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the best-known missionary to the Indians

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David Brainerd

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he led the Green Mountain boys in the capture of Ft. Ticonderoga

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Ethan Allen

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the first secretary of state in the U.S.

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Thomas Jefferson

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wrote the famous pamphlet “Common Sense”

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Thomas Paine

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type of government established by the Articles of Confederation

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confederacy

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the branch of government that interprets the laws

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judicial branch

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the colony that set a precedent of religious freedom

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Rhode Island

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the English monarch who broke with the Roman Catholic Church, beginning the English Reformation

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Henry VIII

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established the first town school system in America

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Old Deluder Satan Act

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the treaty that settled a border dispute with Spain

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Pinckney Treaty

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the year Columbus discovered the New World

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1492

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the year the Protestant Reformation began

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1517

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the year the British defeated the Spanish Armada

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1588

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the year the Declaration of Independence was adopted

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1776

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he year the Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution

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1791

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the year of the founding of Jamestown

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1607

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the year Harvard was founded

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1636

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the year the French and Indian War ended

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1763

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the year of the first shot of the War for Independence

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1775

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The year the Treaty of Paris was signed

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1783

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city of brotherly love

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Philadelphia

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the first capital of the United States under the Constitution

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New York City

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first permanent European settlement

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St. Augustine

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this colony established the House of Burgesses

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Jamestown

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first permanent French settlement

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Quebec

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the type of government the United States was founded as

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federal republic

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he preached “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”

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Jonathan Edwards

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colony founded as a haven for Quakers

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Pennsylvania

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the colonies known as the “bread colonies”

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middle colonies

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this even revived interest in trade with the East

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Crusades

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helped introduce the smallpox vaccine

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Cotton Mather

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the group that stood for a loose construction of the Constitution

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Federalists

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prepared England for limited government

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Magna Carta

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England victory in this war established English tradition and liberty in North America

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French and Indian War

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the reason for the colonies’ successful economy

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agricultural system

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the “shot heard ‘round the world” happened here

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Lexington

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the turning point in the War for Independence

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Saratoga

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where the Continental Army spend the winter of 1777-1778

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Valley Forge

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the first major battle of the War for Independence

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Bunker Hill

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the patriot victory that ended the War for Independence

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Yorktown

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the place where Washington captured Hessians on Christmas night

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Trenton

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why the free enterprise system is a better economic system than the common-store system

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the common-store system promotes dependability; the free-enterprise system promotes responsibility

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how the Great Awakening affected American History

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prepared the hearts of the colonists for religious and political freedom

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why the colonists fought the War for Independence

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they realized that their political and religious freedoms were under attack

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how the Constitution tried to guard against man’s sinful nature

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called for three branches of government with separate but equal powers, providing a check and balance

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the purpose of government according to the Constitution

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protect the life and property of the people

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wrote “Of Plymouth Plantation”

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William Bradford

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the French aide to George Washington

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Marquis de Lafayette

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first governor of the Plymouth colony

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John Carver

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discovered the Pacific Ocean

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Vasco de Balboa

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founded the Philadelphia Academy

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Benjamin Franklin

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founded Bethlehem, Pennsylvania

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Count von Zinzendorf

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first secretary of the treasury

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Alexander Hamilton

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discovered the Mississippi River

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Hernando de Soto

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levied a tax on all legal documents in the colonies

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Stamp Act

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the American traitor who helped the British during the War for Independence

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Benedict Arnold

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published “Poor Richard’s Almanac”

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Benjamin Franklin

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the President’s advisers

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Cabinet

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type of colonies under direct authority of the king

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royal colonies

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the first ten amendments to the Constitution

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Bill of Rights

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famous naval hero that shouted, “I have not yet begun to fight”

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John Paul Jones

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the most widely read textbook in colonial America

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New England Primer

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combined the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan

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Connecticut Compromise

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incident in Virginia which indicated that the colonists expected the government’s protection

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Bacon’s Rebellion

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