US History: significant dates & terms

The main person who wrote the Declaration of Independence. 

• King George III
• Thomas Jefferson
• a colonist
• King Henry IV

Why is July 4, 1776 an important date in U.S. history?

• Common Sense was published.
• The Olive Branch Petition sent to King George III.
• The American Revolution ends.
• The Declaration of Independence is signed.

The colonists decided to fight a war against England to become their own...

• country
• person
• Constitution
• state

The purchase of the ________________ doubled the size of the United States in 1803.

• Louisiana Territory
• Northwest Territory
• New Mexico Territory
• Kansas Territory

Select a fact about the Louisiana Purchase.

• It removed the Spanish from claiming land in North America
• It happened in 1308
• Thomas Jefferson was against the purchase
• Doubled the size of the US

What happened in the year 1803

• Mayflower compact
• Jamestown founded
• Monroe Doctrine
• Louisiana Purchase

A source that is original, from the time period & a first hand account

• Primary 
• Secondary 

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

A Diary 

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• Secondary

A source that comes later, second hand account

• Primary 
• Secondary

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CCSS.RI.3.5

CCSS.RL.4.1

CCSS.RL.5.1

CCSS.RL.9-10.9

Our US History textbook

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• Secondary