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57 Cards in this Set
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Who lived in north and south America for thousands of years prior to European exploration?
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The Native Americans
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The First Europeans to explore the New World were the _____?
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Vikings
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Portuguese sailors such as Dias and De Gama reached the far East by _____?
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sailing the coast of Africa
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Europeans were searching for another route to the far east because of the _____?
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spices
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Their territory included what is now Mexico, Florida, and the west indies.
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Spain
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Their lands included what is now Canada and Louisianian.
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France
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They traded with the native Americans and treated them nicely.
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France
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Gold, glory, and God
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Spain
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Christopher Columbus sailed for this Country.
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Spain
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House of burgesses
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The first representative assembly in America
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indentures servant
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bound by contract to work for your passage to the new world
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Jamestown
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first permanent settlement in north America
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Tobacco
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-Virginia's cash crop
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mayflower compact
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document signed by pilgrims that formed a government
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Groups like the Puritans and the Quakers came to America in search of what?
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Religious Freedoms
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The first written Constitution in the colonies was the ___?
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Mayflower Compact
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During the colonial era woman were supposed to___?
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Get married and take care of their families.
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What was the lost colonies?
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Roanoke
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This gentlemen founded the colony of Pennsylvania.
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William Penn
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Who was the founder of Rhode island?
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Roger William
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The separation of church and state.
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Roger William
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Two main sides of the French and Indian War.
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French and British
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Another name for the french and Indian war
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seven year war
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Ambush
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a surprise attack
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what happened to the British while trying to capture fort Duquesne?
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The french ambushed them
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The British viewed the American colonies as ___?
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A key economic source of raw materials and a marketplace for British goods.
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Why did the British parliament allow the practice of salutary neglect?
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It was difficult to control the government from 3,000 miles away.
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Why did the French and Indian War start in the Ohio River Valley?
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French and British both had legimant land claims to the area and sought to profit from the valuable fur trade
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What was the main reason why Ben Francklin's Albany Plan of union failed.
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All colonies were invited but only seven colonies showed up.
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What was the most geographically advantage of the location of Quebec?
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Its located on steep cliffs that overlooked the st. Lawrence making is difficult to attack and relatively easy to defend.
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What did the Treaty of Paris, signed in 1763 do?
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marked the end of the war
Stated that Britain received Canada and all French lands east of Mississippi gave Britain Florida because Spain was Frances ally. |
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Pontiac's Rebellion
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A group of Indians, led by Ottawa Pontiac attacked the Britain.
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What did the Proclamation of 1763 do?
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it prohibited colonist settling west of the Appalachian mountains.
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Why did the British issue taxes on the American colonists?
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To help pay dept's from the war.
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Why did Parliament lower the previous tax on molasses and sugar through the sugar Act?
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They wanted to collect reasonable tax and stop smuggling.
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The stamp act lowered tax on___?
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legal documents, newspapers and almanacs,playing cards, and dice.
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Patrick Henry of Virginia argued that the colonists were exempt from taxation because they were not represented in Parliament.
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No taxation, without representation.
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petition
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a formal written request to someone in position of authority.
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boycott
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When you refuse to buy goods or services in protest.
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How did the Daughters of Liberty help the cause of the American colonist?
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They made saltpeter
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What important event happened when British soldiers accidentally fired into a crowd of protesting American colonists.
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The Boston Massacre
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Groups of American colonist who kept each other informed simple by writing back and forth to one another were better known as___?
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What did the Intolerable or Coercive Acts do.
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Who proposed the idea of independence to congress?
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Richard Henry Lee
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Minutemen
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solders ready to fight within minutes of need.
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Lexington and Concord
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Where "the shot heard round the world" occurred.
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Patriots
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For American independence
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loyalists
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Loyal to King
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Bunker Hill
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Second battle of American revolution
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Thomas Jefferson
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wrote declaration of independance
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John Hancock
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President of continental congress
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Richard Henry Lee
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Proposed independence
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Cesar Rodney
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From Delaware, Rode on horse to sign constitution when near death with cancer.
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Thomas Paine
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wrote common sense
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At the start of the American Revolution, what was the key American City that the British immediately captures and held on to until war's end?
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New York
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Washington decided to cross the Delaware river on Christmas night and attacked the Hessian forces that were guarding what city?
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Trenton
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British general John Burgoyne developed a plan for a three-pronged attack that ultimately faled. Why did burgoyne want to attack Albany?
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He wanted it cut off from New England
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After Burgoyne's plan failed, the Americans easily won the battle of saratoga. why was the battle of saratoga a major turning point in the war?
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it was the americans first major victory.
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