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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The direct tax (later repealed) on all legal and other printed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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