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Colonizing America
#1 The strip of land where the first people were said to have crossed during the ice age. Beringia
#2 Viking leader who led his people to the America about 1000 years ago. Leif Ericsson
#3 John Smith helped found this colony Jamestown
#4 The Proclamation of 1763 said colonists couldn't move West of these. The Appalachian Mountains
#5 The main three countries to claim land in America. France, Great Britain, Spain
Causes of the Revolution
#1 This future president was a British hero during the French and Indian War. George Washington
#2 The king of England during the American Revolution George III
#3 This is what they called the French and Indian War in Europe The 7 Years War
#4 This Act taxed almost all printed material in the colonies The Stamp Act
#5 British Parliament passed this Act in reaction to the Boston Tea Party. The Coercive or Intolerable Acts
The Revolution
#1 "The shot heard round the world" occurred at this battle Lexington and Concord
#2 Washington lead an attack on the Hessian's in this battle Trenton
#3 The 2nd Continental Congress announced our intention to break away from Britain with this document. The Declaration of Independence
#4 The last major battle of the Revolutionary War Yorktown
#5 He was the French nobleman who was Washington's trusted aide during the war Marquis de Lafayette
Constitution
#1 The first 10 Amendments to our Constitution The Bill of Rights
#2 He was the President of the Constitutional Convention George Washington
#3 To change, alter, or improve something in our Constitution Amend
#4 The name of the first written constitution of the United States The Articles of Confederation
#5 The sharing of power between the national and state government Federalism
Washington and Adams Presidencies
#1 The 2nd president of the United States John Adams
#2 The first Amendment protects these 5 freedoms Speech, Religion, Press, Assembly, Petition
#3 The first two political parties of the United States Federalists and Democratic-Republicans (Anti-Federalists)
#4 The first Attorney General of the United States Edmund Randolph
#5 He made a treaty with Spain that opened up the Mississippi River to the United States Pinckney
Final Question
The name of the Treaty that ended the Revolutionary War Treaty of Paris, 1783