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Colonization to Independence: The Road to Nationhood

Explore the key events that shaped America's journey to independence, from the first English settlement to the Civil War. Learn about colonization, westward expansion, the Constitution, and the fight for freedom.

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Colonization to Independence: The Road to Nationhood

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  1. Colonization Independence Constitution Westward Expansion The Civil War $100 $100 $100 $100 $100 $200 $200 $200 $200 $200 $300 $300 $300 $300 $300 $400 $400 $400 $400 $400 $500 $500 $500 $500 $500

  2. The year of the first Permanent English settlement in America at Jamestown, Virginia

  3. What is 1607?

  4. Name of document signed by group in 1620 that was first form of democratic government in America – gave each man one vote.

  5. What is the Mayflower Compact?

  6. Colonial Region known for cash crops like tobacco, indigo, sugar, rice, and much later cotton. Va, Ga, and the Carolinas!

  7. What is the South?

  8. Home to shipbuilders, tradesmen, and that Puritan work ethic – Mass, NH, RI, and CT!

  9. What is New England?

  10. The name of the first representative government in America?

  11. What is the House Of Burgesses!

  12. Served as Commander in Chief of the Revolutionary Forces

  13. Who is George Washington?

  14. Was the site of the Revolutionary War battle that was considered the “turning point” of the war.

  15. What is Saratoga, NY?

  16. The year and means By which America told England it wanted to be its own nation!

  17. What is 1776 and the Declaration of Independence?

  18. Village in Massachusetts where colonists first fired on the British.

  19. What is Concord and Lexington?

  20. Biggest colonial grievance!

  21. What is taxation Without representation?

  22. The year the Constitution was written!

  23. What is 1787?

  24. Best title for graphic?

  25. What are Checks and Balances?

  26. Prominent Federalists

  27. Who are James Madison, Alexander Hamilton, and John Jay?

  28. Process by which Supreme Court validates or invalidates the laws passed by Congress!

  29. What is Judicial Review?

  30. If I’m not careful, I could be killed at any one of many steps I have to go through just to get to survive. What am I?

  31. What is I’M A BILL TRYING TO BE A LAW?

  32. Name and year of the largest land purchase in United States history made by President Thomas Jefferson!

  33. What is the Louisiana Purchase in 1803?

  34. Name for American belief that the North American continent was theirs for the taking!

  35. What is Manifest Destiny?

  36. Foreign policy doctrine that made the United States the protector of the Western Hemisphere!

  37. What is the Monroe Doctrine?

  38. Main economic reason industrialization and urbanization occurred during the expansion era!

  39. What is the industrial revolution that sprang out of the development of the factory system that used interchangeable parts?

  40. The last piece of land to become a part of the continental United States?

  41. What is the Gadsden Purchase?

  42. Years of the Civil War!

  43. What is 1861 to 1865?

  44. President of the United States and the President of the Confederacy during Civil War years!

  45. Who is US President Abraham Lincoln and Confederate President Jefferson Davis?

  46. Region of the United States that had the advantage during the Civil War – • More industry • More people • More trains & tracks?

  47. What is the North?

  48. Name of people vehemently against slavery?

  49. Who are Abolitionists?

  50. Battle site that was turning point in war and helped the North achieve victory.

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