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45 Cards in this Set
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Viking explorer who "discovered" America
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Leif Ericson
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Queen at the beginning on English colonization
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Ellizabeth I
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King who started the Church of England
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Henry VIII (the eigth)
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People who wanted to change the Church of England
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Puritans
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When the colonists declared their independence from Great Britain
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July 4, 1776
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Where the "Shot Heard Round the World" occurred
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Concord
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Washington's sneak attack against the Hessians at Trenton on Christmas Day, 1776
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"Crossing the Delaware"
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Document that stated the reasons for the colonists seperation from Great Britain
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Declaration of Independence
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Colonists dressed as Indians to protest high taxes
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Boston Tea Party
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The Continental Army spent the winter of 1777-78 here under extremely harsh conditions.
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Valley Forge
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When the American Revolution began
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April 19, 1775
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Five colonists were killed by Brtish redcoats.
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Boston Massacre
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The battle for control of Boston Harbor
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Bunker Hill
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The main author of the Declaration of Independence
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Thomas Jefferson
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The last major battle of the American Revolution
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Yorktown
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This battle was "The Turning Point" of the American Revolution
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Saratoga
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This man rode to warn of the British attack
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Paul Revere
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The idea that citizens must give their permission to be taxed.
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"No Taxation without representation."
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Commander-in-cheif of the Continental Army
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George Washington
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When Christopher Columbus "discovered" America
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October 12, 1492
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Attempted naval invasion of England in 1588.
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Spanish Armada
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One of Christopher Columbus' ships
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Nina
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One of Christopher Columbus' ships
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Pinta
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One of Christopher Columbus' ships
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Santa Maria
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This man "discovered" America for the third time
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Christopher Columbus
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This man wanted to reform the Catholic church
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Martin Luther
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Attempt to change the Catholic Church.
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Reformation
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A series of religious wars for control of the Holy Land.
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Crusades
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The rule of a country by a king or queen
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Monarchy
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Period of time when the Earth's temperature dropped and the level of the oceans dropped
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Ice Age
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A social system in which one level of society owes something
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feudalism
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Allowed migrattion of prehistoric people to North America from Asia
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land bridge
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People who wanted to leave the Church of England
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Separtists
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Dutch settlement, now called New York City
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New Amsterdam
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Where the first shots of the Amreican Revolution took place.
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Lexington
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First Successful English settlement in America.
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Jamestown
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Ship on which the Pilgrims sailed to America.
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Mayflower
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Place where the Pilgrims landed in America.
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Plymouth Rock
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Cash crop the made Virginia successful
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tobacco
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First document of self-government in America written by the Pilgrims
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Mayflower Compact
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Our first document of government for the United States
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Articles of Confederation
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A loose union of states or nations
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Confederation
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Form of government in which the people rule.
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Democracy
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A union of states with a strong central government
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Federal
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Land north of the Ohio River taken from Great Britain during the American Revolution
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Northwest Territory
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