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13 Cards in this Set
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what was the first permanent English settlement, founded in 1607?
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Jamestown
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what was signed on July 4, 1776?
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The Declaration of Independence
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what was written in 1787?
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The Constitution of the United States
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what did President Thomas Jefferson purchased from France in 1803?
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Louisiana Territory
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what war was fought from 1861-1865?
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The Civil War
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Where were the first shots of the American Revolution fired in April 1775?
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Lexington, Massachusetts
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what 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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The Battle of Saratoga
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where was the British defeat by 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 were fired here?
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Fort Sumter
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where was the turning point in the Civil War for the North?
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Battle of Gettysburg
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where was the capture 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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what was 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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