Discovery
Indigenous people first encountered by Columbus on his first voyage to the new world.
Who were the Taino and Carib tribes?
The first textbook published in America.
What is the New England Primer?
This event took place on December16th 1773, where colonists disguised themselves to destroy an import which was heavily taxed.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
The first governing documents after separation from Great Britain. Realized to be ineffective in governing a new nation.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
Every nation and race on earth prior to the 20th century was involved in this human evil.
What is Slavery?
Columbus was an Italian citizen; however, it was this couple who granted him approval to sail west in search of a new route to Asia.
Who are King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella?
Perhaps the best-known minister of the 18th century, he gave a well-known sermon on unity.
Who is Rev. George Whitefield?
The skirmish between British troops and local militia on April 19, 1775, in Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts.
What is the "Shot heard around the world"?
Who America's founders believed our rights come from, and what must be based on the consent of the governed.
Who is God and the government?
This movement, led by pastors such as Charles Finney, sparked a renewed anti-slavery sentiment in our government in the early 1800's.
What is the Second Great Awakening?
Pilgrims seeking religious tolerance settled here for twelve years.
Where is Holland?
This colony was made up of entrepreneurs and fortune seekers, not well equipped to handle settling a new land.
Who are the Pilgrims of Jamestown?
The man selected as Commander of the Continental Army.
Who was George Washington?
The Rocky Mountains were nearly impossible to pass, which the exception of two areas.
What are the Oregon Trail and Santa Fe Trail?
The term used to describe how our Government maintains a balance of power.
What is the System of Checks and Balances?
The first governing document drafted before arriving in the New World.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
These settlers were not interested in severing ties with European culture, but strived to purify the Protestant church.
Who are the Puritans?
The third president of the United States, main drafter of the Declaration of Independence and wrongly given credit for the context of "separation of church and state".
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
The first ten amendments to the Constitution are known as this.
What are the Bill of Rights?
Issued by Abraham Lincoln on January 1, 1863.
What is the Emancipation Proclamation?
Barton describes this as the superintending Providence of God.
What is the Golden Thread of History?
This colony was founded after King Charles II gave the land between New York and Maryland as payment for a debt.
What is Pennsylvania?
The deciding battle in the war for Independence, where General Cornwallis surrendered his troops to General Washington.
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
The first Amendment protects ________ specific rights. Name them.
What are Five? Speech, Press, Religion, Assembly and Petition
Professor of Rhetoric, Commander of the 20th Maine Regiment of Infantry.
Who is Colonel Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain?