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Year Jamestown was founded |
1607 |
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Year of the Stamp Act Congress. |
1765 |
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Year of the beginning of Protestant Reformation. |
1517 |
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Year when the Treaty of Paris was signed. |
1783 |
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Year of the Spanish Armada. |
1588 |
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Year when Plymouth was founded. |
1620 |
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Year of Lexington and Concord. |
1775 |
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Year when Columbus discovered America. |
1492 |
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Year when John Cabot explored the North American Coast. |
1497 |
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Year of the First Continental Congress. |
1774 |
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Year when Savannah was founded. |
1733 |
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Year when the House of Burgesses was established. |
1619 |
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Who was the first chief of justice of the Supreme Cort? |
John Jay |
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Hernando Cortes conquered...? |
Aztecs |
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Who was the first Spanish landing on the mainland of North America? |
Ponce de León |
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Who was the first secretary of treasury? |
Alexander Hamilton |
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Edmond Genet tried to gain support from the...? |
French |
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Who was known as the "Swamp Fox"? |
Francis Marion |
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Who was the first attorney general? |
Edmund Randolph |
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Isaac Backus was leading a _____ minister. |
Baptist |
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Who founded Rhode Island? |
Roger Williams |
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Who founded Georgia? |
James Oglethrope |
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Who sailed around Africa to India? |
Vasco de Gama |
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Who founded Connecticut? |
Thomas Hooker |
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Who discovered the Mississippi? |
Hernando de Soto |
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Who founded Maryland? |
Lord Baltimore |
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Who was the first postmaster general? |
Samuel Osgood |
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Chief justice who established judicial review. |
John Marshal |
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Who was "Father of the Constitution"? |
James Madsion |
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English Philospher. |
John Locke |
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Man who was a great awakening preacher. |
Johnathan Edwards |
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Who translated the Bible into the language of the Algonquin Indians? |
John Eliot |
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What was the first permanent English settlement in the New World? |
Jamestown |
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Whose trail established freedom of the press in the colonial period? |
John Peter Zenger |
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New English settlement that used the Mayflower Compact as its basis for self-government? |
Plymouth |
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School of higher learning that was the first established to be in British North America. |
Hartford |
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Pennsylvania statesmen who helped author several famous documents. |
John Dickinson |
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Who introduced the raising and curing of tobacco at Jamestown? |
John Rolfe |
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School of higher learning that was the first established to be in British North America. |
Hartford |
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Pennsylvania statesmen who helped author several famous documents. |
John Dickinson |
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Which settlement became the model for the future settlement and growth of America. |
Plymouth |
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Theroy that said the colony existed only for the benefit of the mother country. |
Mercantilism |
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Man who was a colonial lawyer who spoke out against the Sugar Act. |
James Otis |
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Which act forced the American colonists to house the British soldiers. |
Quartering Act |
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Who proposed the resolution for independence? |
Richard Henry Lee |
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What battle was fought after the War of 1812 was officially over? |
Battle of New Orleans |
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Final battle of the War for Independence. |
Yorktown |
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How many amendments compose the Bill of Rights? |
10 |
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What is the supreme law of the land? |
Constitution |
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What is the duty of the legislative branch? |
is to pass laws |
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What is the term for the powers given to the federal government? |
Enumerated |
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What battle was the turning point of the War for Independence? |
Battle of Saratoga |
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Which state was the last to ratify the Constitution? |
Rhode Island |
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What established that the national government would have two houses? |
The Great Compromise |
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In what battle did Mary Ludwig earn the nickname "Molly Pitcher"? |
Battle of Monmouth |
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Who was elected President in 1800? |
Thomas Jefferson |
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What Supreme Court decision under Chief Justice, John Marshal, involved last-minute judicial appointments? |
Marbury V.S. Madison |
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How much did the United States pay for Louisiana? |
$15,000,000 |
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Name the two men who explored Louisiana between 1804 and 1806. |
Lewis and Clark |
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Man that was arrested by the Spanish while exploring Southwest Louisiana. |
Zebulon Pike |
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What former Vice President became involved in a conspiracy to creat his own empire in the American Southwest? |
Arron Burr |
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Who was the best known hero of the Tripolitan War? |
Stephen Decatur |
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What piece of American legislation virtually cut off all trade with Europe? |
Embargo Act |
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Who won the battle of Tippecanoe? |
William Henry Harrison |
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What Treaty ended the War of 1812? |
Treaty of Ghet |
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Who did President Washington appoint to be the first Secretary of state? |
Thomas Jefferson |
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Name of the general who surrendered to General Washington at Yorktown. |
Cornwallis |
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Secretary of Treasury that helped establish the national bank. |
Alexander Hamilton |
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The native of Scotland that said "I have not yet begun to fight". |
John Paul Jones |
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Who was the farmer that led a rebellion in Massachusetts? |
Daniel Shays |
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General who was known as the "Fighting Quaker"? |
Nathaniel Greene |
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Who was the first secretary of war? |
Henry Knox |
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Who was the French thinker that wrote Democracy in America? |
Alexis de Tocqueville |
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Who was the courageous general that defeated the Indians at thw Battle of Fallen Timbers? |
General Anthony Wayne |
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Alexander Hamilton's followers called themselves... |
Republicans |
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Thomas Jefferson's followers became known as... |
Democatic Federalists |
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Leader that helped Jefferson write the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions. |
James Madison |
