Gr. 5 SS, Explorers through Civil War

The Bill of Rights had to be added to the Constitution, or some delegates would not sign it.

Napoleon sells the Louisana Territory to the U.S. in ____.

Families migrate West on the Oregon Trail, beginning in _____.

The Cherokee walk the Trail of Tears in ____, ending up in Oklahoma.

The British set fire to the White House in ____.

In ____, General Santa Anna attacked the Texans at the Battle of the Alamo

Eli Whitney invents the cotton gin in _______.

Gold was discovered in California in _____, starting the Gold Rush.

the American revolution began at Lexington and Concord in _______ ,

The Boston tea party took place in _______.

TheDeclaration of Independence was signed on July 4, _____, in Philadelphia.

EnglishPilgrims land at Plymouth Rock

In _______,the CivilWar begins when the South fires on Ft. Sumter.

The U.S. Constitution was finished in the year _______.

In __________ , Columbusclaims America for Spain .

The French and Indian war begins in________.

Englishcolonists established Jamestown in __________ .

In _____Samuel Slater started the Industrial revolution with his spinnin machine.

In Cortés lands on Tenochtitlán

General Lee surrenders to Union General Grant in April of ______.

The Southern States secede in ____, after President Lincoln is sworn in.

In ____, the Missouri compromise was written to settle the problem of slavery in the states.