U.S. Taks Review Test

By gabbycav

  • Roanoke Island

    "Lost Colony" was founded on Roanoke Island by Walter Raleigh.

  • Jamestown

    Jamestown was the first permanent English settlement in the New World. Capt. John Smith and 105 cavaliers were the first to land there.

  • House of Burgesses

    House of Burgesses was the first representative assembly in New World. Elected in Jamestown, VA.

  • Mayflower Compact

    It was an agreement to form a self-government.

  • Roger Williams

    He founded Province, RI as a democratically ruled colony.

  • Navigation Act

    It regulated colonial commerce to suit English needs.

  • Nathaniel Bacon

    led planters against British Government.

  • William Penn

    signed the peace treaty with Delaware and made payment for PA lands.

  • Witchcraft Delusion at Salem

    20 alleged witches were executed by special court

  • Great Awakening

    religious rival began

  • Poor Richard's Almanack

    Benjamin Franklin published this book

  • John Peter Zenger

    aquitted of libel in NY after criticizing the British governor

  • French and Indian War

    Began when the French occupied Pittsburgh

  • Sugar Act

    placed duties on lumber, foodstuffs, molasses, and rum in colonies. used to pay French and Indian War debts.

  • Stamp Act

    required revenue stamps to help fund royal troops

  • Quartering Act

    required colonists to house British troops

  • Townshend Acts

    levied taxes on glass, painter's lead, paper, and tea

  • Boston Massacre

    British troops fired into Boston mob

  • Boston Tea Party

    to protest the tea tax

  • Intolerable Acts

    barred use of Bpston Harbor till tea was paif for.

  • First Continental Congress

    Held in Philadelphia. called for civil disobedience against the British.

  • Patrick Henry

    he addressed the Virginia Convention. he said, "Give me lliberty or give me death!"

  • Paul Revere

    rode to alert the Patriots that the /british were on their way.

  • Lexington, Concord

    minutemen lost 8 and the British took 273 casualties.

  • Common Sense

    Thomas Paine published Common Sense.

  • Declaration of Independence

    the Dec. of Independence was approved on July 4th, 1776.

  • SAratoga, NY

    Burgoyne surrender 5000 men.

  • Articles of Confederation

    It was adopted by Continental Congress and took effect on March 1, 1781

  • John Paul Jones

    defeated Serapis in British North Sea waters.

  • Yorktown, VA

    Cornwallis retired to Yorktown

  • Paris Peace Treaty

    recognized American independence. Congress ratified it Jan. 14, 1784.

  • Constitutional Canvention

    opened in Philadelphia with Washington presiding over it

  • Northwest Ordinance

    adoptd by Continental Congress for Northwest Territory

  • George Washington

    choosen predient by all the electors voting.

  • Missouri Compromise

    bill passed by Congress. Slavery was allowed in Missouri, but not west of the Mississippi River

  • Monroe Doctrine

    opposing Eurpean intervention in the Americas

  • Trail of Tears

    Cherokee Indians forced to walk from GA to OK.

  • Telegraph Line

    invented by Samuel F.B. Morse. the first one was from Washington to Baltimore

  • Women's Rights Convention

    Seneca Falls, NY was led by Lucretia Mott and Elizabeth Cady Stanton.

  • Compromise of 1850

    It admitted CA as the 31st state and it didnt allow slavery. It also made Utah and New Mexico territories, and it made the Fugitive Slave Law mor harsh. It also ended District of Columbia slave trade.

  • Uncle Tom's Cabin

    Harriet Beecher Stowe published Uncle Tom's Cabin.

  • Dred Scott

    The decision made by the Supreme Court was that slaves didn't become free in a free state, Congres couldn't bar slavery from a territory, and blacks couldn't be citizens.

  • Abraham Lincoln

    Abraham Lincoln was elected president in a 4-way race.

  • Fort Sumter

    The Civil War began when the Confederates fired on Fort Sumter. Jefferson Davis was president.

  • Battle of Antietam

    It was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War. It took place in Maryland.

  • Emancipation Proclamation

    it freed all slaves in areas still in rebellion. Pres. Lincoln gave issued it.

  • Gettysburg Address

    turning point of Civil War.

  • Lincoln was Assassinated

    Linoln was shott by John Wilkes Booth.

  • Robert E. Lee Surrendered

    he surrendered at Appomattox Cort House, VA. end of Civil War.

  • 13th Amendment

    abolished slavery

  • 14th Amendment

    providing for citizenship of all people born or naturalized in the U.S.

  • 15th Amendment

    made race no bar to voting rights

  • Clara Barton

    She founded the American Red Cross