History

Question 1

Age of Exploration

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a period from approximately the 15th century to the 17th century, during which seafarers from a number of European countries explored, colonized, and conquered regions across the globe.

Question 2

A smaller country next to Spain who made a monopoly on alliances across the ports in Africa which allowed them to import spices and make lots of money.

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Portugal

Question 3

After seeing what Portugal had done they wanted a piece of this monopoly, they decided to go to modern day mexico and plunder and raid there.

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Spain

Question 4

After seeing what Portugal and Spain had done they also wanted to plunder somewhere. But they didn´t want to compete with anyone else. Because of this they went north to north america, they then went south and came across the Appalachian mountains. they went to the left of the Appalachian mountains to avoid people. They also wanted to actually colonize the place unlike the first two.

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France

Question 5

After seeing these 3 plunder, This country had decided to take a page from all of their books employing Portugal and Spain´s strategy of plundering but just like France they also colonized the place and stay there.

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Britain

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These peoples were the first people to leave their region specifically to plunder or colonize another place. They plundered places around Europe.

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Vikings

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This man created plans to go places and funded explorers to explore. He also created a navigation school which became famous for having very good teachers, this boosted Portugal´s status.

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Prince henry the navigator

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This man was known for creating the trade root between Portugal and India by making a monopoly on alliances with ports on Africa.

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Vasco De Gama

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This man sailed for both Spain and Portugal and went to south america and was known for being the first person to circumnavigate the world.

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Ferdinand Magellan

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IN 1492 this man sailed the ocean blue in attempt to contest Portugal for monopoly over colonization and plundering.

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Christopher columbus

Question 11

This man sailed from spain to the aztecs to kill them and plunder them. GOLD AND RARE METALS

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Hernan Cortez

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This man was a relative of Hernan cortez and sailed from spain to the incas to plunder and kill them. GOLD AND RARE METALS

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Francisco Pizarro

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Renaissance

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a fervent period of European cultural, artistic, political and economic “rebirth” following the Middle Ages.

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Reformation

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The Reformation became the basis for the founding of Protestantism, one of the three major branches of Christianity. The Reformation led to the reformulation of certain basic tenets of Christian belief and resulted in the division of Western Christendom between Roman Catholicism and the new Protestant traditions.

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Individualism

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separating oneself from the crowd in terms of ideas and creations

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Humanism

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an outlook or system of thought attaching prime importance to human rather than divine or supernatural matters. Humanist beliefs stress the potential value and goodness of human beings, emphasize common human needs, and seek solely rational ways of solving human problems.

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an instrument formerly used to make astronomical measurements, typically of the altitudes of celestial bodies, and in navigation for calculating latitude, before the development of the sextant. In its basic form (known from classical times), it consists of a disk with the edge marked in degrees and a pivoted pointer.

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Astrolobe

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determining the angle between the horizon and a celestial body such as the Sun, the Moon, or a star, used in celestial navigation to determine latitude and longitude

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Sextant

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a small, fast Spanish or Portuguese sailing ship of the 15th–17th centuries.

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Caravel

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The Mayflower Compact, originally titled Agreement Between the Settlers of New Plymouth, was the first governing document of Plymouth Colony. It was written by the men aboard the Mayflower, consisting of Separatist Puritans, adventurers, and tradesmen.

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Mayflower compact

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was a member of the Patuxet tribe best known for being an early liaison between the Native American population in Southern New England and the Mayflower Pilgrims who made their settlement at the site of Tisquantum’s former summer

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Squanto

Question 21

Pretty much the g of james town

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John smith

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A man who was a jack of all trades and came to check on the colonists to find them living in the 7th heaventh of hell and also known for marrying pocahontas.

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John rolfe

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This woman was known for saving john rofle and marrying him.

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Pocahantas

Question 24

this plant was originally monopolized by the Spanish but john rolfe stole some and brought it to James town where the soil made it sweet and they mad BIG BUX.

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Tobbaco

Question 24

When cornwallis was running from george washington and the french he hunkered at a peninula facing new york. But 3 generals named George washington, cumte de grasse, cumte de rochambeau

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Battle of new york

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Guerilla Warfare

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A new strategy of fighting employed by george washington where he shot and ran.

Question 26

This man was known for betraying the american continental army and launching an attack on them.

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Benedict Arnold

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Mercantilism

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The british used this when the british east india would buy tea from india and sell it to merchants who would sell to general population.

Question 28

Boston

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Boston is in massachusets and is a very important place during the american revolution.

Question 29

This man created the place where the mayflower compact was practiced and he created the province of pensylvania.

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William penn

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Quakers

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A religious group who were called quakers because when they practiced their religion they quaked.

Question 30

years of tension between colonists and the king

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Boston campaign

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These people owed the king money, because they owed the king money they were thrown in jail. But in jail they couldn´t pay their debt so if they didn´t have family they would be trapped in prison for life.

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Debtors

Question 32

This man said to the king that he would take his debtors and bring them to Georgia where he would put them to work cutting wood and they could pay their debt.

