Colonial Life
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In what city were American colonists massacred by British troops?
Boston
Louisiana Territory (Louisiana Purchase)
The idea that the US had the right to move west was called what?
Manifest Destiny
North vs South
Free vs Slave states
What was the first permanent English settlement in North America called?
Jamestown
What British law placed a tax on colonial paper products?
Stamp Act
The first two political parties that appeared in the US were what?
Federalists and Anti-Federalists
The journey in which American Indians were removed from their land is commonly referred to as what?
Trail of Tears
The name of the Southern government during the Civil War was what?
Confederate States of America (Confederacy)
Which group of colonies had an agricultural economy?
Southern
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
Who wrote the Constitution?
James Madison
In what war did the US gain the territory of California?
Mexican-American War
What famous battle turned the tide of the war to the Union's favor? President Lincoln had a famous address there afterwards.
Gettysburg
Trenton is the capital of which English colony (now a state)?
New Jersey
What country began to provide the Americans with support after the battle of Saratoga?
France
After the US won its independence from England, the two countries went to war again in what year?
1812
President Abraham Lincoln issued what law that outlawed slavery?
Emancipation Proclamation
Which colony was primarily used as a debtor's prison colony?
Georgia
What were the first two battles of the American Revolution? (Commonly lumped together)
Lexington and Concord
What position did Alexander Hamilton serve in George Washington's Cabinet?
Secretary of Treasury
The most famous cross-country trail that led settlers to the west got its name from what northwest state?
Oregon
The leader of the Union army (who would go on to be our 18th president) was who?
Ulysses S. Grant