Remote Learning 3/25/2020

(1620) Rules established self-government by Pilgrims at Plymouth

• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
• Federalist Paper
• Mayflower Compact
• U.S Bill of Rights

(1787) Drafted at Philadelphia Convention, Supreme Law of the Land, outlines how government works and the rights of U.S citizens.

• U.S Constitution
• Federalist Papers
• Virginia House of Burgesses
• Articles of Confederation

In what year was the U.S. Constitution written?

• 1607
• 1776
• 1787
• 1803

Why did the PILGRIMS and PURITANS come to America?

• gold
• slaves
• tobacco
• religious freedom

•Intolerable Acts imposed •First Continental Congress convened •Thomas Paine’s Common Sense published All the events listed above occurred during —

• the era of westward expansion

• the Era of Good Feelings

• the Revolutionary Era

• the Jacksonian Era

Why is the Colonial Era so significant for us today?

• It focused on the issue of slavery 
• It was the beginning of self-government
• It was the beginning of our peace with France
• It marked a time of great religious and economic freedoms

Mayflower Compact, Plymouth colony established by Pilgrims.

• 1490
• 1607
• 1620
• 1650

Signing of the Declaration of Independence.

• 1774
• 1775
• 1776
• 1777

U.S Constitution drafted in Philadelphia.

• 1842
• 1803
• 1776
• 1787

Louisiana Purchase; by Thomas Jefferson. Doubled the size of the U.S

• 1603
• 1861
• 1787
• 1803