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The Colonies Causes of the Revolution Key Dates in History People in the Revolution Mystery? Presidents $200 $100 $400 $300 $100 $200 $300 $400 $100 $200 $300 $400 $100 $200 $300 $400 $100 $200 $400 $200 $300 $400 $300 $100 Final Jeopardy

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

Who was James Madison?

President who made the Louisiana Purchase

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 Plymouth? (Massachusetts Bay Colony)

This region was known for a long growing season, mild winters, and excellent soil for planting

What are the Southern colonies?

This region was known for rocky soil, harsh winters, and a short growing season. The people here had to rely more on industry than farming.

What are the New England colonies?

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 (hint: they had no say in their government)

What is “no taxation without representation?”

This war between Britain and France led to more taxes for American colonists (they were expected to pay for the war debts)

What is the French & Indian War?

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. (Also: the belief that the colonies existed to benefit the parent country)

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. bought 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?

1787

When did the Constitutional Convention convene and begin writing 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?

Location where George Washington and his troops spent a rough winter with few supplies; however, the army trained here and got more organized

What was Valley Forge?

Two things George Washington warned about in his Farewell Address

What are: avoid political parties and avoid permanent alliances with other countries?

The first territorial (land) acquisition which doubled the size of the United States

What is the Louisiana Purchase?

The type of government we have in the United States

What is representative democracy (or democracy, or republic)?

Invention that changed the way of life in the South and directly increased the practice of slavery

What is the cotton gin?

The main difference between Federalists and Anti-Federalists

What is: Federalists were FOR the Constitution, and Anti- Federalists were AGAINST the Constitution (unless a Bill of Rights was included)

The Early Republic

The U.S. foreign policy adopted in 1823 establishing that the Western hemisphere was closed to any further attempts by Europe to interfere or colonize

What is the Monroe Doctrine?

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