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Coach Jackson's 12th Grade US History First Semester Review

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Viking settlements have been found dating to 874AD in what country?
Iceland
What year were the Incas of South America conquered and who did it?
Pizzaro in 1538
Francisco Coronado?
In 1537 he was looking for "The City of Gold" and made it to the grand canyon. Llano estacado aka staked planes in west texas near lubbock.
Cortes?
1519 he tried to take tenochtitlan but failed. He returned 1521. Easily took the Aztec capital and the aztecs thought he was a god.
De Soto?
First white to see Mississippi river
Roanoke Colony's other name?
The lost colony
1611?
KJV of bible completed
Pilgrim/Puritan's first colony?
Plymouth/massachusetts bay colony1520
What colony did persecuted english catholics flee to?
Maryland
What year did slaves first come to the new world?
1619
When and where was Bacon's rebellion?
Virginia 1676
Who led King Phillip's War?
Metacomet
What colony did Roger Williams establish?
Rhode Island
Glorious Revolution 1688
William and Mary take the english throne
Tocqueville
Looked down on colonist in america
Jonathan Winthrop
Sinners in the hand of an angry god sermon 1741
Ben Franklin
Poor richards almanac
George whitfield
Series of revivals 1741. Methodist
What did "the curse of ham" justify?
Slavery
Why was georgia founded?
It was a refuge for british prisoners and men in debt
Queen annes war
1702-1713
1636 what college?
Harvard
Bradford's story of pilgrim life in the new world
Of Plymouth Plantation
Mortality rate of slaves coming over
16%
1st Abolitionist Group founded 1775
Quaker Anti Slavery Society
First permanent settlement
Jamestown
New cash crop called new gold
Tobacco
Who said Massachusetts should be a city set upon a hill?
John Winthrop
What year was the first elected legislative assembly established in the new world at Jamestown?
1619
How was the US affected by the Great Awakening?
It brought a lot of colonist back to Christianity. Our founding fathers were born during the great awakening. The documents and principles that govern our country were written by men who respected God. Their belief in the sin nature of man led to the checks and balances in our government today.
Where was the shot heard round the world fired?
Lexington
How much were slaves counted as in a census after 1787?
3/5
Who was the father of our constitution?
James Madison
When did the sons of liberty dump 342 chests of tea?
Dec 16, 1773
Who was the Connecticut school teacher hanged as a spy by the British?
Nathan Hale
What replaced the sugar act of 1764?
The stamp act 1765
Who was the french commander during the revolution?
Admiral DeGrasse
What american victory brought the french to the american side?
Saratoga
Who was considered the financier of the american revolution?
Robert Morris
What were the intolerable acts a result of?
The boston tea party
Where is valley forge located?
Pennsylvania
Where did Cornwallis surrender?
He surrendered at Yorktown to Washington.
John Andre?
British spy hung by americans
Benedict Arnold
Traitor who was going to give up West Point fortress.
George Rogers Clark
American victor at Battle of Vincennes
July 4, 1776
Independence day
Marion Francis
The Swamp Fox
Henry Clinton
Overall British commander during revolution
October 19, 1781
British surrender at yorktown
March 5, 1770
Boston Massacre
Nathaniel Greene
Replaced Horatio Gates as commander in the Carolinas.
January 2, 1777
American victor at Princeton
June 28, 1778
American victory at Monmouth courthouse
Henry Knox
Brought cannons from Ft Ticonderoga to Boston
Alexander Hamilton
Led charges on redoubts 9 and 10 at Yorktown
September 17,1787
Constitution Day
George Washington
President at the Constitutional Convention
Benjamin Franklin
Oldest Constitutional Convention delegate
Roger Sherman
Author of the Connecticut Compromise
Crispus Attucks
First to die at the Boston Massacre
Thomas Paine
Wrote Common Sense in 1776
Ric Flair
Professional Wrestler aka nature boy
Billy Dawes
Rode with Paul Revere on April 18,1775
June 17, 1775
Battle of Breeds and Bunker Hill
What governed the USA prior to 1787?
The Articles of Confederation
Who wrote the Virginia Sabbath Laws and the Statute of Religious Freedom?
Thomas Jefferson
Who went through the Cumberland Gap and settled in Kentucky in 1775?
Daniel Boone
What river did many northerners want as a boundary for slavery?
Ohio River
In what city did Alexander Hamilton call for a national convention in 1786?
Annapolis
The constitutional convention was held in what city in the summer of 1787?
Philadelphia
First tax passed by british to pay for war in 1764
Sugar act
Proclamation line of 1763 forbid colonist from settling past...
...the Appalachian mountains
Tax levied on 1.paint 2.paper 3.lead 4.glass 5.tea
Townshend act of 1774.
How many colonist died at the Boston Massacre and when was it?
5 died on march 5,1770
Who did the inflammatory engraving for the Boston Massacre?
Paul Revere
What did Eli Whitney make?
