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TAKS FLASH CARDS

TAKS FLASH CARDS. Instructions. TAKS Lesson Objective 1 Copy the information from the powerpoint onto index cards Term goes on the front of the card (no lines) and definition goes on the back of the card (lines) If you do not have cards, you may write everything on paper. 1215.

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TAKS FLASH CARDS

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  1. TAKS FLASH CARDS

  2. Instructions • TAKS Lesson Objective 1 • Copy the information from the powerpoint onto index cards • Term goes on the front of the card (no lines) and definition goes on the back of the card (lines) • If you do not have cards, you may write everything on paper

  3. 1215 • The Magna Carta was signed • It limited the power of the king • Protected the rights of nobles

  4. 1607 • Jamestown was founded in North America

  5. 1776 • The Declaration of Independence was signed

  6. 1787 • The Constitutional Convention met

  7. 1803 • The Louisiana Purchase

  8. 1861-1865 • The American Civil War

  9. 1861 • Attack on Ft. Sumter started the Civil War

  10. 1862 • Emancipation Proclamation • Lincoln announced slaves would be free by the end of the year

  11. 1863 • The Battle of Gettysburg and the Gettysburg Address

  12. 1865 • Confederates surrendered at Appomattox Courthouse to end the Civil War

  13. George Washington • Comander of the Continental Army • Led the Constitutional Convention • First President of the United States

  14. Thomas Jefferson • Author of the Declaration of Independence • 3rd President of the U.S. • Ambassador to France

  15. Thomas Paine • Wrote Common Sense • Essays regarding the need for the Revolutionary War

  16. King George III • King of England during the American Revolution

  17. Robert E. Lee • Commander of the Confederate Army (South) during the Civli War

  18. Ulysses S. Grant • Commander of the Union Army (North) during the Civil War

  19. Abraham Lincoln • Elected in 1862, he was the president of the United States during the Civil War

  20. Nullification Crisis • Challenged the right of states to void a federal law

  21. Bill of Rights • First 10 amendments to the Constitution • Guaranteed individual freedoms

  22. Stamp Act • Placed a tax on all printed materials

  23. Proclamation of 1763 • Stated colonists could not move west of the Appalachian Mountains

  24. Boston Massacre • British troops fired on a crowd of colonists • Contributing factor in the Revolutionary War

  25. Lexington and Concord • The Shot heard ‘round the world • The first shots of the American Revolution were fired

  26. Saratoga • Turning point of the American Revolution • Convinced the French to help the Americans

  27. Yorktown • Final battle of the American Revolution • Cornwallis (British General) surrendered

  28. Appomattox Courthouse • Lee surrendered to Grant there to end the Civil War

  29. MORE FLASH CARDS – World History

  30. 1492 • Columbus “discovered” the New World

  31. 1066 • The Battle of Hastings

  32. 1789 • The French Revolution

  33. 1914-1918 • World War I

  34. 1939-1945 • World War II

  35. The Treaty of Tordesillas • Divided the “New World” between Spain and Portugal

  36. Monroe Doctrine • Closed the Western Hemisphere to European colonization and kept Europe out of western affairs

  37. The Neoloithic Revolution • The shift from hunting and gathering to systematic agriculture

  38. The Industrial Revolution • Movement of the 1700s and early 1800s in which machines were used in factories to mass produce items • It brought a shift from rural to urban living

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