VIP Dates In USA History

Question 1

Columbus discovers America

Answer 1

1492

Question 2

First English settlement in America and where

Answer 2

1607 Jamestown, Virginia

Question 3

Origin of Jamestown and Virginia

Answer 3

King James (1603-1625)
The Virgin Queen (1558-1603)

Question 4

First permanent settlement and where

Answer 4

1565 St. Augustine, Florida

Question 5

First representative Assembly in America

Jamestown and the WIlliamsburg, Virginia

Answer 5

1619

Question 6

What 3 events happened between 1754-1763

Answer 6

The French and Indian War
(The English & the Colonists vs the French & Indians)
The Seven Years War
The Great War for the Empire

Question 7

The British now try to recover expenses for the ________ from the __________.

Answer 7

French and Indian War, Colonists

Question 8

The colonists believe that this would be unjust since they have NO ______________ in ____________.

Answer 8

REPRESENTATION, Parliament

Question 9

The Royal Proclamation

Answer 9

1763

Question 10

To avoid future battles with the Indians, _______ declares colonists cannot settle _______ of the ___________.

Answer 10

King George III, West, Appalachians

Question 11

No settlements west of the Appalachian Mts.

Answer 11

Royal Proclamation of 1763

Question 12

The Quartering Act

1765

Answer 12

To save England expenses, colonists were required to house and feed (Quarter) British Soldier.

Question 13

The Quartering Act was so repulsive, the ________ to the Constitution prohibited the government from quartering troops in peacetime

Answer 13

Third Amendment

Question 14

The Stamp Act

1765

Answer 14

All documents and papers in the colonies had to give a British stamp
No Taxation without Representation
Colonists react: Boycott

Question 15

1767

The New British Plan: _____________

Answer 15

Indirect Tax

Townshend Duties

Question 16

March 5, 1770

Boston Massacre

Answer 16

Residents gather in front of the British Customs House and are confronted by British soldiers.

Question 17

The British East India Company 1773

Answer 17

King George III grants a monopoly on the sale of tea

Question 18

Boston Tea Party

Answer 18

1773

Question 19

The shot heard around the world in ______.
1st encounter between the ___________ and _____________. Is happened in ____________, _____________. On the __________ Bridge.

Answer 19

1775
British & Minutemen
Lexington, Massachusetts
Concord

Question 20

The Articles of Confederation
1781-1789
Were the U.S.A.’s first set of ____________ ______________.

Answer 20

governing rules

Question 21

Constitutional convention

Answer 21

1787

Question 22

The U.S. Constitution

Answer 22

1789-today

Question 23

Bill of Rights

Answer 23

1791-today