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15 Cards in this Set
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The first permanent English settlement, was founded in 1607?
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Jamestown 1607
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What was signed on July 4, 1776?
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Declaration of Independence
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What was written in 1787 that is a part of the United States' document?
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The Constitution
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President Thomas Jefferson purchased what from France and when?
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Louisiana Territory 1803
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When and What was fought?
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The Civil War 1861-1865.
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Where were the first shots of the American Revolution were fired in April 1775?
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Lexington, Massachusetts
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Where was the site of the first battle of the American Revolution?
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Concord, Massachusetts
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What was the turning point of the American Revolution?
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Battle of Saratoga
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Where was the British defeat where George Washington’s troops signaled the end of the American Revolution?
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Yorktown, Virginia
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Where were the first shots of the Civil War fired in South Carolina?
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Fort Sumter
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What was the turning point in the Civil War for the North, when Confederate troops were forced to retreat and never invaded the North again.
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The Battle of Gettysburg
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What was captured by the North in 1863, which 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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Where did Robert E. Lee surrender the Confederate Army to Ulysses S. Grant ending the Civil War. (hint small town in Virginia)
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Appomattox Court House
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What 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 the colonies exist for the benefit of the Mother Country?
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Mercantilism
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Was a person who wanted to end slavery in the United States?
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Abolitionist
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