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Who were the first Americans?

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Asians

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How did the first Americans arrive here?

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Through a land bridge

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Which group of people told sagas that were passed down through generation?

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Vikings

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What is another word for feudal system?

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Serfdom

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What do we call followers of the religion Islam?

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Muslims

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Which two inventions helped sailors know the directions they were sailing?

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Compass and astrolabe

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Which country did Christopher Columbus sail for?

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Spain

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What was another name for China?

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Indies

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How long did it take to circumnavigate the world?

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3 years

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What is the Spanish word for conqueror?

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Conquedor

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Who was fighting whom in the crusades?

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Jerusalem and Israel (Christian v/s Muslim)

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What was the name of the island Christopher Columbus named in 1492?

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Hispaniola

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What was the Spanish Armada?

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Naval Fleet

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Who did Francis Drake sail for?

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England

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Who led the colony of Roanoke the second time?

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John White

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Which disease did most settler get from Mosquitos?

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Malaria

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Who became the leader of Jamestown?

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John Smith

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The years 1609-1610 were known as what for the colonists of Jamestown?

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The Starving Time

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Who were considered separatists from the Church of England?

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Pilgrims

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19
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Which Native American helped the Pilgrims?

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Squanto

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Who founded the Massachusetts Bay Company?

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John Winthrop

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Which family started the colony of Maryland?

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Calverts

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What was the name of the colony the French found?

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Quebec

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Who were the first to build log cabins in America?

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Swedish

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Where did most of the colonists who populated Carolina come from?

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Barbados

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Which country started the colony of New Netherland?

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Dutch

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Who started the colony of Pennsylvania?

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William Penn

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What was John Smith’s philosophy about work life in the colony?

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If you don’t work you don’t eat.

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Is it fair to credit Christopher Columbus with the discovery of America? Explain.

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It is not fair because he was the third person to reach America after the Vikings and the Asians.

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What was the first body of government in America?

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The House of Burgesses

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30
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What was considered a framework of our constitution?

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The Fundamental Orders

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What was the first permanent European settlement in America?

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St. Augustine, FL

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Explain the culture of the Puritans and how their colony was ran.

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They wanted to Purify the Church of England, they were strict about wanting everyone to believe in their beliefs (did not tolerate other religions), they wanted a common wealth, and they wanted everyone to work

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Where could churches, meeting houses, and schools be found?

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Town Common

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What was the origin of southern hospitality?

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Isolation

35
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Where could women in America feel almost equal to men?

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Church

36
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Who sold the first slaves to English colonies?

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Dutch

37
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What is peculiar institution?

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Slavery

38
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Tobacco, sugar, rice, and indigo are all examples of what?

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Cash crops

39
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What disease would affect most people working rice fields?

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Malaria

40
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The Great Awakening began under whom?

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Jonathan Edwards

41
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What did Galileo invent?

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The telescope

42
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What did Benjamin Franklin invent?

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Bi-focal glasses

43
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What did Isaac Newton discover?

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Laws of Gravity

44
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How many years of schooling did Benjamin Franklin have?

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2

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Which section of America controlled the colonial governments?

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East

46
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Who wrote the Albany Plan of Union?

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Benjamin Franklin

47
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What were rights denied to women in colonial America?

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Voting and owning land

48
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Who was involved in triangular trade?

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Sugar Islands, England, and the Northern Colonies

49
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Why did many African Americans join the Methodist church?

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They were against slavery

50
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What did Benjamin Franklin write every year?

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Poor Richards Almanac

51
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What are some things Benjamin Franklin helped found?

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The first fire department, the first hospital, the first library, and a school

52
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What colleges were open during colonial America?

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Yale, Harvard, William and Mary, and Princeton

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Why did colonists take a practical view of marriage instead of a romantic view?

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After the women’s 7 years of being indentured servants, she would usually marry her master

54
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How did African Americans become slaves?

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They were either prisoners of war and sold into slavery of captured by slave hunters

55
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Why is it incorrect to think that slaves were often beaten?

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They were to valuable

56
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Explain Bacon’s Rebellion.

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It was a dispute between the settlers and the Indians that showed the weakness of the House of Burgesses which led to new elections.

57
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What was the middle passage?

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A slave-route to america

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What would someone experience during the Middle Passage?

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Ships were tightly packed with thousands of slaves who were all shackled, so their wrists were usually rubbed raw. They were also confined since their were so many in one ship. This also helped any sickness to spread rapidly.

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Explain the Boston Massacre.

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It was when the colonists decided to take action against the British soldiers, or Redcoats. When the colonists did this, the Redcoats fired into the crowd killing 5.

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What was the refusal to buy certain products for political reasons called?

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Boycott

61
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Which law proclaimed that the colonies were subordinate to England?

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Declaratory Act

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Which document was sent to all colonial legislatures calling on them to support the Sons of Liberty?

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Circular Letter

63
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Who was a lawyer who defended the soldiers accused in the Boston Massacre?

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John Adams

64
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Who was the chancellor of the English exchequer for whom a series of money-raising laws passed in 1767?

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Charles Townshed

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This law passed in 1764 imposing a tariff on sugar, coffee, and other products.

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Sugar Acts

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This person was a radical who was a founder of the Sons of Liberty and co-author of the Circular Letter

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Samuel Adams

67
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Why was the Stamp Act repealed?

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The colonists were boycotting it so it became pointless

68
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Why did Benjamin Franklin write Poor Richards Almanac?

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So that he could say things that he wouldn’t normally say as himself.

69
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Who was France’s biggest ally?

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Spain

70
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What was the result of King William’s War?

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Every gets land that was taken from them

71
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What was the result of Queen Anne’s war?

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England gains Nova Scotia, Newfoundland, and the Hudson Bay

72
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What was the result of King George’s War?

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Fort Luis burg went back to France

73
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What was the result of the French and Indian War (the Seven Years’)?

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France loses it’s entire North American empire.

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What was the result of Pontiac’s rebellion?

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It was put down by Brit troops because Charmaine is awesome.

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