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  1. Welcome to Make It a Question

  2. Make It a Question-TAKS Obj. 1 and 4 Credits The Colonies Causes of the Revolution Key Dates in History People in the Revolution Mystery? Presidents $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400

  3. President who went to war in 1812 with England mainly over interference with our ships. He is also called the “Father of the Constitution.”

  4. Who was James Madison?

  5. 3rd President of the United States whose election was decided in the House of Representatives because of a tie. He later doubled the size of the United States with the Louisiana Purchase.

  6. Who was Thomas Jefferson?

  7. President, elected in 1828, who had the Indians removed to advance the settlement of the West. This became known as the “Trail of Tears,” when he defied the S.C. ruling of Worcester v. Georgia.

  8. Who was Andrew Jackson?

  9. “Manifest Destiny” President elected in 1844, who wanted to acquire land from Texas to the Pacific

  10. Who was James K. Polk?

  11. The oldest, permanent English colony in the New World, established in 1607.

  12. What was Jamestown,Virginia?

  13. Colony established by the Pilgrims (1620) and Puritans (1640) for religious freedom

  14. What was the Massachusetts Bay Colony?

  15. Originally a Dutch colony wanted by the British because of economic promise and an excellent harbor

  16. What was New York?

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

  18. What was Georgia?

  19. The action of the Sons of Liberty in protest of the British taxation policy. It led to the Intolerable Acts.

  20. What was the Boston Tea Party?

  21. The argument used by the colonists to protest the British taxation policy after the French and Indian War

  22. What was “no taxation without representation?”

  23. The direct tax (later repealed) on all legal and other printed documents that resulted in angry colonial protests and the formation of the Sons of Liberty

  24. What was the Stamp Tax?

  25. The economic policy followed by the British characterized by gaining more power and wealth than their rivals through a favorable balance of trade and building a strong military force.

  26. What was mercantilism?

  27. The date of the adoption of the Declaration of Independence

  28. What was July 4, 1776?

  29. The year the U.S. bought the Louisiana Purchase which doubled the size of the U.S. It was purchased from Napoleon, who needed money to fight the British.

  30. What was 1803?

  31. The year the Civil War began and the year it ended

  32. What was 1861 to 1865?

  33. Daily Double

  34. The two key events of 1787

  35. 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?

  36. Warned the colonists, “The British are coming!”

  37. Who was Paul Revere?

  38. Wrote the pamphlet, “Common Sense” trying to persuade the colonists to support independence

  39. Who was Thomas Paine?

  40. French noble who came to help the colonists in their fight with the British

  41. Who was the Marquis de Lafayette?

  42. Bostonian leader of the Sons of Liberty who led the early fight for independence from the British

  43. Who was Sam Adams?

  44. One of the major reasons ratification of the Constitution was opposed

  45. What was the failure to include a Bill of Rights?OrWhat was the creation of a strong executive in the office of the President?

  46. The major reason for the Mexican-American War (1846-48)

  47. What was the annexation of Texas which had formerly been part of Mexico as a U.S. state?

  48. Caused pioneers to rush across the Great Plains in 1848-49 in search of quick wealth and a better way of life

  49. What was the discovery of gold in California, called the Gold Rush?

  50. The last piece of territory purchased from Mexico in 1853 completing the continental United States

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