What type of persecution were many colonists trying to escape?
Religious
People believed that the United States was destined to grow and become powerful, attaining land from the Atlantic to the Pacific. What was this idea called?
Manifest Destiny
Which tax was made to charge colonists extra money for paper items?
The Stamp Act
Which document stated the colonists intent to declare freedom from England?
The Declaration of Independence
Which war hero was also present at the Constitutional Convention, but was mostly there for his mere presence?
George Washington
Thomas Paine wrote which document that stated colonists did not owe any loyalty to King George III?
Common Sense
Spain aided the colonists in the American Revolution by doing what?
Giving them supplies and seizing British forts
Abraham Lincoln signed which amendment just before his death?
The 13th/ the amendment that ended slavery
Which amendment guarantees freedom of religion?
1st amendment
Name the three branches of government
Legislative, Executive, Judicial
Which president organized the executive departments of State, Treasury, War, the office of Attorney General, and the Postmaster General?
George Washington
Who was the first Secretary of Treasury, who was also famously killed in a duel?
Alexander Hamilton
Andrew Jackson was known for refusing to allow native Americans to stay on their land. He signed which famous act forcing them to march west?
The Indian Removal Act
Which two states were added to the union in the Missouri Compromise?
Missouri and Maine
