Early Colonies
William Penn
Pennsylvania was founded by...
Indian removal act of 1830
Native Americans in the Southeast were forced to Indian territory in Oklahoma (also known as the trail of tears).
The Constitution
Law of the United States, currently still used today
Booker T. Washington
Who was the abolitionist that founded the Tuskegee Institute?
The railroad strike of 1877
What was the nation's 1st official Labor Union Strike?
Planters
Who were the wealthiest members of society in the south?
Emancipation Proclamation
Order issued by Abraham Lincoln to free slaves in states under rebellion
The Northwest Ordinance
What was the bill that created the Northwest Territory of the United States?
Alexander Hamilton
Who served as Secretary of Treasury in George Washington's cabinet during his first administration?
British Tea Party
Rebellion in which American Colonists dumped chests of British tea into the Boston Harbor in order to protest Taxation
Fertile soil and mild climate
What made agriculture thrive in the southern colonies?
Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798
A series of laws passed by John Adams which limited the activities of foreign residents in the U.S.
Declaration of Independence
Addressed the rights of the colonists in relation to the mother country?
George Washington
Who was the first President of the United States?
Nat Turner's Slave Rebellion
What was the most effective slave rebellion in history?
Salutary Neglect
Colonists were forced to govern themselves based off of England's policy of _______ _________.
The Compromise of 1877
Deal that settled the election of 1877 and put and end to reconstruction.
Articles of Confederation
What was the first written constitution of the United States?
Harriet Tubman
Helped hundreds of slaves escape through the underground railroad.
Whiskey Rebellion
Farmer's Response to Hamilton's tax on whiskey (put down quickly by George Washington)
Boston
What was the major port city in the New England Colonies?
Townshend Acts of 1767
A series of laws passed by British Parliament that taxed goods imported to the colonies.
English Bill of Rights
Ida Wells- Barnett
Abolitionist who devoted her life to an anti-lynching campaign.
Shay's Rebellion
Attack on governmental properties in Massachusetts due to a debt crisis and high taxes.