won its independence from England, the two countries went to war again in what year?

1812

400
During the Texas Revolution, Davy Crocket and James Bowie died at what famous battle?
The Alamo
400

President Abraham Lincoln issued what law that outlawed slavery?

Emancipation Proclamation 

500

Which colony was primarily used as a debtor's prison colony? 

Georgia

500

What were the first two battles of the American Revolution? (Commonly lumped together)

Lexington and Concord

500

What position did Alexander Hamilton serve in George Washington's Cabinet?

Secretary of Treasury

500

The most famous cross-country trail that led settlers to the west got its name from what northwest state?

Oregon

500

The leader of the Union army (who would go on to be our 18th president) was who?

Ulysses S. Grant