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1
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Treaty of Ghent

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1814

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First English sailor to circle the globe:

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Sir Fancis Drake

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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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Inventor of the cotton gin:

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Eli Whitney

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Explorer after whom our continent is named:

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Amerigo Vespucci

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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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General who captured Quebec:

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James Wolfe

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“To the victors belong the spoils.”

Who said it?

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Andrew Jackson

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First Chief Justice of the Supreme Court:

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John Jay

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War between France and England in Europe:

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the Seven Years’ War

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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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R. W. Emerson describes the first battle as:

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“the shot heard round the world”

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Land purchased by Jefferson from Emperor Napoleon:

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Louisiana Purchase

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Battles of Lexington and Concord

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April 19, 1775

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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

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

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Captain James Lawrence and Oliver H. Perry

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

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the Nullification Act

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19
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First lasting English colony:

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Jamestown

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20
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Those who opposed slavery:

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abolitionists

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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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Date of the Second Treaty of Paris:

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September 3, 1783

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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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24
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Law-enforcing branch:

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Executive

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25
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Wrote the first dictionary in America:

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Noah Webster

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26
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War fought to free American trade and earn the respect of other nations:

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War of 1812

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27
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Native chief who led war against settlers in the Indiana Territory:

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Tecumseh

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28
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“Don’t give up the ship!”

What was the occasion?

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naval battle in War of 1812

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29
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French nobleman who served in the American army:

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Marquis de Lafayette

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30
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War between France and England in America:

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the French and Indian War

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31
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Head of the law-making branch:

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Congresss

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32
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Invention that changed modern agriculture:

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McCormick Reaper

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33
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First form of representative government in America, established in Virginia:

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The House of Burgesses

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34
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Inventor of the telegraph:

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Samuel Morse

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35
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“We have met the enemy and they are ours.”

What was the occasion?

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naval battle in the war of 1812

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36
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United States national motto and meaning:

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E pluribus unum- One out of many

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37
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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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38
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Head of the Supreme Court:

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Chief Justice

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39
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First president of the United States:

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George Washington

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40
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Protector of England who established the Navigation Act:

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Oliver Cromwell

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Date of the First Continental Congress:

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September 1774

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42
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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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43
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Chief frustration of American colonists:

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taxation without representation

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44
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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:

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the Monroe Doctrine

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45
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Document that signified the end of the War of 1812:

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Treaty of Ghent

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46
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Separatists that sailed to the new land:

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Pilgrims

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47
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Traitor who plotted to give up the fort at West Point:

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Benedict Arnold

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48
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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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American naval officer who did great damage to the British navy during hte Revolutionary War:

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John Paul Jones

50
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“Don’t fire until you see the whites of their eyes!”

What was the occasion?

A

Battle of Bunker HIll

51
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The agreement that established a form of government for the pilgrims:

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Mayflower Compact

52
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King of Portugal who suggested dit was possible to sail around Africa:

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Henry the Navigator

53
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Head of the law-enforcing branch:

A

President

54
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General at Bunker HIll:

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William Prescott

55
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European credited with the discovery of America:

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Christopher Columbus

56
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First battles of the Revolutionary War:

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Lexington and Concord

57
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British general forced to surrender at Yorktown:

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Cornwallis

58
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Father of the Declaration of Independence

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Thomas Jefferson

59
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Date of Boston Massacre:

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1770

60
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Two bodies of Congress:

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House of Representatives and the Senate

61
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Land purchased by the Dutch man Minuit for about twenty-four dollars’ worth of trinkets:

A

Manhattan Island

62
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“To the victors belong the spoils.”

What was the occasion?

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

63
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Columbus Discoverd America in:

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1492

64
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Leader of the first expedition to circle the globe:

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Ferdinand Magellan

65
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Wrote “The Star-Spangled Banner” while held captive on a British ship:

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Francis Scott Key

66
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Date of the Constitution:

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March 4, 1789

67
Q

“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.

