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Glacier

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A huge, slow-moving mass of ice

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Blizzard

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A snowstorm driven by strong, freezing winds

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Industrial revolution

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A period in which new sources of power or use to replace machines powered by hand, allowing people to make more goods faster

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Confederation

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A loosely United group of governments working together

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Colonist

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A person who lives in a colony

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Port

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Hey trading center where ships are loaded and unloaded

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Primary source

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Is a record made by people who took part in or saw an event. For example it might be a letter a diary an interview a drawing or a photograph

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Revolution

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A major sudden change in government or in peoples lives

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Quarry

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A large open pit cut into the ground, from which stone is mined

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Canal

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A waterway Dug across the land

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Secondary source

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Is a record of an event that was made by people who were not there. And encyclopedia in the secondary source other examples are newspapers magazine articles written by people who were not there. Paintings and drawings by artist that did not see the event

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Megalopolis

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A huge urban region formed when two or more metropolitan areas grow together

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Harbor

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He protected area of water we are ships can dock safely

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Henry Hudson

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English explorer of the northern coast

Hudson river is name for him

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DEG a N a W I D a

Deganawida

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Convince five of the largest Iroquois tried to join confederation it became a peace plan

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George Washington

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Leader of the American army during the American Revolution. He became the first president of United States

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Katherine Lee Bates

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Wrote America the beautiful

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Thomas Edison

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Open the worlds first electric power plant in New York City

He invented the lightbulb

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Alexander Graham Bell

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He invented the telephone

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Under the United States become a new country

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1783

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When did England start a new colonies in the north east

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During the 1600s English settlers found a colonies in the north east

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What did the Erie Canal connect

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Erica now connects the New York City’s of Buffalo, on Lake Erie and Troy on the Hudson river.
It was a plan to link the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean

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What important physical feature is in the western part of the north east region

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The Appalachian Mountains

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The first factories were powered by

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Water power

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The main reason immigrants came to America was

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To make a better life.

Some were poor, some were treated badly in their country or had a difficult life and some left because of their race or religion

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Where the main causes of the American Revolution

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Unfair taxes

No voice in government

Independence from England
They wanted the 13 colonies to form their own country

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Henry Hudson

A

English explorer of the northern coast

Hudson river is name for him

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DEG a N a W I D a

Deganawida

A

Convince five of the largest Iroquois tried to join confederation it became a peace plan

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George Washington

A

Leader of the American army during the American Revolution. He became the first president of United States

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Katherine Lee Bates

A

Wrote America the beautiful

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Thomas Edison

A

Open the worlds first electric power plant in New York City

He invented the lightbulb

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Alexander Graham Bell

A

He invented the telephone

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Under the United States become a new country

A

1783

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When did England start a new colonies in the north east

A

During the 1600s English settlers found a colonies in the north east

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What did the Erie Canal connect

A

Erica now connects the New York City’s of Buffalo, on Lake Erie and Troy on the Hudson river.
It was a plan to link the Great Lakes to the Atlantic Ocean

36
Q

What important physical feature is in the western part of the north east region

A

The Appalachian Mountains

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Q

The first factories were powered by

A

Water power

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The main reason immigrants came to America was

A

To make a better life.

Some were poor, some were treated badly in their country or had a difficult life and some left because of their race or religion

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Where the main causes of the American Revolution

A

Unfair taxes

No voice in government

Independence from England
They wanted the 13 colonies to form their own country

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