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President of Congress that accepted the Declaration:

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John Hancock

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French sailor who discoverd the St. Lawrence River:

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Jacques Cartier

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King of Portugal who suggested dit was possible to sail around Africa:

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Henry the Navigator

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4
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“Don’t fire until you see the whites of their eyes!”

Who said it?

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General William Prescott

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5
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Date of Boston Massacre:

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1770

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6
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Columbus Discoverd America in:

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1492

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7
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“That man has an ax to grind.”

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Benjamin Franklin

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Document that signified the end of the French and Indian War:

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the Treaty of Paris

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9
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Puritans that left the Anglican Chruch altogether:

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Separatists

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10
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French nobleman who served int he American army:

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Marquis de Lafayette

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11
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Second Continental Congress:

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May 1775

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12
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First battles of the Revolutionary War:

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Lexington and Concord

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Final battle of the Revolutionary War:

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Yorktown

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Land purchased by the Dutch man Minuit for about twenty-four dollars’ worth of trinkets:

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Manhattan Island

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Short civil war in Virginia during which Jamestown was seized:

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Bacon’s Rebellion

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War between France and England in Europe:

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the Seven Years’ War

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17
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Leader of the first expedition to circle the globe:

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Ferdinand Magellan

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18
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“I have not yet begun to fight.”

Who said it?

A

John Paul Jones

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19
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First English sailor to circle the globe:

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Sir Fancis Drake

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20
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Even in Boston during which British soldiers opened fire on unarmed colonists:

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Boston Massacre

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21
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The Viking credited as the first European to visit North America in 1000 A.D.:

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Lief Ericson

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22
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Commander-in-chief of the Continental Army:

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George Washington

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“I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death.”

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Patrick Henry

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24
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Land granted to William Penn:

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Pennsylvania

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25
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First European to reach India by sea:

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Vasco da Gama

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26
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First English colony in America, which disappeared:

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Roanoke

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27
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American naval officer who did great damage to the British navy during hte Revolutionary War:

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John Paul Jones

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28
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Native Americans who aided the Pilgrims:

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Samoset and Squanto

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The agreement that establihsed a form of government for the pilgrims:

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Mayflower Compact

30
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Who establised the colony?

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Sir Walter Raleigh

31
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Oldest city in the mainland of the United States:

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St. Augustine, Florida

32
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Event during which Americans dressed as natives and dumped tea in the harbor:

A

Boston Tea Party

33
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“I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.”

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Nathan Hale

34
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Separatists that sailed to the new land:

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Pilgrims

35
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Englishmen who desired a plainer and purer religion:

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Puritans

36
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Chief frustration of American colonists:

A

taxation without representation

37
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Revolutionary battle lost by Americans but considered a victory:

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Battle of Bunker Hill

38
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Name the thirteen original colonies:

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  1. Virginia
  2. Massachusetts
  3. New Hampshire
  4. New York
  5. Maryland
  6. Connecticut
  7. Rhode Island
  8. North Carolina
  9. South Carolina
  10. New Jersey
  11. Pennsylvania
  12. Delaware
  13. Georgia
39
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Battles of Lexinton and Concord

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April 19, 1775

40
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First time delegates from all the colonies met to discuss the rights of American colonists:

A

First Continental Congress

41
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English Sailor who discovered Cape Cod:

A

John Cabot

42
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Explorer after whom our continent is named:

A

Amerigo Vespucci

43
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Head of the colony in Jamestown:

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Captian John Smith

44
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Law that forbade colonists from building boats and required all goods to be carried on English ships:

A

the Navigation Act

45
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First Continental Congress:

A

September 1774

46
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Date of Boston Tea Party:

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1773

47
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Date of the Declaration of Independence

A

July 4, 1776

48
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Protectore of Engalnd who established the Navigation Act:

A

Oliver Cromwell

49
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Traitor who plotted to give up the fort at West Point:

A

Benedict Arnold

50
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Financed Columbus’s first voyage:

A

King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain

51
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Volunteer soldiers ready at a moment’s notice:

A

minutemen

52
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French and Indian War dates:

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1754-1763

53
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Battle that was the turning point for the Revolutionary War:

A

Saratoga

54
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“Don’t fire until you see the whites of their eyes!”

What was the occasion?

A

Battle of Bunker HIll

55
Q

R. W. Emerson describes the first battle as:

A

“the shot heard round the world”

56
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Document that signified the official end of the Revolutionary War:

A

Second Treaty of Paris

57
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Borderline seperating Pennsylvania and Maryland:

A

Mason-Dixon Line

58
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Father of the Declaration of Independence

A

Thomas Jefferson

59
Q

“I have not yet begun to fight.”

What was the occasion?

A

naval battle with British

60
Q

Date of the Second Treaty of Paris:

A

September 3, 1783

61
Q

European credited with the discovery of America:

A

Christopher Columbus

62
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Five causes of the Revolutionary War:

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  1. trade and navigation laws
  2. stamp act
  3. Townshend Acts
  4. Boston Massacre
  5. the Five Intolerable Acts
63
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Riders sent to warn Charlestownand Lexinton of the coming British army:

A

Paul Revere and William Dawes

64
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First lasting English colony:

A

Jamestown

65
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General who captured Quebec:

A

James Wolfe

66
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The young American patriot who was hanged as a spy by the British:

A

Nathan Hale

67
Q

War between France and England in America:

A

the French and Indian War

68
Q

The original inhabitants of this continent:

A

Native Americans

69
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Event during which Washington surprised and captured the Hessians:

A

crossing of the Delaware

70
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British general forced to surrender at Yorktown:

A

Cornwallis

71
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First form of representative government in America, established in Virginia:

A

The House of Burgesses

72
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General at Bunker HIll:

A

William Prescott

200 Questions about American History with Mrs. Downie (75 decks)

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