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Marco polo wrote

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the travels of Marco Polo

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Christopher Columbus was from

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Italy

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What is named after Christopher Columbus

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Columbia

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Where was Christopher Columbus trying to go

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India/ the silk road

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Who does Christopher Columbus sail for

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Spain

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What is Christopher Columbus trying to find

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a shorter and safer route to India

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What are the names of Christopher Columbus’s ships?

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Carrivelles

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Conquers came for…..

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God, gold, and glory

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The conquers were called

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Conquistadors

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Two well-known conquistadors are

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Cortez and Francisco Pizzaro

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Cortez conquered

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Aztecs in Mexico

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Pizzaro conquered

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Incas in Mexico

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13
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What disease killed off the Native Americans

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Small Pox

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Encomienda system

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Native Americans worked as slaves. In return, they were Christianized and had safety

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Cortez burned the ships. True or false?

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True

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What was Christopher’s gold

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He would exploit the land that he found

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What was Christopher’s God?

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He would Christianize the people that he found

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What was Christopher’s glory?

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He would bring glory to Spain by adding land

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19
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Mexican Tribes

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Aztecs, Incas, and Myans

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Bartelomain de las Casas

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he was a priest that felt bad for the Native Americans

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21
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Who introduced African slavery

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De las Casas

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Why was Spain the most powerful country at the time?

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The Spanish Armada (their Navy)

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23
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The Spanish armada was used as

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a turnpike

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24
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Where was Christopher Columbus trying to go

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India

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25
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Who were the enemies of the Spanish

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The English

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26
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Spanish Armada made North America

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English

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27
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Spanish Armada made the protestant faith

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Dominant

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28
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Spanish Armada made England the

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Primary superpower

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29
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What were the two major settlements of the colonies

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Jamestown and Plimoth

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30
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New England is religion based, True or False?

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True

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31
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The south is _____________ to ______________

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Maryland to Georgia

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32
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The south is __________________

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Not religion based

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33
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The freest colonies were the ___________

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middle colonies

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The middle colonies were based on

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business and religion

35
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Maine to Connecticut was

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New England

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New York to Delaware was

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Middle Colonies

37
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What did the North colonies want

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Independence

38
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The french and Indian war caused France to

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go into massive debt

39
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Proclamation of 1763

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People who fought can’t go west

40
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The French and Indian war caused France to

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go into massive debt

41
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People who fought can’t go west

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Proclamation of 1763

42
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Taxes

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Tea tax, Sugar Acts, Stamp Act (Paper)

43
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Colonists were angry because

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Pontiac’s rebellion (Can’t go west) and they had to pay for the war through taxes

44
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The colonist’s responses to paying taxes

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Tar and feathering, sons of liberty (Boston tea party and masecre)

45
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First time we saw violence in the American revolution was

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the battle of lexon and concorde

46
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The most important battle fo the American revolution

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The battle of saratoga

47
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Articles of confederation gave too much personal liberty. What did they give?

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The government could declare war, not raise an army, could raise axes, but not enforce them, and states could declare war

48
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Under the articles of confederation, each state got

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one vote

49
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________ had to approve in order to pass a law

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9/13

50
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A rebellion that showed how ineffective the articles of confederation was

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Shays rebellion

51
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Virginia plan

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all big states want power based on representation

52
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new jersey plan

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equal representation for all states

53
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Each state got _________ and ___________________

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one senator and different representatives based on the population size

54
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3/5 Act

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five slaves equal three people

55
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first 10 amendments

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the bill of rights

56
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The capital was moved from ________ to _________

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Philadelphia to Washington (Because Jefferson wanted it)

57
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who wrote the constitution

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James Madison

58
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TJ buys the Luissianna purchase even though

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It is not in the constitution

59
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Strict construction

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You couldn’t do it if it wasn’t in the constitution

60
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Loose construction

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You can decide if not in the constitution

61
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What made the democratic party

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Andrew Jackson

62
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Andrew Jackson lost because of the

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Corrupt Bargian

63
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Corrupt Bargain

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Henry Clay made John Quincy Adams give his votes to be senator

64
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Andrew Jackson started the ___________ illegally

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trial of tears

65
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Indians sued Andrew Jackson. This was called

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Worchester vs. U.S.

66
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Andrew Jackson abused

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veto power

67
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Andrew Jackson threatened to bring the military to

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North Carolina

68
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Andrew Jackson was the only one to

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pay of the national debt

69
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Maryland was

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the most religious for Christians

70
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House of burgesses

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House of Representatives

71
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________ built cities because the _______ were nomads

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Central South Americans, North

72
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Alien Sedation Ast

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Made it hard to become a citizen

73
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Thomas Jefferson owned _________

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slaves

74
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James Madison ended

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The war of 1812

75
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James Monroe was president during the

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Era of Good Feelings

76
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Missouri wanted ________ Maine wanted ________

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a slave state, a free state

77
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Missouri wanted ________ Maine wanted ________

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a slave state, a free state

78
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Missouri wanted ________ Maine wanted ________

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a slave state, a free state

79
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California came on as a free state. What compromise was this?

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Compromise of 1850

80
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In popular sovereignty, the popular vote chooses if the state is free or not

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Compromise 1850

81
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John Brown was _________

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an American abolitionist leader

82
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Dred Scott

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Slave who sued for freedom

83
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LECOMPTON CONSTITUTION

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–Pro-slavery
–Free Soilers boycott
the election
* Supported by
President Buchanan
– Rejected by Congress

84
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Harriet Beacher Stow

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Wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin

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