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32 Cards in this Set
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What are the reasons to study history?
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History is Intresting
History is Never Finished You Devolup Empathy To be Better Thinkers To Learn From Past Mistakes |
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What are the 5 founding American Ideals
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-Democracy
-Liberty -Equality -Opportunity -Rights |
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What are some reasons Early Explorers came to The New World?
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-Find Riches
-Claim Land/Expand Territory -Adventure -Faster Route to Asia |
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What are some of the problems faced between the Natives and the Explorers?
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-Explorers brought diseases
-Language barriers -Different cultures -Different Religions -Explorers were greedy and wanted land -Allies with some tribes lead to conflict with others |
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What were some positive interactions between Natives and Explorers?
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-Explorers brought new technology to natives
-Natives taught explorers how to grow crops off of land -Some native and explorer groups created an alliance where they worked together |
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Why was Jamestown considered to be a successful British colony?
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-Because the colony of Roanoke disappeared without a trace
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What crop saved Jamestown?
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Tobacco
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Who became the leader of Jamestown?
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John Smith
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How did the relationship with the Natives change?
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John Rolfe married Pocahontas and the tribes became friends
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What were the colonial regions?
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-New England
-Middle -Southern |
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What did all three regions have in common?
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-All founded on or near water
-Relied on trade to survive -Grew some type of crops |
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What were three distinct differences in the colonial regions?
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-religion
-geography -types of resources |
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The four parts of the Intolerable Act
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Boston Port Act
Administration of Justice Act Quartering Act Massachusetts Act |
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What were the four different view points of the American Revolution?
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British Government
Loyalists Moderates Patriots |
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What was Common Sense?
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A 47 page pamphlet written by Thomas Paine. Stated: Nobody should be ruled by a king, British rule has only brought America harm, colonies have been dragged into Britain's conflicts with other countries, stated that the colonists could survive with out Britain
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Besides Thomas Paine, whose ideas inspired change?
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John Locke
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What were John Locke's ideas?
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-Believed in natrual rights: life liberty and property
-Governments are bound by social contracts -If a government does not respect the people's natural rights, then they have the right to overthrow their government |
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What was the name if the group that met to decide independence?
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2nd Continental Congress
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Who proposed the resolution for independence?
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Richard Henry Lee
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What was on the committee to draft the declaration of Independence?
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-Thomas Jefferson
-Roger Sherman -Benjamin Franklin -Robert R. Livingston -John Adams |
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Who wrote the declaration of Independce?
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Thomas Jefferson
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What are the parts to the declaration of Independence?
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-Statement of human rights
-Grievances against the king -Statement of Independence |
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When was the Declaration of Independence approved?
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July 4th 1776
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What were the strengths of Britain during the war?
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-Strongest army and navy
-Strongest government -Well trained soldiers -Experienced officers -Lots of money |
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What were the weaknesses of the British?
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-Fighting 3,000 miles away
-Supplies took months to reach colonies |
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What were the strengths of the Americans?
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-Fighting for a cause
-Knew the terrain -Adapted new guerilla warfare techniques -Didn't have to beat the British, just had to hold them off until they gave up -Received help from France and other countries |
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What were the weaknesses of the Americans?
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-Army was made up of volunteers and were poorly trained
-Very few experienced officers -New country -No navy No money |
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Who was the commander of the continental army?
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George Washington
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Who was known as the Swamp Fox?
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Francis Marion
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Why was he called the Swamp Fox?
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He outsmarted the British generals, hide in the swamps of South Carolina and Georgia, then attack
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When was the surrender of the British?
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October 19th, 1781
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When was the Treaty of Paris signed?
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September 1783
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