Colonial America
Who was the first European to reach the Americas?
Christopher Columbus 1942
The Federalists
What did British Company's offer people if they paid their way to the new world?
They Offered Land 50 (acers per person)
The problem with the first draft of the constitution was that it created a ______ central government?
Weak: It could not Tax, Engage in foreign policy, or regulate trade.
Before the Declaration of Independence was signed in 1776 the first battle of the revolutionary war had already started, where was it?
The Battle of Lexington and Concord
When a farm only grows a single plant for profit its a cash crop. What cash crop saved Jamestown?
Tobacco
Colonists from this nation were focused on trapping beaver pelts and earning money, this lead to them having good relationships with Native American Groups.
The French
This party lived mainly in rural southern states and favored strong states rights.
Anti-Federalists
The American Idea that they were were responsible to spread their nation from the east coast to the west coast.
Manifest Destiny
Defending the Guns and Ammo at Lexington and Concord directly influenced the creation of, this amendment?
The second Amendment
How many French Soldiers helped win the battle of Yorktown, not counting the 29 ships.
10,000 French soldiers
The battle of New Orleans 1815 happened two weeks after the war was over because of what?
Slow Mail, Slow Communication
Juan Garrido Was the fist African in the Americas, he arrived free as a conquistador, what was the fate of the Africans brought to America after him?
They were Enslaved or Slaves
What King was in control of the Colonies when the Americans Revolted.
King George III
President Andrew Jackson Gained fame for his performance at the battle of New Orleans, what did he do that gained him Infamy?(gained him a bad reputation)
Trail of Tears
The Executive Branch is headed by the President, The Legislative Branch is controlled by the House and Senate. What group heads the Judicial Branch?
The US Supreme Court
What army did George Washington serve in before leading the continental army?
British Army
The French Blockaded Yorktown bay preventing the British from escaping or what...
Being Resupplied
The British Tea Tax infuriated colonists and resulted in what event where they threw British tea into a harbor?
Boston Tea Party
The Anti Federalists refused to agree to the constitution unless there was a list of protected individual liberty's, what was this list called?
The Bill of Rights; your First 10 Amendments.
The name of the land taken from Mexico by the Us during their war in 1846-48.
The Mexican Cession: California, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, parts of Colorado and Wyoming.
What amendment protects you from self incrimination, and double Jeopardy.
The Fifth Amendment
Guerilla Warfare
The name of the Beads used by Native Americans as currency on the east coast. The bead is made from abalone shell.
Wampum
This Enlightenment thinker espoused the concept that humans have natural rights, and that government existed to serve citizens.
John Locke
The Wealth of Nations
In 1803 Thomas Jefferson, purchased the Louisiana territory from Napoleon, It stretched from the Mississippi River to what Mountain Range?
The Rocky Mountains
What amendment grantees you a right to privacy?
There is no Amendment that grantees a right to privacy.
This treaty formally ended the revolutionary war in 1783.
The Treaty of Paris
What is the best Football Team in America?
The San Francisco 49ers
What is ONE of the Four Intolerable acts?
Closing Boston Harbor
British Officials Immune from law
Replaced Boston's Elected Government
Quartering Act: forcing colonists to house British military officials.
Abolition was a goal that northern states wanted to reach, but they disagreed on how to do it. Some of them sent free slaves back to Africa to form what country?
Libya
What are some parts of the world that the US controls that are not apart of the continental USA.
Alaska, Hawaii, Puerto Rico, or Philippines'
This amendment states that all powers not specifically given to the Federal Government, are to be given to the states?
Tenth Amendment
What expensive war caused the British to increase their taxation of the colonies.
The French and Indian War
What colony was before Jamestown but Mysteriously disappeared?
Roanoke Colony 1585