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Week 12 Review Flashcards

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Two bodies of Congress:

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House of Representatives and the Senate

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Riders sent to warn Charlestownand Lexinton of the coming British army:

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Paul Revere and William Dawes

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First European to reach India by sea:

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Vasco da Gama

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War between France and England in America:

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the French and Indian War

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Battles of Lexington and Concord

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April 19, 1775

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Oldest city in the mainland of the United States:

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St. Augustine, Florida

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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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Date of the Declaration of Independence

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July 4, 1776

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Volunteer soldiers ready at a moment’s notice:

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minutemen

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10
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Father of the Declaration of Independence

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Thomas Jefferson

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

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Nathan Hale

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12
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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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13
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Law-making branch:

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Legislative

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Date of the Second Treaty of Paris:

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September 3, 1783

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15
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The original inhabitants of this continent:

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Native Americans

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16
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Commander-in-chief of the Continental Army:

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George Washington

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17
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Law-interpreting branch:

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Judicial

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18
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Second Continental Congress date:

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May 1775

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19
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Revolt that demonstrated the need for a stronger central government:

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Shays’ Rebellion

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20
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Puritans that left the Anglican Chruch altogether:

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Separatists

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21
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Three branches of the Amercian government established by the Constitution:

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Legislative, Executive, Judicial

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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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23
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Date of the Constitution:

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March 4, 1789

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24
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French nobleman who served in the American army:

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Marquis de Lafayette

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25
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Event during which Washington surprised and captured the Hessians:

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crossing of the Delaware

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

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the Navigation Act

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27
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Framework for the government of the United States:

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the Constitution

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28
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Land granted to William Penn:

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Pennsylvania

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29
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Event during which Americans dressed as natives and dumped tea in the harbor:

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Boston Tea Party

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30
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First lasting English colony:

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Jamestown

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31
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Borderline seperating Pennsylvania and Maryland:

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Mason-Dixon Line

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32
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“Don’t fire until you see the whites of their eyes!”

Who said it?

A

General William Prescott

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33
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War between France and England in Europe:

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the Seven Years’ War

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34
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Document that established a central government for the United States:

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the Articles of Confederation

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35
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Law-enforcing branch:

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Executive

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36
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King of Portugal who suggested dit was possible to sail around Africa:

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Henry the Navigator

37
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Head of the colony in Jamestown:

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Captian John Smith

38
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Who establised the first English colony in America

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Sir Walter Raleigh

39
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Event in Boston during which British soldiers opened fire on unarmed colonists:

A

Boston Massacre

40
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Father of the Constitution:

A

James Madison

41
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First English colony in America, which disappeared:

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Roanoke

42
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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

43
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First English sailor to circle the globe:

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Sir Fancis Drake

44
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First president of the United States:

A

George Washington

45
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R. W. Emerson describes the first battle as:

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“the shot heard round the world”

46
Q

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

What was the occasion?

A

Battle of Bunker HIll

47
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Head of the law-making branch:

A

Congresss

48
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“That man has an ax to grind.”

A

Benjamin Franklin

49
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Head of the law-enforcing branch:

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President

50
Q

Financed Columbus’s first voyage:

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King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain

51
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English Sailor who discovered Cape Cod:

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John Cabot

52
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First Chief Justice of the Supreme Court:

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John Jay

53
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Englishmen who desired a plainer and purer religion:

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Puritans

54
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Date of Boston Tea Party:

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1773

55
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Final battle of the Revolutionary War:

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Yorktown

56
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Head of the law-interpreting branch:

A

Supreme Court

57
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General at Bunker HIll:

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William Prescott

58
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General who captured Quebec:

A

James Wolfe

59
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Leader of the first expedition to circle the globe:

A

Ferdinand Magellan

60
Q

Columbus Discoverd America in:

A

1492

61
Q

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
62
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The agreement that established a form of government for the pilgrims:

A

Mayflower Compact

63
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French sailor who discoverd the St. Lawrence River:

A

Jacques Cartier

64
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The Viking credited as the first European to visit North America in 1000 A.D.:

A

Lief Ericson

65
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French and Indian War dates:

A

1754-1763

66
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President of Congress that accepted the Declaration:

A

John Hancock

67
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Native Americans who aided the Pilgrims:

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Samoset and Squanto

68
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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
69
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Chief frustration of American colonists:

A

taxation without representation

70
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First time delegates from all the colonies met to discuss the rights of American colonists:

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First Continental Congress

71
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Head of the Supreme Court:

A

Chief Justice

72
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Revolutionary battle lost by Americans but considered a victory:

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Battle of Bunker Hill

73
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“I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.”

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Nathan Hale

74
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First Continental Congress Date:

A

September 1774

75
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Explorer after whom our continent is named:

A

Amerigo Vespucci

76
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Date of Boston Massacre:

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1770

77
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“I have not yet begun to fight.”

What was the occasion?

A

naval battle with British

78
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British general forced to surrender at Yorktown:

A

Cornwallis

79
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Separatists that sailed to the new land:

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Pilgrims

80
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Traitor who plotted to give up the fort at West Point:

A

Benedict Arnold

81
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European credited with the discovery of America:

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Christopher Columbus

82
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First battles of the Revolutionary War:

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Lexington and Concord

83
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Battle that was the turning point for the Revolutionary War:

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Saratoga

84
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First form of representative government in America, established in Virginia:

A

The House of Burgesses

85
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Document that signified the official end of the Revolutionary War:

A

Second Treaty of Paris

86
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“I know not what course others may take; but as for me, give me liberty or give me death.”

A

Patrick Henry

87
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Protector of Engalnd who established the Navigation Act:

A

Oliver Cromwell

88
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“I have not yet begun to fight.”

Who said it?

A

John Paul Jones

Memoria Press 200 Questions about American History (75 decks)

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