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1ST SEMESTER REVIEW Flashcards

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Funded Columbus’s voyages

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Ferdinand and Isabella

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First person to circumvent navigate the earth

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Magellan

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Founded Florida

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Ponce de Leon

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Founded by Ponce de Leon; oldest city in the United State

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St. Augustine

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Founded the Pacific Ocean; crosses Panama

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Balboa

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Conquered the Aztecs

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Cortez

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Conquered the Incas

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Pizarro

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Mississippi River; discovered Arkansas

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Desoto

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When Desoto discovered the Mississippi River

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1541

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England v. Spain; England won

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Spanish Armada

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When the Spanish Armada occurred; makes the decline the of Spain and the rise of England.

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1588

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Settled Quebec; Father of New France

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Champlain

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13
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First permanent French settlement

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Quebec

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14
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Claims Louisiana

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LaSalle

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Bought from Napoleon-France

In 1603

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Louisiana

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16
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Settles Virginia

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Walter Raleigh

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First English colony; it failed

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Roanoke

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First permanent English settlement

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Jamestown

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19
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When Jamestown was settled

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1607

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20
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Created the “No Work, No Food” policy

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John Smith

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21
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Developed Tobacco in Jamestown and married Pocahontas

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John Rolfe

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22
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Most important industry in Jamestown

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Tobacco

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23
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Helped the Jamestown settlers

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Pocahontas

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1st representative government in the U.S. Jamestown representative government

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House of Burgesses

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25
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“Separatist”

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Pilgrims

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26
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When the Pilgrims settled in Plymouth

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1620

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27
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What the Pilgrims sailed on

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Mayflower

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28
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Helped the pilgrims with their first winter

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Squanto

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29
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Wrote history of Plymouth plantation; governor of the Pilgrims

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William Bradford

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30
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Wanted to purify the Church of England

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Puritans

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Massachusetts

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1630

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32
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Established in 1636

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Harvard

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33
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Duke of York

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James II

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34
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Was called New York

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New Netherlands

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35
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King of England during the French and Indian war

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George III

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36
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Prime minister of England that passed the stamp act

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George Grenville

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37
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Tax on legal documents

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Stamp act

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38
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What the colonists wanted in England

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No Taxation without representation

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39
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Leader of the Sons of Liberty

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Samuel Adams

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40
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Group in Massachusetts that led boycotts

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Sons of Liberty

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41
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What the colonists did to get “No taxation without Representation”

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Boycotts

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42
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Head of treasury; passes a tax on paper, lead, paints, and glass

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Charles Townsend

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43
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Occurred March 5th; 5 were killed

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Boston Massacre

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44
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Sons of Liberty threw 340 chests of tea into the harbor

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Boston tea Party

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45
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Also known as the coercive acts; passed after Boston Tea Party; put Thomas gage in royal government; closed the Boston harbor; sent more troops

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Intolerable Acts

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46
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Said “Give me Liberty or Give me Death”

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Patrick Henry

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47
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When the shot heard round the world was

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Lexington and Concord

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48
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First major battle of the American Revolution

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Bunker hill

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49
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Commander of the continental army

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George Washington

50
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Wrote common sense

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Thomas Paine

51
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Declared the war for independence

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Declaration of Independence

52
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Who wrote the Declaration of Independence

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Thomas Jefferson

53
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When the Declaration of Independence was signed

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July 4th, 1776

54
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President over the continental congress

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John Hancock

55
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George Washington’s aid

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La feat

56
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When was Lexington and Concord

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1775

57
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Hero of Saratoga who later was a traitor

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Benedict Arnold

58
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Christmas Day when George Washington and his troops crossed the Delaware River and captured the hessians

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Trenton

59
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Turning point of the American Revolution

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Saratoga

60
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American commander at Saratoga

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Horario Gates

61
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Government the Americans lived under during the critical period ; 1st constitution in the United States

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Articles of Confederation

62
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Weaknesses of the articles of Confederation

