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18 Cards in this Set
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Primary Sources-
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It is the original document or thing from someone or something.
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Preamble-
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Is an introduction of a speech or document that tells about it.
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Jamestown
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The first permanent English settlement, was founded in 1607.
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Declaration of Independence
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July 4, 1776 it was signed by the founding fathers
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Constitution of the United States
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1787 it was created
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Louisiana TerritoryIt was bought from France by Thomas Jefferson in 1803.
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Louisiana Territory
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It was from 1861-1865.
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Civil War
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The first shots of the American Revolution were fired here in April 1776.
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Lexington,Massachusetts
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Concord, Massachusetts
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First battle of the American Revolution.
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Battle of Saratoga
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Turning point of the American Revolution.
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Yorktown, Virginia
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British defeated by George Washington’s troops signaled the end of the American Revolution.
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Fort Sumter
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First shots of the Civil War were fired at in South Carolina.
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Battle of Gettysburg
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Turning point in the Civil War for the North. Confederate troops were forced to retreat and never invaded the North again.
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Vicksburg, Mississippi
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The North in 1863, effectively split the Confederacy in two and gave control of the Mississippi River to the Union.
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Appomattox Court House
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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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Mercantilism
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Is an economic theory that a country’s strength is measured by the amount of gold it has, that a country should sell more than it buys and that the colonies exist for the benefit of the Mother Country.
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abolitionist
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A person who wanted to end slavery in the United States.
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tariff
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s a tax on goods brought into a country.
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