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52 Cards in this Set
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Asia |
Where did the first Americans come from? |
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Bering Strait Land Bridge |
How did the first Americans arrive? |
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Vikings |
Who were the first Europeans to come to America? |
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Treaty of Tordesillas |
Treaty that divided the new world between Spain and Portugal? |
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Small Pox |
How did the Spanish defeat the Aztecs? |
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Martin Luther |
Who wrote the 95 theses? (Starts reformation/challenge of the church) |
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John Calvin |
Who was famous for predestination? |
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Ireland |
What was the first place that England colonized? |
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Catholic |
The church of England is more what? |
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It is unknown/disappeared |
What happened to the Roanoke colonist when they went to Roanoke island? |
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Joint Stock Company |
What type of company is the Virginia Company of London? |
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House of Burgesses |
What was the first representative government in the English colony? |
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Navigation Acts |
What were the laws that stated traded goods have to go through England and must travel on England ships? They wanted money to come through England. |
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South America (Brazil and Carribean Islands) |
Where were most of the slaves that come to America taken |
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No indentured servitude and low mortality |
What makes slavery increase in the colonies? |
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Plymouth |
What colony does the Separatist puritans start? |
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France lost all North American possessions, English got Florida, Spain gained city of New Orleans, Colonies were somewhat unified for a while |
What were the results of the seven years war? |
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Foreign Mollases |
What was the Sugar Act a tax on? |
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John Locke |
Who believed property guarantees liberty. |
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Battle of Saratoga |
What was the turning point of the American Revolution? |
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Hessians |
Who did George Washington attack Christmas day when he crossed the Delaware river? |
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Yorktown |
Where does Colonel Wallace surrender the British army? |
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They were more determined? |
How were the Americans able to when the war? |
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John Locke |
Who influenced Thomas Jefferson to write the Declaration of Indepence? |
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The Virgina Plan |
What plan desired 2 houses and proclamation base? |
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The New Jersey Plan |
What plan wanted equal representation with 1 house of Congress? |
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The Great Compromise |
What is a combination of The New Jersey Plan and The Virginia Plan? |
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3/5 |
How are slaves counted under the Constitution? |
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James Madison |
Who is the father of the Constitution? |
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No quartering of troops |
What does the 3rd Amendment say? |
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Two |
How many terms did George Washington serve? |
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George Washington |
Who set the precedent of picking cabinet members to be his trusted advisors? |
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The Whiskey rebellion |
When did George Washington lead the army against rebellious farmers? |
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Strong federal government, constitution to be loosely interpretated |
What type of government did the federalists want? |
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Mostly farmers, frontiersman, southerners, want states to have the power and federal government to be weak |
What were the anti federalist like? |
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Purchase New Orleans but ended up buying the entire state for 15 million dollars |
Thomas Jefferson send James Monroe and Robert Livingston to Paris to do what? |
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The runner up in the election |
How is the Vice President chosen? |
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Prevent trade with countries at war |
What is the Embargo Act suppose to do? |
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The revolution of 1800 |
When Thomas Jefferson was elected in 1800 what was it called? |
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The war of 1812 |
What war was considered the 2nd war of Independence? |
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Judicial Review |
What does Marbury V Madison do? |
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Washington D.C. |
What city does the British capture and burn? |
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Tripalle |
Where does Jefferson send the Marine corp to fight? |
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Andrew Jackson |
Who led American forces in battle of New Orleans? |
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Their position |
Why did they when the battle of New Orleans? |
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The treaty of Ghent |
What was the name of the treaty that ended the war of 1812? |
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The 10% plan |
What was Lincolns plan for reconstruction? |
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Radical Republicans |
Congress was controlled by what group? |
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Freeman Bureau |
What organization was formed to helped the slaves? |
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Black Codes |
What are the laws put in place to keep the newly freed slaves subordinate to whites? |
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Share cropping |
How were slaves kept in bondage? |
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Wanted to bring confederates back into power |
Why was Andrew Johnson impeached? |
