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JEOPARDY-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
President who went to war in 1812 with England mainly over interference with our ships. He is also called the “Father of the Constitution.”
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.
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.
“Manifest Destiny” President elected in 1844, who wanted to acquire land from Texas to the Pacific
The oldest, permanent English colony in the New World, established in 1607.
Colony established by the Pilgrims (1620) and Puritans (1640) for religious freedom
Originally a Dutch colony wanted by the British because of economic promise and an excellent harbor
Colony established for debtors and as a buffer for the other colonies from the Spanish in Florida
The action of the Sons of Liberty in protest of the British taxation policy. It led to the Intolerable Acts.
The argument used by the colonists to protest the British taxation policy after the French and Indian War
The direct tax (later repealed) on all legal and other printed documents that resulted in angry colonial protests and the formation of the Sons of Liberty
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.
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.
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?
Warned the colonists, “The British are coming!”
Wrote the pamphlet, “Common Sense” trying to persuade the colonists to support independence
French noble who came to help the colonists in their fight with the British
Bostonian leader of the Sons of Liberty who led the early fight for independence from the British
One of the major reasons ratification of the Constitution was opposed
What was the failure to include a Bill of Rights?OrWhat was the creation of a strong executive in the office of the President?
What was the annexation of Texas which had formerly been part of Mexico as a U.S. state?
Caused pioneers to rush across the Great Plains in 1848-49 in search of quick wealth and a better way of life
What was the discovery of gold in California, called the Gold Rush?
The last piece of territory purchased from Mexico in 1853 completing the continental United States