1. TAKS FLASH CARDS

2. Instructions TAKS Lesson Objective 1 – Copy the information from the powerpoint onto index cards – Term goes on the front of the card (no lines) and definition goes on the back of the card (lines) – If you do not have cards, you may write everything on paper

3. 1215 The Magna Carta was signed – It limited the power of the king – Protected the rights of nobles

4. 1607 Jamestown was founded in North America

5. 1776 The Declaration of Independence was signed

6. 1787 The Constitutional Convention met

7. 1803 The Louisiana Purchase

8. 1861-1865 The American Civil War

9. 1861 Attack on Ft. Sumter started the Civil War

10. 1862 Emancipation Proclamation – Lincoln announced slaves would be free by the end of the year

11. 1863 The Battle of Gettysburg and the Gettysburg Address

12. 1865 Confederates surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse to end the Civil War

13. George Washington Comander of the Continental Army Led the Constitutional Convention First President of the United States

14. Thomas Jefferson Author of the Declaration of Independence 3 rd President of the U.S. Ambassador to France

15. Thomas Paine Wrote Common Sense – Essays regarding the need for the Revolutionary War

16. King George III King of England during the American Revolution

17. Robert E. Lee Commander of the Confederate Army (South) during the Civli War

18. Ulysses S. Grant Commander of the Union Army (North) during the Civil War

19. Abraham Lincoln Elected in 1862, he was the president of the United States during the Civil War

20. Nullification Crisis Challenged the right of states to void a federal law

21. Bill of Rights First 10 amendments to the Constitution Guaranteed individual freedoms

22. Stamp Act Placed a tax on all printed materials

23. Proclamation of 1763 Stated colonists could not move west of the Appalachian Mountains

24. Boston Massacre British troops fired on a crowd of colonists Contributing factor in the Revolutionary War

25. Lexington and Concord The Shot heard ‘round the world The first shots of the American Revolution were fired

26. Saratoga Turning point of the American Revolution Convinced the French to help the Americans

27. Yorktown Final battle of the American Revolution – Cornwallis (British General) surrendered

28. Appomattox Courthouse Lee surrendered to Grant there to end the Civil War

29. MORE FLASH CARDS – World History

30. 1492 Columbus “discovered” the New World

31. 1066 The Battle of Hastings

32. 1789 The French Revolution

33. 1914-1918 World War I

34. 1939-1945 World War II

35. The Treaty of Tordesillas Divided the “New World” between Spain and Portugal

36. Monroe Doctrine Closed the Western Hemisphere to European colonization and kept Europe out of western affairs

37. The Neoloithic Revolution The shift from hunting and gathering to systematic agriculture

38. The Industrial Revolution Movement of the 1700s and early 1800s in which machines were used in factories to mass produce items It brought a shift from rural to urban living