I Want America Vocab Current Events/ Misc Founding Documents Timeline
The first group of Europeans in North America were
The Spanish
The United States used to be a colony of
England
The first war between colonists and Native Americans
Pequot War
The only group who had voting rights when the United States was formed
White men
Economic opportunities, land, and freedom of religion are examples of
Pull factors
The branch that makes laws
Legislative
The power to declare laws unconstitutional
Judicial review
The founding ideal that means freedom
Liberty
The branch of government President Obama is in
Executive
Limits each branch has on the other branches
Checks and balances
Obama _________ (did not pass) the Keystone pipeline bill
Vetoed
ISIS took an American hostage in this country
Syria
How old Ms. Humm is
31
The location of the blizzard we talked about during Current Events
The Northeast, Boston
What group of Americans’ history is recognized this month?
Black History Month
The document that founded our government
The Constitution
The document sent to King George III to make us independent from England
The Declaration of Independence
The document that gives us our basic rights
The Bill of Rights
The document that represented the first self-government in the colonies
The Mayflower Compact
The beginning of the Constitution
Preamble
The year Columbus arrived in America
1492
Name 2 groups in America in 1500
Spanish, Native Americans
Name 2 groups in America in 1630
African Americans, English colonists, Native Americans
Put the following in chronological order: Bill of Rights Constitution Declaration of Independence
Declaration of Independence Constitution Bill of Rights
The first colony founded by the British in 1607
Jamestown