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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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Second Continental Congress date:

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May 1775

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Who establised the first English colony in America?

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Sir Walter Raleigh

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Governor of the Indiana Territory who defeated the feared Native chief:

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William Henry Harrison

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Head of the law-enforcing branch:

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President

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Head of the law-interpreting branch:

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Supreme Court

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First Continental Congress date:

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September 1774

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

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Boston Massacre

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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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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
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13
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Document that signified the official end of the Revolutionary War:

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Second Treaty of Paris

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General who captured Quebec:

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James Wolfe

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Men hired by Jefferson to explore the new territory:

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Meriwether Lewis and William Clark

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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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Protector of Engalnd who established the Navigation Act:

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Oliver Cromwell

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

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Nathan Hale

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Revolt that demonstrated the need for a stronger central government:

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Shays’ Rebellion

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English Sailor who discovered Cape Cod:

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John Cabot

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Land purchased by Jefferson from Emperor Napoleon:

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Louisiana Purchase

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War between France and England in America:

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the French and Indian War

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24
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“I have not yet begun to fight.”

What was the occasion?

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naval battle with British

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25
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First battles of the Revolutionary War:

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Lexington and Concord

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26
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Commander-in-chief of the Continental Army:

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George Washington

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Date of the Declaration of Independence

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July 4, 1776

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28
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Explorer after whom our continent is named:

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Amerigo Vespucci

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29
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Father of the Constitution:

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James Madison

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30
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Chief frustration of American colonists:

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taxation without representation

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31
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Law-enforcing branch:

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Executive

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32
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Leader of the first expedition to circle the globe:

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Ferdinand Magellan

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33
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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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34
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“To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.”

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George Washington

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35
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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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36
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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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37
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Battle that was the turning point for the Revolutionary War:

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Saratoga

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38
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Date of the Louisiana Purchase

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1803

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39
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French nobleman who served in the American army:

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Marquis de Lafayette

40
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Law-interpreting branch:

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Judicial

41
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Framework for the government of the United States:

A

the Constitution

42
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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

43
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Land purchased by the Dutch man Minuit for about twenty-four dollars’ worth of trinkets:

A

Manhattan Island

44
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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
45
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Native Americans who aided the Pilgrims:

A

Samoset and Squanto

46
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Battles of Lexington and Concord

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April 19, 1775

47
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King of Portugal who suggested dit was possible to sail around Africa:

A

Henry the Navigator

48
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Head of the colony in Jamestown:

A

Captian John Smith

49
Q

Event during which Washington surprised and captured the Hessians:

A

crossing of the Delaware

50
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Separatists that sailed to the new land:

A

Pilgrims

51
Q

United States national motto and meaning:

A

E pluribus unum- One out of many

52
Q

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

What was the occasion?

A

Battle of Bunker HIll

53
Q

First European to reach India by sea:

A

Vasco da Gama

54
Q

European credited with the discovery of America:

A

Christopher Columbus

55
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First English colony in America, which disappeared:

A

Roanoke

56
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French sailor who discoverd the St. Lawrence River:

A

Jacques Cartier

57
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Final battle of the Revolutionary War:

A

Yorktown

58
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Traitor who plotted to give up the fort at West Point:

A

Benedict Arnold

59
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Puritans that left the Anglican Chruch altogether:

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Separatists

60
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Land granted to William Penn:

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Pennsylvania

61
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Oldest city in the mainland of the United States:

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St. Augustine, Florida

62
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Date of the Constitution:

A

March 4, 1789

63
Q

President of Congress that accepted the Declaration:

A

John Hancock

64
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Inventor of the cotton gin:

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Eli Whitney

65
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Volunteer soldiers ready at a moment’s notice:

A

minutemen

66
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Head of the Supreme Court:

A

Chief Justice

67
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American naval officer who did great damage to the British navy during hte Revolutionary War:

A

John Paul Jones

68
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General at Bunker HIll:

A

William Prescott

69
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Revolutionary battle lost by Americans but considered a victory:

A

Battle of Bunker Hill

70
Q

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

A

The House of Burgesses

71
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Date of Boston Massacre:

A

1770

72
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French and Indian War dates:

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1754-1763

73
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The original inhabitants of this continent:

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Native Americans

74
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R. W. Emerson describes the first battle as:

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“the shot heard round the world”

75
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First Chief Justice of the Supreme Court:

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John Jay

76
Q

“That man has an ax to grind.”

A

Benjamin Franklin

77
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Inventor of the first steamboat:

A

Robert Fulton

78
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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

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

A

First Continental Congress

80
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Two bodies of Congress:

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House of Representatives and the Senate

81
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First lasting English colony:

A

Jamestown

82
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British general forced to surrender at Yorktown:

A

Cornwallis

83
Q

“I have not yet begun to fight.”

Who said it?

A

John Paul Jones

84
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Financed Columbus’s first voyage:

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King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain

85
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Borderline seperating Pennsylvania and Maryland:

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Mason-Dixon Line

86
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First president of the United States:

A

George Washington

87
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War between France and England in Europe:

A

the Seven Years’ War

88
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The young American patriot who was hanged as a spy by the British:

A

Nathan Hale

89
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Father of the Declaration of Independence

A

Thomas Jefferson

90
Q

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

Who said it?

A

General William Prescott

91
Q

Head of the law-making branch:

A

Congresss

92
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Native chief who led war against settlers in the Indiana Territory:

A

Tecumseh

93
Q

Columbus Discoverd America in:

A

1492

94
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Englishmen who desired a plainer and purer religion:

A

Puritans

95
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First English sailor to circle the globe:

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Sir Fancis Drake

96
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Date of Boston Tea Party:

A

1773

97
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The agreement that established a form of government for the pilgrims:

A

Mayflower Compact

Memoria Press 200 Questions about American History (75 decks)

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