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1
Q

Name the three G’s of exploration

A

Gold, Glory, and God

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2
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The first successful permanent English settlement in the New World?

A

Jamestown

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3
Q

What country had best relationship with the Native Americans?

A

The French

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4
Q

John Locke said that all people were born with the right to….

A

Life, Liberty, and Happiness

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5
Q

How many people died at the Boston Massacre?

A

5

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6
Q

Who was the lawyer for the British soldiers involved with the Boston Massacre?

A

John Adams

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7
Q

The Proclamation of 1763 was intended to to prevent colonists from crossing…

A

The Appalachian Mountain

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8
Q

He fought in the French and Indian War for the British and gained valuable leadership skills which would help him later in life.

A

George Washington

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9
Q

The Stamp Act placed taxes on…

A

Stamps, Contacts, Playing Cards, Legal Documents

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10
Q

Name of resistance group who opposed the British in Boston.

A

Sons of Liberty

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11
Q

Leader of Boston resistance group.

A

Samuel Adams

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12
Q

Major protest organized by the Sons of Liberty.

A

Boston Tea Party

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13
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The Intolerable Acts were a British reaction to what colonial event?

A

Boston Tea Party

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14
Q

Where were the first shots (in combat) of the Revolutionary War fired?

A

Lexington and Concord

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15
Q

Where did the British surrender at the end of the Revolutionary War?

A

Yorktown

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16
Q

Leader of the British forces during the Revolutionary War.

A

Cornwallis

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17
Q

Leader of the Colonial forces during the Revolutionary War

A

Washington

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18
Q

Cash crop that made the south boom during the colonial period

A

Tobacco

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19
Q

What country helped the colonist defeat the British in the Revolutionary War

A

France

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20
Q

People who wanted to remain under British rule in the colonies.

A

Loyalist

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21
Q

People who wanted to break away from the British crown.

A

Patriots

22
Q

Who drafted the Declaration of Indp.

A

Jefferson

23
Q

What state supported representation based on population at the Constitution Convention

A

Virginia

24
Q

Describe the Quartering Act

A

Forced colonists to accept British soldiers into their homes

25
Q

Came to the new world looking for furs

A

France

26
Q

Came to new world looking for gold/riches

A

Spain

27
Q

Country that established the Jamestown Colony

A

England

28
Q

Colony of Quakers

A

Pennsylvania

29
Q

Home of people released from debtors prison and acted as a buffer from Spanish territories

A

Georgia

30
Q

Colony established by Catholics but tolerated others

A

Maryland

31
Q

The Colonial Army spent a brutal winter here

A

Valley Forge

32
Q

Washington Crossed the Delaware to attack here

A

Trenton

33
Q

Turning Point of the Revolutionary War

A

Saratoga

34
Q

Name weakness of the Articles of Confederation

A

No Army, No way to tax, No executive or judicial branch, No national money system

35
Q

What was the Middle Passage?

A

The ocean journey that transported slaves from Africa to the Americas

36
Q

Which city had a series of Witch Trials in 1692?

A

Salem

37
Q

What is a bicameral legislature?

A

A legislature with two houses

38
Q

This document represents the first attempt at self-government in the colonies.

A

The Articles of Confederation

39
Q

Founding father
who was the
lawyer of for the
Boston Massacre
soldiers

A

John Adams

40
Q

Nickname for
British soldiers
due to their
uniform color

A

Red Coats

41
Q

One of the Boston
Massacre victims
that has locations
named after him in
Carbondale

A

Cripus Attucks

42
Q

Largest source
of debate at the
Constitutional
Convention

A

How to determine
the number of reps
a state gets in the
legislative branch

43
Q

Known as
the small
state plan

A

New Jersey Plan

44
Q

Known as
the large
state plan

A

Virginia Plan

45
Q

Compromise that
settled the issue of
how many reps a
state would have in
Congress

A

Connecticut
Compromise

46
Q

Compromise that
settled how slaves
would be counted
towards a state’s
population

A

3/5 Compromise

47
Q

Where was the
Constitutional
Convention
held

A

Philadelphia

48
Q

Who was the
main author of
the Federalist
Papers

A

Alexander Hamilton

49
Q

Name for
people who
opposed
ratification

A

Anti-Federalists

50
Q

What did many
feel was lacking
in the new US
Constitution

A

Bill of Rights

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