American Colonies
A reason colonists came to America.
The man who wrote the Declaration of Independence.
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
A war fought by the U.S. in the 1800s.
What is the War of 1812? (also the Civil War, Mexican-American War, and Spanish-American War)
An important thing Abraham Lincoln did.
What is freed the slaves? (also saved the Union, led the the U.S. during the Civil War)
They lived in America before the Europeans arrived.
Who are Native Americans? (or American Indians)
The date the Declaration of Independence was adopted.
What is July 4, 1776?
The territory the U.S. bought from France in 1803.
What is the Louisiana Territory?
The document which freed the slaves
Emancipation Proclamation
This group of people was taken to America and sold as slaves.
Who are Africans?
The name of the meeting where the Constitution was written.
What is the Constitutional Convention?
The U.S. war between the North and the South.
What is the Civil War?
Three of the 13 original colonies.
What are New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island? (also Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland, Virginia, North and South Carolina, Georgia)
The year the Constitution was written.
What is 1787?
The name of the American national anthem
The Star-Spangled Banner
A reason the colonists fought the British.
What is high taxes? (also the British army stayed in their houses, they didn't have self-government)
A writer of the Federalist Papers, which supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution.
Who is James Madison? (also John Jay, Alexander Hamilton, Publius)
A problem that led to the Civil War.
What was slavery? (also economic reasons, states' rights)