The cotton gin
Who was Mad Anthony Wayne?
Hero of the battle of Fallen Timbers in 1794
John Jay
1st Chief Justice of the Supreme Court
Nicholas Biddle
President of the 2nd Bank of the United States
Cyrus McCormic
Invented mechanical reaper
Zebulon Pike
Explores the Arkansas River to Colorado
Aaron Burr
Kills Alexander Hamilton in a duel in 1804
Stephen Decatur
American naval hero from the Barbary pirates incident
Oliver Hazard Perry
Battle of Lake Erie naval hero 1813
Alexander Hamilton
1st secretary of the treasury
Francis Scott Key
Wrote Star Spangled Banner
Sacagawea
Accompanied Lewis and Clark
William H Harrison
Hero at the Battle of Tippecanoe in 1811
Andrew Jackson
Hero at the Battle of New Orleans 1815
James Monroe
Era of good feeling president
Peggy Eaton
Object of the petticoat affair
Robert Fulton
Inventor of the steamboat "Clermont"
Treaty of Ghent
1814 aka Christmas Eve treaty
Adams-Otis treaty
Gives Florida to the us for 5mil
Treaty of Greenville
Makes peace with savages in 1795
Impressment
Forcing American sailors into the British navy
John Calhoun
Jackson's VP from South Carolina
Henry Clay
Author of the Missouri Compromise in 1820
USS Constitution
Commissioned in 1798 by President Adams
Where was the Black Hawk War fought?
Illinois and Wisconsin
What did the British burn in August of 1814?
Washington dc
What battle of the war of 1812 was fought after the peace treaty was already signed?
The battle of New Orleans
Where was the first Capitol?
New York
What does the Missouri compromise not allow?
Slavery above the 30 36 line
How much did the Erie Canal drop shipping costs by?
$100 to $5 a ton
Where did the whiskey rebellion take place?
Pennsylvania
What happened in the xyz affair?
The us refuse to pay a bribe to the french
When was the Monroe doctrine issued?
1823
What federalized James Madison?
The war of 1812
How many federal courts were created for each state with the judiciary act of 1789?
1
What product was taxed at 25%in 1791 and caused a rebellion in 1794?
Whiskey (corn)
What country did Pinckney make a treaty with in 1795?
Spain
What were three points of Washington's farewell address?
1.avoid entangling European alliances. 2.avoid internal party bickering 3. Avoid national debt
What two ships did Adams commission in 1798?
The constitution and the constellation
What year did the 2nd bank of the us receive its charter ?
1816
McCullough vs Maryland in 1819 decided that...
States cannot tax federal institutions
1819 Adams Otis treaty gave the us what piece of land and for how much?
Florida for 5mil from spain
What two cities does the Erie Canal connect?
Albany and buffalo
Who is the author of the Monroe doctrine?
John Quincy Adams
The Louisiana purchase. When? From who? And how much?
1803 from France for 15 mil
Who was Jay's treaty made with?
Great britain
Who was Pinckneys treaty made with?
Spain
When was the corrupt bargain?
1824
Did Andrew Jackson support the second bank of the us?
No
Did Washington give his farewell address in nyc?
No. It was published in a newspaper
Where did the nullification crisis take place?
South carolina
What was the proclamation line of 1763?
It forbid colonist from settling on the other side of the Appalachian mountains
Who were hessians?
German mercenaries paid for by the british
Where did horatio gates defeat gentleman Johnny Burgoyne?
Saratoga
What plan did Robert Sherman come up with?
The Connecticut compromise
What is the bill of rights?
The first ten amendments
What happened at Trenton December 25,1776?
Washington crosses the Delaware.
Who defended the British soldiers in the Boston massacre?
John Adams
Who won the battle of cowpens in South Carolina?
The us
Who was president of the constitutional convention?
George W.
1848
Gold discovered at sutters mill
March 6,1836
The alamo falls
July 9,1850
Zachary taylor dies in office
1850
California enters as a free state
1853
Gadsden purchase
December 7, 1860
South Carolina suceeds
1854
Kansas nebraska act
1858
Lincoln vs Douglas debates for Illinois senate
1857
Dred scott decision
1852
Uncle toms cabin published
September 13, 1847
Us captures mexico city
April 12, 1861
Confederates fire on ft sumter
1845
Texas annexed by usa
Easter 1836
Goliad massacre
What two rivers were disputed by the us and mexico?
The nueces and rio grande
what treaty ended the war with mexico?
Treaty of guadalupe hidalgo
Which general used the routes of cortes to take mexico city?
Winfield scott
What song did the mexican army play indicating no mercy would be given?
Deguello
What town was burned by pro slave ruffians and when?
Lawrence kansas in 1856
Who was polks secretary of state?
James buchanan
Where was the seneca falls convention held?
New york in 1848
Who won the battle of san jacinto?
Texas
May 24,1856
Pottawattomie Creek Massacre
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