68
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“We have met the enemy and they are ours.”

Who said it?

A

Oliver Perry

69
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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
70
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Who established the first English colony in America?

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Sir Walter Raleigh

71
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Borderline seperating Pennsylvania and Maryland:

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Mason-Dixon Line

72
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Englishmen who desired a plainer and purer religion:

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Puritans

73
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Governor of the Indiana Territory who defeated the feared Native chief:

A

William Henry Harrison

74
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Short civil war in Virginia during which Jamestown was seized:

A

Bacon’s Rebellion

75
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Law-interpreting branch:

A

Judicial

76
Q

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

Who said it?

A

General William Prescott

77
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Three branches of the Amercian government established by the Constitution:

A

Legislative, Executive, Judicial

78
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“Perhaps so; but I shall have the honor of presiding at that dinner.”

Who said it?

A

Andrew Jackson

79
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Law-making branch:

A

Legislative

80
Q

Date of the Louisiana Purchase

A

1803

81
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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

82
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Final battle of the Revolutionary War:

A

Yorktown

83
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Event in Boston during which British soldiers opened fire on unarmed colonists:

A

Boston Massacre

84
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Revolutionary battle lost by Americans but considered a victory:

A

Battle of Bunker Hill

85
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Commander-in-chief of the Continental Army:

A

George Washington

86
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Puritans that left the Anglican Chruch altogether:

A

Separatists

87
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Battle fought after the War of 1812 had ended:

A

Battle of New Orleans

88
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Date of the Second Continental Congress:

A

May 1775

89
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President of Congress that accepted the Declaration:

A

John Hancock

90
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French sailor who discoverd the St. Lawrence River:

A

Jacques Cartier

91
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“Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable.”

A

Daniel Webster

92
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Document that signified the official end of the Revolutionary War:

A

Second Treaty of Paris

93
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Head of the law-interpreting branch:

A

Supreme Court

94
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Volunteer soldiers ready at a moment’s notice:

A

minutemen

95
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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

96
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Oldest city in the mainland of the United States:

A

St. Augustine, Florida

97
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Financed Columbus’s first voyage:

A

King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain

98
Q

“I have not yet begun to fight.”

Who said it?

A

John Paul Jones

99
Q

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

A

Boston Tea Party

100
Q

English Sailor who discovered Cape Cod:

A

John Cabot

101
Q

Date of the War of 1812:

A

1812-1814

102
Q

American general at the Battle of New Orleans:

A

Andrew Jackson

103
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Riders sent to warn Charlestownand Lexinton of the coming British army:

A

Paul Revere and William Dawes

104
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The original inhabitants of this continent:

A

Native Americans

105
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Head of the colony in Jamestown:

A

Captian John Smith

106
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Document that established a central government for the United States:

A

the Articles of Confederation

107
Q

“That man has an ax to grind.”

A

Benjamin Franklin

108
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Inventor of the first steamboat:

A

Robert Fulton

109
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Land granted to William Penn:

A

Pennsylvania

110
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Date of the Declaration of Independence

A

July 4, 1776

111
Q

Five causes of the Revolutionary War:

A
  1. trade and navigation laws
  2. stamp act
  3. Townshend Acts
  4. Boston Massacre
  5. the Five Intolerable Acts
112
Q

Father of the Constitution:

A

James Madison

113
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French and Indian War dates:

A

1754-1763

114
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Revolt that demonstrated the need for a stronger central government:

A

Shays’ Rebellion

115
Q

Framework for the government of the United States:

A

the Constitution

116
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First English colony in America, which disappeared:

A

Roanoke

117
Q

Date of Boston Tea Party:

A

1773

118
Q

Native Americans who aided the Pilgrims:

A

Samoset and Squanto

119
Q

Battle that was the turning point for the Revolutionary War:

A

Saratoga

120
Q

“Don’t give up the ship!”

Who said it?

A

Captain James Lawrence

121
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First European to reach India by sea:

A

Vasco da Gama

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