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President during the War of 1812 and also called the “Father of the Constitution”

Who was James Madison?

President whose election was decided in the House of Representatives because of a tie

Who was Thomas Jefferson?

President who had the Indians removed to advance the settlement of the West. This became known as the “Trail of Tears.”

Who was Andrew Jackson?

“Manifest Destiny” President who wanted to acquire land from Texas to the Pacific

Who was James K. Polk?

The oldest, permanent English Colony in the New World

What is Jamestown,Virginia?

Colony established by the Pilgrims and Puritans for religious freedom

What is Massachusetts Bay Colony?

Originally a Dutch colony wanted by the British because of economic promise and an excellent harbor

What is New York?

Colony established for debtors and as a buffer for the other colonies from the Spanish in Florida

What is Georgia?

The action of the Sons of Liberty in protest of the British taxation policy. It led to the Intolerable Acts.

What was the Boston Tea Party?

The argument used by the colonists to protest the British taxation policy after the French and Indian War

What is “no taxation without representation?”

The direct tax (later repealed) on all legal and other printed documents that resulted in angry colonial protests and the formation of the Sons of Liberty

What is the Stamp Tax?

The economic policy followed by the British whereby they tried to gain more power and wealth than their rivals through a favorable balance of trade and a strong military force.

What is mercantilism?

1607

What is the date of the founding of Jamestown? The first permanent English colony in North America

The year the U.S. buys the Louisiana Purchase from Napoleon who needed money to fight the British

What is 1803?

What are the years of the Civil War between the North and South?

The two key events of 1787

What are The Northwest Ordinance which sets the procedure for admission of new states and the Constitutional Convention which convenes and begins the writing of a new Constitution?

Warned the colonists, “The British are coming!”

Who is Paul Revere?

Wrote the pamphlet, “Common Sense” trying to persuade the colonists to support independence

Who is Thomas Paine?

French noble who came to help the colonists in their fight with the British

Who was the Marquis de Lafayette?

Bostonian leader of the Sons of Liberty who led the early fight for independence from the British

Who was Sam Adams?

The first territorial acquisition which doubled the size of the United States

What is the Louisiana Purchase?

The war ( ) that resulted in financial problems for England and caused them to change their economic policies with the colonies

What was the French and Indian War?

Caused pioneers to rush across the Great Plains in in search of quick wealth and a better way of life

What was the discovery of gold in California, called the Gold Rush?

The last piece of territory purchased from Mexico in 1853 completing the continental United States

What is the Gadsden Purchase?

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