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  • 9/13 states had to approve everything
  • no execution branch (no president)
  • no judicial branch (no courts)
  • congress could not tax
63
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Shows the weaknesses of the article,es of Confederation

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Shays rebellion

64
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Held in Philadelphia; made to make a new constitution

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Constitutional convention

65
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When the constitutional convention was held

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1787

66
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Commander of the constitutional convention

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George Washington

67
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“Father of the Constitution”

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James Madison

68
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Oldest member of the continental convention

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Benjamin Franklin

69
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Large population states; rep. based on population

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Virginia plan

70
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Small population states; equal representation

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New Jersey plan

71
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Combined both the New Jersey plan and the Virginia plan

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Great compromise

72
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Pro-constitution

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Federalist paper

73
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Shawnee chief; led the largest Native American uprising in U.S. history

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Tecumseh

74
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Led the U.S. into prophet town

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William Henry Harrison

75
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Leads the U.S. into the battle of Lake Erie

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Oliver perry

76
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Wrote the star spangled banner

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Francis Scott key

77
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Largest battle that marked the end of war of 1812

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Battle of New Orleans

78
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When the United States forbid European settlement in Latin America

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Monroe doctrine

79
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Mississippi River valley; claimed for Louis XIV by la salle

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Louisiana

80
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Who Virginia was named after

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Queen Elizabeth

81
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Lead the Roanoke expedition

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John white

82
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Founder of Rhode Island

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Roger Williams

83
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Founder of Pennsylvania

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William penn

84
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Founder of Georgia

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James Oglethorpe

85
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Where Washington and his men stayed for the winter

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Valley forge

86
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Final battle of the Revolutionary war

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Yorktown

87
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French general during the Revolutionary war

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Degrassi

88
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British general at Yorktown who surrendered

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Cornwallis

89
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Ended the Revolutionary war

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Treaty of Paris

90
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Washington’s aid

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La feat

91
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“We will meet again”

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1st continental congress

92
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Key figure to the great awakening

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Jonathan Edwards

93
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Founder of Pennsylvania

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William penn

94
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Founder of Georgia

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James Oglethorpe

95
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Took 7 trips to US to preach

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George whitefield

96
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World wide revival; Methodist revival

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Great awakening

97
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Why was Georgia settled

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So debt prisoners could pay off their debt

98
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Founder of Rhode Island

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Roger Williams

99
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Led the Roanoke expedition

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John white

100
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Who Virginia was named after

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Queen Elizabeth

101
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Washington’s Secretary of State

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Thomas Jefferson

102
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Washington’s Secretary of treasury

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Alexander Hamilton

103
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Pay foreign, domestic, and state debt

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Hamilton’s financial plan

104
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John Marshall goes to France to them to stop shooting at our ships

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XYZ affair

105
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Caused us to have judicial review

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Marburgy v. Madison

106
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Doubled the size of the US; $14 million; bought from Napoleon-France

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Louisiana purchase

107
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1803

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Louisiana purchase

108
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Sent up the Mississippi River to explore the new land

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Lewis and Clark

109
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Helped Lewis and Clark; shosoni

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Sacegewea

110
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Jefferson’s VP; killed Alexander Hamilton

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Aaron burr

111
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During Madison’s presidency; British tried to control US sea trade

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War of 1812

112
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Famous Warhawk

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Henry clay

113
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US v. Prophet town; led by William Henry Harrison

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Battle at tippicanoe

114
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Largest battle that Marked the end of war of 1812

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Battle of New Orleans

115
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When the war of 1812 ended

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1815

116
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Led the US at battle of New Orleans

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Andrew Jackson

117
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Monroe was the last of…

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Virginia dynasty

118
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During Monroe’s presidency; wide spread of nationalism

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Era of good feelings

119
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When the US forbid European settlement in Latin America

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Monroe doctrine

120
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Made Maine a state; didn’t know to make it a slave state or not

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Missouri compromise

121
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Who made the Missouri compromise

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Henry clay

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