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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 was Jamestown,Virginia?

Colony established by the Pilgrims and Puritans for

religious freedom

What was Massachusetts Bay Colony?

Originally a Dutch colony wanted by the British because of

economic promise and an excellent harbor

What was New York?

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

Florida

What was 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 was “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The direct tax (later repealed) on all legal and other printed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 was 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 was mercantilism?

The date of the first permanent English colony

in North America at Jamestown?

What was 1607?

The year the U.S. bought the Louisiana Purchase from

Napoleon, who needed money to fight the British

What was 1803?

1861-1865

What were the years of the Civil War between the North and

South?

The two key events of 1787

What were 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 was Paul Revere?

Wrote the pamphlet, “Common Sense” trying to persuade the

colonists to support independence

Who was 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 was the Louisiana Purchase?

The war (1754-63) 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 1848-49 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 was the Gadsden Purchase?

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Barbara Caffee, Social Studies Co-coordinator for CFBISDand the 8th Grade American History teachers of CFBISD

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