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1
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who were the first Europeans to reach the American continent?

A

the Vikings

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2
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who was the first explorer to land there?

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Leif Ericson

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3
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Columbus sighted land in the Americas in what year?

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1492

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4
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what country financed Christopher Columbus’s journey?

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Spain

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5
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what was the name of their king and queen?

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king Ferdinand and queen Isabella

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6
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why did they want to send Columbus there?

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gold, power, and to spread Christianity

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7
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what was the name of the boat he sailed to the new world?

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Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria

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8
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Christopher Columbus was born in?

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Italy

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9
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what was Christopher Columbus looking for when he set sail across the ocean?

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a route to Asia

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10
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why did he call the people he met there “Indians”?

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because he thought that he was in India

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11
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what made it impossible to get to Asia by land from Europe?

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the route was very long and tiring, also encounters with Vikings

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12
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How was this problem ultimately solved?

A

Portugal took the sea

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13
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what other European nations then decided to explore this new territory? Name 3

A
  1. England
  2. Italy
  3. Germany
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14
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which 1 colonized it the most?

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England

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15
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Name 3 good reasons for wanting to take a voyage to the new world?

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a. resources
b. adventure
c. materials

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16
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what was the first British successful settlement in the new world?

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Jamestown

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17
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who led it?

A

John Smith

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18
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after several decades had past, why did the colonists of this time period feel less closely related to the British mother country?

A

they have never been to England

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19
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what had certain colonies began that made them feel less inclined to simply obey British command?

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self-gover

20
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what was the French-Indian war over?

A

Land

21
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why was it called French Indian war?

A

the French colonies wanted to go South and the British colonies wanted to go West

22
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who won?

A

Britain wins

23
Q

who was chosen to lead the colonial army in the French Indian war?

A

George Washington

24
Q

How did the colonists feel about the French Indian war?

A

Proud

25
Q

How did the British Government feel about it?

A

Not happy because they have debt

26
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what problem di England have after the French Indian war?

A

Debt

27
Q

Who borrowed the money?

A

William Pitt

28
Q

what did they decide to do about it?

A

Tax the colonists

29
Q

How did the Americans respond?

A

They boycotted

30
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what did the Declaratory Act do?

A

It asserted the authority of Parliament to make laws binding the colonies in all cases whatsoever

31
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American leaders argued that their only legal relations were with whom?

A

The crown

32
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What was the Americans main grievance with the new situation?

A

That the English Parliament had no more right to pass laws for the colonies than any colonial legislature had the right to pass laws for England.

33
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What is common sense and who wrote it?

A

Thomas Paine

34
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What happened at the Boston massacre?

A

The British started firing.

35
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Who was the first person to die in the name of American independence?

A

Crispus Attucks

36
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What were the Townshend acts?

A

A series of British acts of parliament passed during 1767 and 1768 relating to the British colonies in America

37
Q

What was the Boston tea act of 1773

A

Boston tea party, and act of parliament of Great Britain

38
Q

Who did the tea act of 1773 give a monopoly to and how?

A

The British East India Company

39
Q

Who were the sons of liberty? What did they try to do?

A

They were prominent men who organize themselves into the “sons of liberty close quotation marks, they formed secret organizations to protest against the stamp act.

40
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What were Minutemen?

A

Men training in colonies that would be ready within a minutes notice.

41
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What was the first continental Congress? Name four people who were there.

A

It was a meeting of delegates from 12 of the 13 British colonies that became the United States. Four people that were there were Sam Adams, John Sullivan, John Jay, and George Ross.

42
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Describe the Boston tea party that happened on December 16, 1773

A

A band of men disguised as Mohawk Indians dumped 10,000 pounds (currency) tea into the Boston harbor

43
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How did England feel about it?

A

They were disgusted and furious

44
Q

What did they do in response?

A

They acted very strongly, the British pass the intolerable acts.

45
Q

Where was the shot heard round the world and who shot it?

A

It was in the battle of Concorde it is unknown who shot it

46
Q

What was this the beginning of?

A

The revolutionary war

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