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Welcome to
The ColoniesCauses of the
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HistoryPeople in theRevolution Mystery?Presidents
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President during the War of 1812 and also called the “Father of the
Constitution”
Who was James Madison?
President whose election was decided in the House of
Representatives because of a tie
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
President who had the Indians removed to advance the
settlement of the West. This became known as the “Trail of
Tears.”
Who was Andrew Jackson?
“Manifest Destiny” President who wanted to acquire land from
Texas to the Pacific
Who was James K. Polk?
The oldest, permanent English Colony in the New World
What is Jamestown,Virginia?
Colony established by the Pilgrims and Puritans for
religious freedom
What is Massachusetts Bay Colony?
Originally a Dutch colony wanted by the British because of
economic promise and an excellent harbor
What is New York?
Colony established for debtors and as a buffer for the other colonies from the Spanish in
Florida
What is Georgia?
The action of the Sons of Liberty in protest of the British taxation policy. It led to the Intolerable
Acts.
What was the Boston Tea Party?
The argument used by the colonists to protest the British
taxation policy after the French and Indian War
What is “no taxation without representation?”
The direct tax (later repealed) on all legal and other printed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
What is the Stamp Tax?
The economic policy followed by the British whereby they tried to gain more power and wealth than their rivals through a favorable balance of trade and a strong
military force.
What is mercantilism?
1607
What is the date of the founding of Jamestown?
The first permanent English colony in North America
The year the U.S. buys the Louisiana Purchase from
Napoleon who needed money to fight the British
What is 1803?
1861-1865
What are the years of the Civil War between the North and
South?
The two key events of 1787
What are 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!”
Who is Paul Revere?
Wrote the pamphlet, “Common Sense” trying to persuade the
colonists to support independence
Who is Thomas Paine?
French noble who came to help the colonists in their fight with
the British
Who was the Marquis de Lafayette?
Bostonian leader of the Sons of Liberty who led the early fight
for independence from the British
Who was Sam Adams?
The first territorial acquisition which doubled the size of the
United States
What is the Louisiana Purchase?
The war (1754-63) that resulted in financial problems for England and caused them to change their
economic policies with the colonies
What was the French and Indian War?
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
What is the Gadsden Purchase?
A Special Thanks to the following who made this game possible
Barbara Caffee, Social Studies Co-coordinator for CFBISDand the 8th Grade American History teachers of CFBISD
Eric Fink, Technology consultant for CFBISD
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