The first territory west of the Mississippi River to apply for statehood in 1818 (causing controversy over slavery there) was:

The U.S. Constitution was ratified by voters in 1788, but only because of the promise that new amendments to the Constitution would be adopted in order to guarantee rights of individual citizens. These first ten constitutional amendments, added by Congress and ratified by the states in 1789, are known as the

Both the First and the Second Continental Congresses convened in the city of:

The dispute over federal taxes in western Pennsylvania in 1794 was known as:

The first territory west of the Mississippi River to apply for statehood in 1818 (causing controversy over slavery there) was:

The South Carolina politician who introduced nullification in 1828 as a way by which southern sates could protect such regional interests as slavery was:

The dispute over federal taxes in western Pennsylvania in 1794 was known as:

The five members of the committee appointed to draft the Declaration of Independence in 1776 were Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Robert Livingston, Roger Sherman, and

The first shots of the Civil War were fired by Confederates against Union soldiers defending Fort Sumter, which was located on an island guarding the entrance to the harbor at:

The biggest battle of the War of 1812 took place in January, 1815, three weeks after a peace treaty ending the war, was agreed to in Belgium.  Where was this battle?