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56 Cards in this Set
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What was the Spanish Armada, when was it defeated and why does it matter? |
The fall of Granada marked the final act in the Reconqu |
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Who is Samuel Champlain |
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What were the key products exported from New France? |
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What the importance of England's geographical position in the 15-1600's? |
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What was the fall of Granada and why did it matter? |
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The first nation to establish a worldwide empire was..? |
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Prehistoric land bridge between modern Alaska and Russia, route for what? |
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1What is the full date Columbus made landfall in the New World? |
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Four technological inventions that enabled the age of discovery? |
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Hernandez Cortez |
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John Cabot |
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Fernando Pizarro |
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Henry Hudson |
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What were the three native american empires? |
1)Aztec 2)Mayan 3)Inca |
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Ferdinand Magellan |
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Vasco de Balboa |
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Francis Drake |
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Amerigo Vespucci |
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Reasons for slow growth in New France? |
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Who led England to become a world power in the late 1500's? |
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Pre-Columbian Indian tribes |
Before columbus |
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Historic Tribes |
After columbus |
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What were the four principled world powers competing in New World? |
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Three oppurtunities that motivated English colonists to migrate to America? |
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Year Plymouth Colony was established by pilgrams? |
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Who were the seperatists and why does it matter? |
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Explain the House of Burgesses in Virgina? |
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What was the first sucessful English colony in America? |
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Why were they called Puritans and what colony did they establish in 1630? |
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List the 13 original colonies |
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Main opponents in French and Indian war? How long did it last? |
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What triggered the French and Indian war? |
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Battle of Fort necessity |
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What was the French fort that is now Pittsburgh? |
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What was the worst British defeat in america? |
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Who was William Pitt and how did he effect the french and Indian war? |
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At the Battle of Quebec general Wolfe was on what side? General Montcalm? What was important about this battle? |
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What ended the F &I War? What did france loose and Great Britain gain? What difference did it make? |
Treaty of Paris |
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Why did the British government make demands on the 13 colonies after the F&I War? |
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What were the Laissez Faire and Mercantile Theory? |
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What was so controversial about the proclamation of 1763, Quartering Act, and the Stamp Act? |
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What was the "Great Awakening"? |
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Explain " No taxation without representation"? |
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How was the Boston Massacre triggered? |
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How as the Boston Tea party triggered? |
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How was the Intolerable Acts triggered? |
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What was the response by Virginia house of Burgesses about the 3 "Acts" being triggered? |
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When was the first continental congress? |
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"Common Sense" |
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Who enacted the Declaration of Independence on July 4th 1776? |
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Which two Massachussets delegates were key proponents of American independence in the Second Continental Congress? |
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Who was the principled author of the Declaration of Independence? |
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What years was the Revolutionary war? |
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Who was the commander and Chief of the American army in the revolutionary War? |
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Battle of Trenton #50 |
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