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58 Cards in this Set
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English victory of this war established English tradition and liberty in North America
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French and Indian
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The colonies successful economy was mostly due to their ___.
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system agricultural
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The shot heard round the world
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Lexington
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The turning point
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Saratoga
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1777-1778 winter camp of the Continental army
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Valley Forge
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the first major battle
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Bunker Hill
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patriot victory which ended the war
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Yorktown
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captured Hessians on Christmas night
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Trenton
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Why is the free enterprise system a better economic system than the common store system?
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The common store system promotes dependability, but the free enterprise system promotes responsibility.
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How did the Great Awakening affect American History?
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It prepared the hearts of the colonists for religious and political freedom.
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Why did the colonists fight the War for Independence?
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The colonists realized that their political and religious freedom where under attack.
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How did the Constitution try to guard against mans sinful nature?
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The constitution called for three branches of government of separate but equal powers, providing a check and balance
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What is the purpose of the government as listed in the US Constitution?
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The government is to protect the life and property fo the people.
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Wrote of Plymouth Plantation
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William Bradford
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French aide to George Washington
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Marquis de Lafayette
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first governor of the Plymouth colony
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John Carver
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discovered the Pacific Ocean
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Vasco deBalboa
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founder of Philadelphia Academy
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Benjamin Franklin
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founded Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
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Count von Zinzendorf
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first secretary of treasury
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Alexander Hamilton
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discovered the Mississippi River
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Hernando de Soto
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What act of Parliament levied a tax on all legal documents in the colonies?
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Stamp Act
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Who was the American traitor that helped the British during the War for Independence?
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Benedict Arnold
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Who published Poor Richards Almanac?
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Benjamin Franklin
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What is the name of the Presidents advisers?
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Cabinet
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What type of colonies was under direct authority of the kingabeka-8th-grade-history-test-3
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royal
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What are the first ten amendments to the constitution called?
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Bill of Rights
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What famous naval hero shouted, "I have not yet begun to fight!" ?
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John Paul Jones
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What was the name of the most widely read textbook in the colonial America ?
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New England Primer
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During the Constitutional Convention, what plan combined the Virginia and New Jersey plans, calling or a bicameral legislature?
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Connecticut or Great Compromise
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What incident in the Virginia colony indicated that the colonists expected the governments protection?
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Bacon's rebellion
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The Magna Carta prepared ____ for limited government.
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England
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Alexander Hamilton and the Federalist stood for what type of construction of the Constitution?
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loose
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Who helped introduce the smallpox vaccine?
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Cotton Mather
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The ____ revived interest in trade with the East.
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Crusades
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The _____ colonies were known as the bread colonies.
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Middle
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Pennsylvania was founded as a haven for the ____.
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Quakers
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The famous sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God was given by _____.
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Jonathan Edwards
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The US was founded as a ____.
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Federal Republic
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first permanent French settlement
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Quebec
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established the House of Burgesses
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Jamestown
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first permanent European settlement
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St Augustine
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The first capital of the US under the constitution
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New York City
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City of brotherly love
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Philadelphia
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What country did the Pinckney Treaty negotiate with over the Florida border dispute?
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Spain
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What established the first town school system in America?
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Old Deluder Satan Act
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What English monarch broke with the Roman Catholic Church, beginning the English Reformation?
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Henry VIII
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What colony set a precedent of religious freedom?
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Rhode Island
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Which branch of government interprets the laws?
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judicial
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What type of government did the Articles of Confederation establish?
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confederacy
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Who wrote the famous pamphlet Common Sense?
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Thomas Paine
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Who was the first secretary of state of the United States?
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Thomas Jefferson
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Who led the Green mountain Boys to capture Fort Ticonderoga?
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Ethan Allen
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Who was the best known missionary to the Indians?
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David Brainerd
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1. Adopting the Declaration of Independence 2. Beginning of the Protestant Reformation 3. Bill of Rights to the U.S. Constitution 4. British defeat of the Spanish Armada 5. Christopher Columbus's discovery of the New World |
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1. First shot of the War for Independence
2. Founding of Harvard College 3. Founding of Jamestown 4. French and Indian War 5. Treaty of Paris to end the War for Independence |
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Locate on the Map: New Jersey North Carolina Connecticut Pennsylvania Maryland Delaware |
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11 - North Carolina 4 - Connecticut 7 - Pennsylvania 9 - Maryland 5 - Delaware |
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Locate on the Map:
Appalachian Mountains Mount Whitney Rocky Mountains Rio Grande Lake Ontario
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9 - Appalachian Mountains
5 - Mount Whitney 8 - Rocky Mountains 4 - Rio Grande 12 - Lake Ontario |
