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SECTION D: Colonial Period and Independence Flashcards

1
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The colonists came to America for many reasons. Name one.

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  • Freedom
  • Political liberty
  • Religious freedom
  • Economic opportunity
  • Escape persecution
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2
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Who lived in America before the Europeans arrived?

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  • American Indians

* Native Americans

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3
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What group of people was taken and sold as slaves?

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  • Africans

* People from Africa

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4
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What war did the Americans fight to win independence from Britain?

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  • American Revolution
  • The (American) Revolutionary War
  • War for (American) Independence
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Name one reason why the Americans declared independence from Britain.

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  • High taxes
  • Taxation without representation
  • British soldiers stayed in Americans’ houses (boarding, quartering)
  • They did not have self-government
  • Boston Massacre
  • Boston Tea Party (Tea Act)
  • Stamp Act
  • Sugar Act
  • Townshend Acts
  • Intolerable (Coercive) Acts
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Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?

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• (Thomas) Jefferson

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When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?

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• July 4, 1776

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The American Revolution had many important events. Name one.

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  • (Battle of) Bunker Hill
  • Declaration of Independence
  • Washington Crossing the Delaware (Battle of Trenton)
  • (Battle of) Saratoga
  • Valley Forge (Encampment)
  • (Battle of) Yorktown (British surrender at Yorktown)
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There were 13 original states. Name five.

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  • New Hampshire
  • Massachusetts
  • Rhode Island
  • Connecticut
  • New York
  • New Jersey
  • Pennsylvania
  • Delaware
  • Maryland
  • Virginia
  • North Carolina
  • South Carolina
  • Georgia
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10
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What founding document was written in 1787?

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• (U.S.) Constitution

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The Federalist Papers supported the passage of the U.S. Constitution. Name one of the writers.

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  • (James) Madison
  • (Alexander) Hamilton
  • (John) Jay
  • Publius
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Why were the Federalist Papers important?

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  • They helped people understand the (U.S.) Constitution.

* They supported passing the (U.S.) Constitution.

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13
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Benjamin Franklin is famous for many things. Name one.

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  • Founded the first free public libraries
  • First Postmaster General of the United States
  • Helped write the Declaration of Independence
  • Inventor
  • U.S. diplomat
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George Washington is famous for many things. Name one.

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  • “Father of Our Country”
  • First president of the United States
  • General of the Continental Army
  • President of the Constitutional Convention
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Thomas Jefferson is famous for many things. Name one.

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  • Writer of the Declaration of Independence
  • Third president of the United States
  • Doubled the size of the United States (Louisiana Purchase)
  • First Secretary of State
  • Founded the University of Virginia
  • Writer of the Virginia Statute on Religious Freedom
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James Madison is famous for many things. Name one.

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  • “Father of the Constitution”
  • Fourth president of the United States
  • President during the War of 1812
  • One of the writers of the Federalist Papers
17
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Alexander Hamilton is famous for many things. Name one.

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  • First Secretary of the Treasury
  • One of the writers of the Federalist Papers
  • Helped establish the First Bank of the United States
  • Aide to General George Washington
  • Member of the Continental Congress
18
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What territory did the United States buy from France in 1803?

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  • Louisiana Territory

* Louisiana

19
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Name one war fought by the United States in the 1800s.

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  • War of 1812
  • Mexican-American War
  • Civil War
  • Spanish-American War
20
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Name the U.S. war between the North and the South.

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• The Civil War

21
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The Civil War had many important events. Name one.

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  • (Battle of) Fort Sumter
  • Emancipation Proclamation
  • (Battle of) Vicksburg
  • (Battle of) Gettysburg
  • Sherman’s March
  • (Surrender at) Appomattox
  • (Battle of) Antietam/Sharpsburg
  • Lincoln was assassinated.
22
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Abraham Lincoln is famous for many things. Name one.

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  • Freed the slaves (Emancipation Proclamation)
  • Saved (or preserved) the Union
  • Led the United States during the Civil War
  • 16th president of the United States
  • Delivered the Gettysburg Address
23
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What did the Emancipation Proclamation do?

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  • Freed the slaves
  • Freed slaves in the Confederacy
  • Freed slaves in the Confederate states
  • Freed slaves in most Southern states
24
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What U.S. war ended slavery?

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• The Civil War

25
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What amendment gives citizenship to all persons born in the United States?

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• 14th Amendment

26
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When did all men get the right to vote?

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  • After the Civil War
  • During Reconstruction
  • (With the) 15th Amendment
  • 1870
27
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Name one leader of the women’s rights movement in the 1800s.

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  • Susan B. Anthony
  • Elizabeth Cady Stanton
  • Sojourner Truth
  • Harriet Tubman
  • Lucretia Mott
  • Lucy Stone

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