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30 Cards in this Set
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Why did the Native Americans band togethr to form the Iroquois League?
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So they could fight their enemies together and to have a complex government to govern their nations.
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What is a famous quote from Thomas Paine about the Revolutionary War?
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"These are the times that try mens souls."
"The harder the conflict, the greater the triumph." |
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Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
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Thomas Jefferson.
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Why did Virginia have the highest slave population?
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They had rice fields and plantations. They also grew a lot of cash crops, such as tobacco, which required a lot of labor.
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Why was the United States arefuge for people from all aroud the world?
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People weren't discriminated, we offered freedom of religion, and rights.
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What is the triangular trade route? Why is it called this?
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A trade route that exchanged goods between the West Indies, the American Colonies, and West Africa. It is called triangular because it is in a triangle.
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What was the name of the Puritan colony?
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Massachussets.
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Who were the tribes that lived in longhouses?
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The Iroquios - Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca, Oneida, and Mohawks.
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How did Pennsylvania treat Native Americans?
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They paid for the land owned by the Native Americans, and the Pennsylvanians negotiated several treaties with the Natives.
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How was Manhattan Island purchased?
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The Manhates people first owned it. Then, he Dutch West India Company bought Manhattan for small quantitie of beads and other goods.
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Where was Patriot strength strongest? How about the Loyalists?
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Patriots - New England
Loyalists - Down in the South. |
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What did George Washington do right after he resigned from the army?
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He went home.
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Who was Mali's greatest king?
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Mansa Musa.
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What is a mestizo?
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Part of the Spanish Class system. When someone has people with Spanish and Native American parents.
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What is a caravel?
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A small, fast ship with a broad bow.
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What is the region of large plantations called in the South?
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Tidewater.
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What was the first college in America?
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Harvard College.
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What are slave codes?
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The laws passed in the Southern states that controlled and restricted enslaved people.
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Who conquered the Incas?
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Francisco Pizarro.
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What did Nathan Hale do?
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He volunteered to spy on British troops and disguised himself as a Dutch schoolteacher. The British discovered his true identity, and hung him.
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What 2 countries originally divided the New World?
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Siberia and Alaska.
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Where did Henry Hudson start his voyage to the New World?
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The Netherlands.
England for the second try. |
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What were unmarried women allowed to do?
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Own and run businesses and property.
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What type of crops did New York, Pennsylvania and Delaware grow?
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Cash crops.
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Where did the French fur traders establsih trading posts?
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Canada
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What country attacked forts along Mobile Bay that tied down British troops?
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Spain.
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What were the Sunshine Patriots?
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They were Patriots that only fought in good weather. When there was bad weather, they would leave.
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What does indolent mean?
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Indolent means lazy.
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Where was the first public education law passed?
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Boston, Massachusetts.
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Who oversaw the war from London?
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William Pitt.
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