Social Studies Taks Study Cards

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Conflict between Great Britain and it's colonies in Amernica. The American colonies declared their independence and were victorious. They became the United States. Date?

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1775-1781 American Revolution

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First shots of the Revolution Date?

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1775 - Lexington and Concord

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Turning Point of the Revolution Date?

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Saratiga 1777

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Last battle of Revolution. Official end - Treaty of _____ ____[date]?

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1783 Treaty of Paris

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War that began in part over the British impressment of American sailors. No territory changed hands.

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1812-1814 War of 1812

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Star Spangled Banner written when and where?

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1813 - Ft. McHenry

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A. Jackson gains popularity, final battle of War of 1812 Official end - Treaty of ______

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Ghent, 1815 Battle of New Orleans

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War between US and Mexico. Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo gains Mexican Cession for U.S. acquired land that would become California, NM, Nevada, AZ

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1846-1848 Mexican War

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Union vs. Confederacy when?

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1861-1865 Civil War

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First shots of Civil War

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1861 - Ft Sumter

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Turning point of Civil War

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1863-Gettysburg

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Gave North Control of Mississippi

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1863-Vicksburg

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Lee Surrenders; War over, Last battle of Civil War

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1865 Appomattox Courthouse

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1607

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Jamestown was founded: 1st permanent English settlement in North Americank Located in VA

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1776

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DOI-Thomas Jefferson, listed grievances and charges against Britain and declared the colonies free and independent from Great Britain.

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1787

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Philadelphia Convention/ Constitutional Convention - Delegates met in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to revise the Articles of Confederation; instead they wrote a new constitution and formed a federal system of government

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1803

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Louisiana Purchase: land purchased during Jefferson's term of office from France for 15 million $. Land was from Mississippi River to Rocky Mountains and was explored by Lewis Clark

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1861-1865

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Civil War: War between the Union and Confederacy over states' rights and slavery

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Boston Patriot who opposed Stamp Act and organized the Sons of Liberty and Committees of Correspondence. Played a role in planning the Boston Tea Party.

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Samuel Adams

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Vice President during part of the Jackson presidency and led the protest against the Tariff of 1828. Argued that each state had the right to nullify a federal law in the Nullification Crisis.

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John C. Calhoun

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Known as the great compromiser in the Congress. Authored the 1820 Missouri Compromise and proposed tariff reductions to end the Nullification Crisis.

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Henry Clay

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President of the Confederacy during the Civil War

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Jefferson Davis

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Famous black abolitionist. Born a slave but fled to Massachusetts. Published an abolitionist newspaper, the North Star.

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Frederick Douglass

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Most celebrated colonial American. Proposed plan to unite the colonies during the French and Indian War (Join or Die political cartoon), helped Jefferson write the DOI, and was the French ambassador during the American Revolution to France.

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Benjamin Franklin

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Abolitionists who published a journal , The Liberator, to end slavery

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William Lloyd Garrison

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King of England during the American Revolution. Thought that the colonists should pay more taxes to support the British government. Was named as a tyrant in the DOI.

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King George III

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Union General who was name General-in-Chief during the Civil War. Later became the President of the US

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Ulysses S. Grant

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One of the authors of the Federalist papers. Argued for a strong government to protect the smaller states. Also favored a strong national government to regulate commerce for U.S. business. Authored the financial plan for George Washington's presidency

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Alexander Hamilton

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Inspired colonists during the AM. Revolution with his famous quote, "Give me liberty or give me death!" Leader of the Anti-Federalist and opposed a strong national government

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Patrick Henry

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Main author of the DOI. Opposed Hamilton's ideas as a cabinet member during Washington's presidency, which gave, rise to the first political party, Democratic-Republicans, Became the third president of the US during the Louisiana Purchase.

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Thomas Jefferson

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Famous General at the Battle of New Orleans in the War of 1812 Became the 7th president of US. Famous for proposing the Indian Removal Act, which removed the Cherokees from Georgia to present-day Oklahoma on the famous "Trail of Tears".

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Andrew Jackson

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Commander of the Confederate Army during the Civil War

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Robert E. Lee

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President during the Civil War. Vowed to preserve the Union at the beginning of the war in his First Inaugural Address in 1861, and later added to abolish slavery in the Confederate states in the Emancipation Proclamation in 1862. His Second Inaugural Address spoke out against slavery. Lincoln was assassinated in 1865 by John Wilkes Booth, a Confederate sympathizer

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Abraham Lincoln

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"Father of the Constitution" and one of the authors of the Federalist PApers arguing for a strong central government. Initially a strong Federalist, he gradually became a Democratic-Republican, Jefferson's Secretary of State, and the 4th President of the United States

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James Madison

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A democratic-Republican and the 5th President of the United States. Famous for the Monroe Doctrine issued during his presidency.

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James Monroe

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Wrote Common Sense, which argued that it was foolish for colonies to be governed by a faraway country.

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Thomas Paine

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Wrote the Declaration of the Rights of Women, which launched the Women's Movement to gain voting rights. With Lucretia Mott, she helped to organize the Seneca Falls Convention in 1848

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Elizabeth Cady Stanton

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Commander-in-Chief of the Continental Army during the American Revolution. 1st president of U.S.

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George Washington

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US Senator who argued against nullification during Nullification Crisis. Favored a strong national government instead of states' rights

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Daniel Webster