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British general forced to surrender at Yorktown:

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Cornwallis

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Explorer after whom our continent is named:

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Amerigo Vespucci

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French nobleman who served in the American army:

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Marquis de Lafayette

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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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Final battle of the Revolutionary War:

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Yorktown

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Protector of Engalnd who established the Navigation Act:

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Oliver Cromwell

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Date of the Constitution:

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March 4, 1789

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Englishmen who desired a plainer and purer religion:

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Puritans

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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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Date of the Second Treaty of Paris:

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September 3, 1783

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“Don’t give up the ship!”

What was the occasion?

A

naval battle in War of 1812

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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
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Borderline seperating Pennsylvania and Maryland:

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Mason-Dixon Line

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14
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First lasting English colony:

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Jamestown

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First president of the United States:

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George Washington

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Wrote “The Star-Spangled Banner” while held captive on a British ship:

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Francis Scott Key

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French and Indian War dates:

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1754-1763

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Head of the law-interpreting branch:

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Supreme Court

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19
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Date of the First Continental Congress:

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September 1774

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Revolutionary battle lost by Americans but considered a victory:

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Battle of Bunker Hill

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Date of the Louisiana Purchase

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1803

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22
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Date of Boston Massacre:

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1770

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Father of the Declaration of Independence

A

Thomas Jefferson

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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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25
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Those who opposed slavery:

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abolitionists

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26
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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

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27
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First English colony in America, which disappeared:

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Roanoke

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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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European credited with the discovery of America:

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Christopher Columbus

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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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31
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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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32
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Event during which Washington surprised and captured the Hessians:

A

crossing of the Delaware

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33
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Head of the Supreme Court:

A

Chief Justice

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34
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Law-enforcing branch:

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Executive

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35
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Framework for the government of the United States:

A

the Constitution

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36
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English Sailor who discovered Cape Cod:

A

John Cabot

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37
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“To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.”

A

George Washington

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38
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Head of the law-making branch:

A

Congresss

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39
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Head of the colony in Jamestown:

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Captian John Smith

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40
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Wrote the first dictionary in America:

A

Noah Webster

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41
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Battle that was the turning point for the Revolutionary War:

A

Saratoga

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42
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King of Portugal who suggested dit was possible to sail around Africa:

A

Henry the Navigator

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43
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First Chief Justice of the Supreme Court:

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John Jay

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44
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First time delegates from all the colonies met to discuss the rights of American colonists:

A

First Continental Congress

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45
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Treaty of Ghent

A

1814

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46
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Native chief who led war against settlers in the Indiana Territory:

A

Tecumseh

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47
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Who establised the first English colony in America?

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Sir Walter Raleigh

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48
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“I have not yet begun to fight.”

Who said it?

A

John Paul Jones

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49
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American general at the Battle of New Orleans:

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Andrew Jackson

50
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First European to reach India by sea:

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Vasco da Gama

51
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Governor of the Indiana Territory who defeated the feared Native chief:

A

William Henry Harrison

52
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Famous American naval officers who fought in the War of 1812:

A

Captain James Lawrence and Oliver H. Perry

53
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The young American patriot who was hanged as a spy by the British:

A

Nathan Hale

54
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The agreement that established a form of government for the pilgrims:

A

Mayflower Compact

55
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Invention that changed modern agriculture:

A

McCormick Reaper

56
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Separatists that sailed to the new land:

A

Pilgrims

57
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First form of representative government in America, established in Virginia:

A

The House of Burgesses

58
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Volunteer soldiers ready at a moment’s notice:

A

minutemen

59
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War between France and England in Europe:

A

the Seven Years’ War

60
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Short civil war in Virginia during which Jamestown was seized:

A

Bacon’s Rebellion

61
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Oldest city in the mainland of the United States:

A

St. Augustine, Florida

62
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Land purchased by the Dutch man Minuit for about twenty-four dollars’ worth of trinkets:

A

Manhattan Island

63
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Traitor who plotted to give up the fort at West Point:

A

Benedict Arnold

64
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“We have met the enemy and they are ours.”

What was the occasion?