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James oglethorp

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this man was the progne of the man who gave James oglethorp Georgia, but because the inheriter of Georgia didn´t know King George lll he didn´t want to pay taxes to this king which caused tension.

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King George lll

Question 34

When Daniel boone and john finely crossed the appalacian mountains they found the french catching beavers. This led to a full blown war.

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French and Indian war

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this landmark blocked the french and british from eachother.

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The Appalachian mountains

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King said that colonists owned the beaver place.

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proclamation of 1763

Question 37

These people protested against the king and were patriots

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Sons/daughters of america

Question 38

Lawyer who during the Boston massacre defended the British soldiers.

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Sam Adams

Question 39

this person was a founding father, went to harvard, and generally helped in the fight for freedom.

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John adams

Question 40

A massacre that happened in confusion and turmoil between the colonists and British.

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Boston massacre

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Boston Tea Party

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This happened after the boston massacre where the colonists threw tea overboard a british east india company ship because the british would not stop bringing tea.

Question 42

Valley Forge

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Happened because brits were occupying philidelphia, you know this one.

Question 43

Stamp Act

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An act where all bought goods had to be stamped and these stamps could be bought from british officials.w

Question 44

Townshend Act

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taxed glass, led, paint, paper and most importantly of all. TEA.

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Tea Act

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lowered taxes on british east indias tea, so that colonists would buy tea.

Question 45

Intolerable Acts

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passed in response to the boston tea party, this made it to where. Got rid of self governence in massachussets, ultimitely this brought the colonies closer together than ever before.w

Question 46

First Continental Congress

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passed in response after the Boston tea party. They talked about how to repeal intolerable acts but ultimately did not gain independence.

Question 47

2nd Continental Congress

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Created a actual government and importantly created teh continental army

Question 47

Declaration of Independence

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it was made to say fuck you stupid ahh bitch to the king and as a kicker all the delegates of the colonies wrote their names real big as a big fat middle finger to the king.

Question 48

Repeal

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To take back a law

Question 49

Olive Branch Petition

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A proposition of john Dickinson in the second continental congress that asked the British one last time to just give them independence.

Question 50

Militia

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the militias across the colonies were replaced with the continental army.

Question 50

Daniel Morgan

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while the British were marching towards new york in order to take over, morgan and his men completely destroyed the brits from the trees with their long barrels.

Question 50

Continental Dollar

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created during the second continental congress to give the soldiers a reason to fight.

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Minutemen

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These were the militia who fought for Massachusetts.

Question 51

Small Pox

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Small pox was notable during valley forge as it ripped through the people.

Question 52

Battle of Lexington/Concord

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The first shots fired between the colonies and british, colonists stalled the british so they couldn´t take their weapons.

Question 52

George Washington

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General of the continental army.

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Friedrich von Steuben

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Prussian homosexual who was banished for being homosexual, trained the american soldiers during 1777-78 in valley forge.

Question 53

Battle of Bunker Hill

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Happened when General presscott shot at a bei company tea ship and was on a hill so british couldn´t get to them, cornwallis tried to get up the hill. Sadly Prescott loss because of a lack of men.

Question 54

Battle of Trenton

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When George washington was chased out of Manhattan he ran across the deleware river and hunkered down, he then needed a decisive victory. And so he decided that he would attack hessians at trenton and he completely killed them. This also caused the battle of princeton. He also tricked british soldiers and ran back to new york.

Question 55

Battle of Princeton

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Happened when Washington accidently found british soldiers so he fought them and beat them. Happened after battle of trenton. Also battle of yorktown was after.

Question 56

Battle of Yorktown

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When George washington was chasing cornwallis around after he ambushed him while he was camping out at trenton. he then chased him back to the british´s main port where they made a blockade with cumte de grasse and cumte de rochambeau

Question 57

Committee of Five

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the five people who wrote the decleration of independence

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The Crisis

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book wroten by thomas paine because george washington and him were pen pals and washington always said that soldiers were complaining so paine decided to write this book about how sun shine soldiers were cowards.

Question 58

Common Sense

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Ben Franklin

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statesman, author, publisher, scientist, inventor and diplomat.

Question 59

Sugar Act

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Taxed sugar and mollases

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Deborah Sampson

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became a hero of the American Revolution when she disguised herself as a man and joined the Patriot forces.

Question 60

Currency Act

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prohibited the printing and issuance of paper money by Colonial legislatures.

Question 60

Patrick Henry

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He later served as Governor of Virginia and as a member of the First Continental Congress. Henry is probably best known for his famous declaration, "give me liberty or give me death," made during a speech before the Virginia Convention in 1775. Henry was born in Hanover County, Virginia on May 29, 1736.

Question 61

Hessians

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German soldiers who fought for the British because they were mercenaries and were getting payed big bux.

Question 62

Treaty of Paris

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A meeting between colonists and british delegates where they decided to give independence to the colonists.

Question 63

Tar and Feathering

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Were smeared onto stamp sellers, this was supposed to show how contemptible it was to sell stamps. Although they were being payed very well the stamp sellers still left.

Question 64

Ethics and Economics of slavery Zurara