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15 Cards in this Set
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Jamestown
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the first permanent English settlement, was founded in 1607.
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The Declaration of Independence
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was signed on July 4, 1776
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The Constitution of the United States
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was written in 1787.
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Louisiana Territory
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from France in 1803.
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The Civil War
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was fought from 1861-1865.
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The first shots of the American Revolution were fired at
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Lexington, Massachusetts in April 1775
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Concord, Massachusetts
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was the site of the first battle of the American Revolution.
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The Battle of Saratoga
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was the turning point of the American Revolution
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The British defeat at Yorktown, Virginia
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by George Washington’s troops signaled the end of the American Revolution.
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The first shots of the Civil War were fired at Fort Sumter
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in South Carolina.
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The Battle of Gettysburg
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was the turning point in the Civil War for the North.
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The capture of Vicksburg, Mississippi
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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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Appomattox Court House
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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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Mercantilism
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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 the colonies exist for the benefit of the Mother Country.
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abolitionist
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was a person who wanted to end slavery in the United States.
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