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15 Cards in this Set
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1. What was the first permanent English settlement, and when was it founded?
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Jamestown, 1607
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2.When was The Declaration of Independence signed?
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July 4, 1776
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3. When was The Constitution of the United States written?
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1787
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4.When did President Thomas Jefferson purchased the Louisiana Territory, and from who?
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1803, France
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5.When was the Civil War fought?
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1861-186
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6. The first shots of the American Revolution were fired at _______, ______ in ________.
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Lexington, Massachusetts in April 1775
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7. Concord, Massachusetts was the site of the first battle of the _________ ___________.
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American Revolution.
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8. The Battle of Saratoga was __________________________.
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The turning point of the American Revolution.
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9. The British defeat at Yorktown, Virginia by George Washington’s troops signaled the end of the ______
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American Revolution.
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10. The first shots of the Civil War were fired at _____, in South Carolina.
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Fort Sumter
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11. The Battle of Gettysburg was the turning point in ________ for the North. Confederate troops were forced to retreat and never invaded the North again.
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the Civil War
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12. The capture of Vicksburg, Mississippi by the North in 1863, effectively split the Confederacy in two and gave control of the Mississippi River to the ______.
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Union
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13. Appomattox Court House is the small town in Virginia where _____________________________.
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Robert E. Lee surrendered the Confederate Army to Ulysses S. Grant ending the Civil War.
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14. Mercantilism is an economic theory that a country’s strength is measured by the amount of ______ it has, that a country should sell more than it buys and that the colonies exist for the benefit of the Mother Country.
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gold
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15. An ___________ was a person who wanted to end slavery in the United States.
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abolitionist
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