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1
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_________ made a land grant to proprietors

A

King

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2
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was a Spanish explorer who conquered the Aztecs

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Hernando Cortes

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3
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What colony founded as a safe haven for the Quakers

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Pennsylvania

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4
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Who made the first Spanish landing on the mainland of North America

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Juan Ponce de Leon

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5
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What act established a town school system

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Old Deluder Satan Act

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6
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Who led the Spanish expedition that discovered the Pacific Ocean

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Vasco de Balboa

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7
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_________ is the Father of New France

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Samuel de Champlain

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8
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Who discovered the grand canyon

A

Francisco Coronado

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9
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Who discovered the Mississippi River

A

Hernando de Soto

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10
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The movable type printing press was invented in what year

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1440

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11
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_______ Columbus sailed the ocean blue

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1492

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12
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In ________ the English defeated the Spanish armada

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1588

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13
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What year did the pilgrims landed it Cape Cod

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1620

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14
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What year was Harvard founded

A

1636

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15
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What colony was founded as a haven for Catholics

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Maryland

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16
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What precedent that Jamestown set with the house of Burgesses

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Representative government

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17
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What revived interest in trade with the East

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Crusades

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18
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Who was the first English man to sail around the world

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Sir Francis Drake

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19
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What set a precedent for a voluntary Union of the colonies

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New England Confederation

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20
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______ wrote History of Plymouth Plantation

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William Bradford

21
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Who was the first governor of Plymouth

A

John Carver

22
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who was remembered as the “Apostle to the Indians”

A

John Eliot

23
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Who worked among the Wampanoags on Martha’s vineyard

A

Thomas Mayhew

24
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Who founded the colony of Rhode Island

A

Robert Williams

25
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______ The first governor of Plymouth Bay

A

John Winthrop

26
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_______ was intended as settlement for prisoners

A

Georgia

27
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Who posted the ninety five theses, sparking the protestant

A

Martin Luther

28
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What was the first permanent European settlement in the US

A

St. Augustine

29
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What city was known as the “city of brotherly love”

A

Philadelphia

30
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Who discovered the St. Lawrence River

A

Jacques Cartier

31
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Who founded Pennsylvania and Delaware

A

William Penn

32
Q

________ is the renamed new Netherlands

A

New York

33
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Who founded the settlement of Hartford

A

Thomas Hooker

34
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what country did the Ques Marquette and Louis Jolliet explored the central Mississippi river for

A

France

35
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what was an indication that the colonists expected the government protection

A

Bacon’s Revolution

36
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Who was an Italian merchant that spent time in service of Kublai Khan

A

Marco Polo

37
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what English-speaking Indians lived in Plymouth and acted as a guide and interpreter, and taught the pilgrims how to hunt and fish

A

Squanto

38
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Who invented the movable type printing press

A

Johann Gutenberg

39
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what country sponsored Christopher Columbus‘s expedition to find an alternative route to Asia

A

Spain

40
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what ship carried the pilgrims to the New World

A

mayflower

41
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Who was the first to realize that Columbus discover the New World

A

Amerigo Vespucci

42
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What was the first permanent French settlement in the New World

A

Quebec

43
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what was the first permanent English settlement in the New World

A

Jamestown

44
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what document helped prepare England for limited government

A

Magna Carta

45
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what was the one reason new France was not heavily populated

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many colonists were hunters and traders who did not establish permanent homes in new France 

46
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what precedents did Rhode Island and Connecticut set for the future US

A

Rhode Island establishment of religious freedom and Connecticut example of representative government

47
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what Puritan heritage laid the groundwork for a prosperous economy in the US

A

The Puritans belief of a work ethic that promoted man’s ability to work diligently for God

48
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what officially began the English reformation

A

Henry VIII’s break with the Roman Church

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