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15 Cards in this Set
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The first, the permanent English settlement, was founded in 1607
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Jamestown
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This was signed on July 4,1776
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The Declaration of Independence
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The ___ of the United States was written in 1787
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Constitution
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President Thomas Jefferson Purchased the ________ from France in 1803
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Louisiana Purchase
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The_____ Was fought from1861-1865
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Civil War
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The first shots of the American Revolution were fired at __________,_______ in April 1775
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Lexington,Massachusetts
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_____________,_________ was the site of the first battle of the American Revolution
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Concord,Massachusetts
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The ______ was the turning point of the American Revolution
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Battle of Saratoga
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The British defeat at __________ by George Washington's troops signaled the end of the American Revolution
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Yorktown, Virginia
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The first shots of the Civil War were fired at _________, in South Carolina
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Fort Sumter
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The _________________ was the turning point in the Civil War for the north. Confederate troops were forced to retreat and never invaded the north again
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Battle of Gettysburg
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The capture of _____________ by the north in 1863,effectively split the Confederacy in two and gave control of the Mississippi River to the Union
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Vicksburg,Mississippi
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_________________ is the small town in Virginia where Robert E. Lee surrendered the Confederate Army to Ulysses S. Grant ending the Civil War.
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Appomattox Court House
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___________ is an economic theory that a country's strength is measured by the amount of gold it has, that a country should sell more than it buys and that colonies exist for the benefit of the Mother country.
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Mercantilism
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An ____________ was a person who wanted to end slavery in the United States
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abolitionist
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