A

naval battle in the war of 1812

65
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War fought to free American trade and earn the respect of other nations:

A

War of 1812

66
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Law-making branch:

A

Legislative

67
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Document that established a central government for the United States:

A

the Articles of Confederation

68
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General who captured Quebec:

A

James Wolfe

69
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Battle fought after the War of 1812 had ended:

A

Battle of New Orleans

70
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War between France and England in America:

A

the French and Indian War

71
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Law-interpreting branch:

A

Judicial

72
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“To the victors belong the spoils.”

Who said it?

A

Andrew Jackson

73
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Revolt that demonstrated the need for a stronger central government:

A

Shays’ Rebellion

74
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Inventor of the first steamboat:

A

Robert Fulton

75
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R. W. Emerson describes the first battle as:

A

“the shot heard round the world”

76
Q

Date of the Second Continental Congress:

A

May 1775

77
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American naval officer who did great damage to the British navy during hte Revolutionary War:

A

John Paul Jones

78
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Columbus Discoverd America in:

A

1492

79
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Document that signified the official end of the Revolutionary War:

A

Second Treaty of Paris

80
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Chief frustration of American colonists:

A

taxation without representation

81
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First battles of the Revolutionary War:

A

Lexington and Concord

82
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Date of the War of 1812:

A

1812-1814

83
Q

“Perhaps so; but I shall have the honor of presiding at that dinner.”

Who said it?

A

Andrew Jackson

84
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Two bodies of Congress:

A

House of Representatives and the Senate

85
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Inventor of the cotton gin:

A

Eli Whitney

86
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Law passed by South Carolina in reaction to Congress’ attempt to place a high tariff on foreign goods:

A

the Nullification Act

87
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Father of the Constitution:

A

James Madison

88
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Date of Boston Tea Party:

A

1773

89
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Document that signified the end of the War of 1812:

A

Treaty of Ghent

90
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Commander-in-chief of the Continental Army:

A

George Washington

91
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Riders sent to warn Charlestownand Lexinton of the coming British army:

A

Paul Revere and William Dawes

92
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Native Americans who aided the Pilgrims:

A

Samoset and Squanto

93
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Leader of the first expedition to circle the globe:

A

Ferdinand Magellan

94
Q

“Don’t give up the ship!”

Who said it?

A

Captain James Lawrence

95
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“Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable.”

A

Daniel Webster

96
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“Perhaps so; but I shall have the honor of presiding at that dinner.”

What was the occasion?

A

Battle of New Orleans, in response to a boast from a British officer that he was going to eat his Christmas dinner in New Orleans.

97
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“We have met the enemy and they are ours.”

Who said it?

A

Oliver Perry

98
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French sailor who discoverd the St. Lawrence River:

A

Jacques Cartier

99
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Foreign policy that forbade European countries from establishing colonies in North or South America and told them not to meddle in American affairs:

A

the Monroe Doctrine

100
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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

101
Q

United States national motto and meaning:

A

E pluribus unum- One out of many

102
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Document that signified the end of the French and Indian War:

A

the Treaty of Paris

103
Q

Date of the Declaration of Independence

A

July 4, 1776

104
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“To the victors belong the spoils.”

What was the occasion?

A

Andrew Jackson had won the election and given offices to all his friends.

105
Q

Puritans that left the Anglican Chruch altogether:

A

Separatists

106
Q

“That man has an ax to grind.”

A

Benjamin Franklin

107
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Battles of Lexington and Concord

A

April 19, 1775

108
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The original inhabitants of this continent:

A

Native Americans

109
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General at Bunker HIll:

A

William Prescott

110
Q

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

Who said it?

A

General William Prescott

111
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Inventor of the telegraph:

A

Samuel Morse

112
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Law that inducted Maine into the Union as a free state and Missouri as a slave state and said no slavery will be allowed in the Louisiana Territory above the 36° 30° parallel:

A

the Missouri Compromise

113
Q

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

A

Boston Tea Party

114
Q

First English sailor to circle the globe:

A

Sir Fancis Drake

115
Q

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

What was the occasion?

A

Battle of Bunker HIll

116
Q

“I have not yet begun to fight.”

What was the occasion?

A

naval battle with British

117
Q

Land purchased by Jefferson from Emperor Napoleon:

A

Louisiana Purchase

118
Q

Head of the law-enforcing branch:

A

President

119
Q

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

A

Lief Ericson

120
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Financed Columbus’s first voyage:

A

King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain

121
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President of Congress that accepted the Declaration:

A

John Hancock

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