Chapter 1

Question 1

25000 BCE

Answer 1

First appearance of people in North America. Daang.

Question 2

1000 AD

Answer 2

Vikings arrive in North America.

Question 3

1492

Answer 3

Christopher Columbus ‘discovers’ America. Hahaha.

Question 4

1607

Answer 4

Jamestown founded. First permanent English settlement. Kind of.

Question 5

1619

Answer 5

First African workers arrive in Virginia. (cough slavery cough) Also, Virginia House of Burgesses meets for first time.

Question 6

1620

Answer 6

Pilgrims found Plymouth colony. Important because…uh, they were nice to the Native Americans and depended on them for survival…and it was also one of the first settlements in America.

Question 7

1676 (sssss-sizzly six seven sixxxxxxx……I am so weird.

Answer 7

Bacon’s Rebellion in Virginia. Yum. Important because it’s the first rebellion, and it showed the unstableness of the current system…hierarchy thing going on.

Question 8

1688

Answer 8

Glorious Revolution in England: William and Mary ascend throne. The king was overthrone without any bloodshed, and the British people were partying so hard that they left America alone for a while. Also known as the Era of Good Feelings.

Question 9

173nein.

Answer 9

George Whitefield arrives in North America. Stono slave rebellion in South Carolina. Who the heck are these people. Oh yeah. He was a preacher during the Great Awakening. But the most important one is the Stonoa rebellion, which was one of the largest slave uprisings in early America. It inspired other rebellions, but also caused harsher slave codes to be enacted.

Question 10

1754-1763

Answer 10

French and Indian War. Important because it ended that period of Salutory Neglect because the British needed to pay for the war, so they ended up taxing colonists. That didn’t end up too well…(And remember the line of demarcation. Yeah.)

Question 11

1765

Answer 11

Stamp Act crisis. This was the first direct tax imposed by the British on America. It was one of the first events that unified colonists in resisting the British. Mutiny Act, too. I don’t even know what the heck the Mutiny Act is. Whatever.

Question 12

1770

Answer 12

Boston Massacre. This was like a turning point. Even though it wasn’t a massacre (Only, like, five people were killed :I ) But it was used as propaganda in the fight for independance. Most Townshend Duties repealed.

Question 13

1773

Answer 13

Tea Act passed. Bostonians stage tea party. This was also a factor that gave the colonists the bravery to fight against the British. And they wasted a lot of good tea, too.

Question 14

1775

Answer 14

Clashes at Lexington and Concord begin American Revolution. Dang kids are so violent.

Question 15

1776

Answer 15

Thomas Pain’s Common Sense published. Declaration of Independence debated and signed. WE’RE NOW INDEPENDENT MOTHER-F*****!

Question 16

1777

Answer 16

Articles of Confederation adopted. Burgoyne surrenders to Gates at Saratoga. (Turning point of war.)

Question 17

1781

Answer 17

Articles of Confederation ratified. Finally.

Question 18

1783

Answer 18

Treaty of Paris with Great Britain recognizes American independence. (Cool) Slavery abolished in Massachusetts.

Question 19

1786

Answer 19

Shay’s Rebellion in Massachusetts. It showed how unstable the Articles of Confederation were, because they couldn’t send in an army… Farmers with pitchforks and torches. That’s really scary.

Question 20

1787

Answer 20

Northwest Ordinance enacted. Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia meets. Constitution adopted on September 17.

Question 21

1789

Answer 21

Washington becomes first president. Bill of Rights adopted by Congress. French Revolution begins. Judiciary Act of 1789. Lots of stuff.

Question 22

1791

Answer 22

First Bank of the United States chartered.

Question 23

1800

Answer 23

Jefferson and Burr tie vote in electoral college. Triggers the proposal of the twelfth amendment. Also led to the demise of the Federalist party. When the house of representatives had to vote, it took forever because they were all federalists and the candidates were republicans. The twelfth amendment states that you have to clearly state whether you’re voting for someone as president or as vice president.

Question 24

1803

Answer 24

Louisiana Territory purchased from French. Supreme Court establishes power of judicial review in Marbury v. Madison.

Question 25

1812-1814

Answer 25

United States declares war on Great Britain. GOD DANG IT WHY CANT YOU JUST GET ALONG. Well, the British started it. Anyways, it showed that the United States was strong enough to hold out on its own, and

Question 26

1817-1825

Answer 26

Erie Canal constructed. Made things WAAAY easier to ship and trade, and also made New York a huge city because it was right at the end of the canal.

Question 27

1820

Answer 27

Missouri Compromise enacted. Monroe reelected president without opposition.

Question 28

1820s-1830s

Answer 28

Prolonged depression in tobacco prices begin. I think.

Question 29

1838

Answer 29

…“Aroostook War” fought in Maine and Canada.

Question 30

1846-1848

Answer 30

Mexican War for Texas. Remember Manifest Destiny? That was America’s excuse. They just went on over and forced Mexico to give ‘em Texas. Meanies.

Question 31

1850

Answer 31

Compromise of 1850 enacted. California admitted to Union. It was a temporary solution to the slave problem. It balanced the interests of the Slave states and the Northern states for around four years until the Kansas-Nebraska Act.

Question 32

1854

Answer 32

Kansas-Nebraska Act passed. Basically what happened was that Congress said that citizens in Kansas and Nebraska could vote whether the state would be a slave state or a non-slave state. This infuriated Northerners who thought that the Missouri Compromise needed to be upheld.

Question 33

1857

Answer 33

Supreme Court hands down Dred Scott decision. This showed that slaves would still be considered property (southerns made up the majority of the supreme court) It was the first time a slave sued for freedom, and the south also said that slave owners should be able to take their slaves anyyywhere.,, cause, you know, THEY’RE PROPERTY, NOT PEOPLE. Nice loophole they found there.

Question 34

1860

Answer 34

Democratic Party splits. Lincoln elected president. South Carolina secedes from Union.

Question 35

1861-1865

Answer 35

Confederate States of America formed. First Battle of Bull Run. Civil War.

Question 36

1863

Answer 36

Lincoln issues Emancipation Proclamation.

Question 37

1868

Answer 37

Andrew Johnson impeached but no convicted. Fourteenth Amendment ratified. Ulysses S. Grant elected president.

Question 38

1869

Answer 38

Congress passes Fifteenth Amendment.

Question 39

1865-1877

Answer 39

Reconstruction. It was a failure. It failed to rebuild the economy of the South, and it failed to really help out the freed slaves.

Question 40

1877

Answer 40

Rutherford B. Hayes elected president after disputed election. Last federal troops withdrawn from South after Compromise of 1877.