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1
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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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Inventor of the cotton gin:

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Eli Whitney

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French nobleman who served int he American army:

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Marquis de Lafayette

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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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Father of the Constitution:

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James Madison

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Commander-in-chief of the Continental Army:

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George Washington

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Chief frustration of American colonists:

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taxation without representation

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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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American general who defeated Santa Anna:

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Zachary Taylor

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Separatists that sailed to the new land:

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Pilgrims

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Land purchased by Jefferson from Emperor Napoleaon:

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Louisiana Purchase

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Battle fought after the War of 1812 had ended:

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Battle of New Orleans

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13
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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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14
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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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Even in Boston during which British soldiers opened fire on unarmed colonists:

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Boston Massacre

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“To the victors belong the spoils.”

Who said it?

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Andrew Jackson

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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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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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19
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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.

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20
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Head of the colony in Jamestown:

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Captian John Smith

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21
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Date of the Gold Rush:

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1849

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22
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“I have not yet begun to fight.”

Who said it?

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John Paul Jones

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23
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“We have met the enemy and they are ours.”

Who said it?

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Oliver Perry

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System of secretly transporting slaves to Canada:

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the Underground Railroad

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25
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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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26
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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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European credited with the discovery of America:

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Christopher Columbus

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28
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The original inhabitants of this continent:

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Native Americans

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29
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“Don’t fire until you see the whites of their eyes!”

What was the occasion?

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Battle of Bunker HIll

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30
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Volunteer soldiers ready at a moment’s notice:

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minutemen

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31
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Inventor of the first steamboat:

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Robert Fulton

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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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Englishmen who desired a plainer and purer religion:

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Puritans

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34
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Law-interpreting branch:

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Judicial

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35
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British general forced to surrender at Yorktown:

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Cornwallis

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36
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Date of the War of 1812:

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1812-1814

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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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Event during which Washington surprised and captured the Hessians:

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crossing of the Delaware

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39
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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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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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41
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Battle during which one hundred fifty Texans fought a Mexican army of four thousand:

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Battle of the Alamo

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42
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Head of the law-making branch:

A

Congresss

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43
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Land purchased from Mexico in the West for building train routes to California:

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the Gadsden Purchase

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44
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Document that signified the official end of the Revolutionary War:

A

Second Treaty of Paris

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45
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Financed Columbus’s first voyage:

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King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain

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46
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Explorer after whom our continent is named:

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Amerigo Vespucci

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47
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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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48
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Treaty of Ghent

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1814

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49
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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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50
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“Slavery is in all probability the wedge which will split up this union.”

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John Quincy Adams

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51
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Date of Boston Tea Party:

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1773

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52
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Three brances of the Amercian government established by the Constitution:

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Legislative, Executive, Judicial

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53
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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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54
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Date of the Second Treaty of Paris:

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September 3, 1783

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55
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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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56
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First English sailor to circle the globe:

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Sir Fancis Drake

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57
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War between France and England in Europe:

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the Seven Years’ War

58
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French and Indian War dates:

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1754-1763

59
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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

60
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Two bodies of Congress:

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House of Representatives and the Senate

61
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General at Bunker HIll:

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William Prescott

62
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Author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin:

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Harriet Beecher Stowe

63
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Document that established a central government for the United States:

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the Articles of Confederation

64
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“I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.”

A

Nathan Hale

65
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“That man has an ax to grind.”

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Benjamin Franklin

66
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Second Continental Congress:

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May 1775

67
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Battles of Lexinton and Concord

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April 19, 1775

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

A

John Paul Jones

69
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Law-making branch:

A

Legislative

70
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First English colony in America, which disappeared:

A

Roanoke

71
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Traitor who plotted to give up the fort at West Point:

A

Benedict Arnold

72
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Head of the Supreme Court:

A

Chief Justice

73
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Who establised the colony?

A

Sir Walter Raleigh

74
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Columbus Discoverd America in:

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1492

75
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First form of representative government in America, established in Virginia:

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The House of Burgesses

76
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Short civil war in Virginia during which Jamestown was seized:

A

Bacon’s Rebellion

77
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Those who opposed slavery:

A

abolitionists

78
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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

79
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First Chief Justice of the Supreme Court:

A

John Jay

80
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Framework for the government of the United States:

A

the Constitution

81
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Native chief who led war against settlers in the Indiana Territory:

A

Tecumseh

82
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“Don’t give up the ship!”

Who said it?

A

Captain James Lawrence

83
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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.

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Puritans that left the Anglican Chruch altogether:

A

Separatists

85
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War fought to free American trade and earn the respect of other nations:

A

War of 1812

86
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Borderline seperating Pennsylvania and Maryland:

A

Mason-Dixon Line

87
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Wrote “The Star-Spangled Banner” while held captive on a British ship:

A

Francis Scott Key

88
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Land granted to William Penn:

A

Pennsylvania

89
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English Sailor who discovered Cape Cod:

A

John Cabot

90
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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

91
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Event during which Americans dressed as natives and dumped tea in the harbor:

A

Boston Tea Party

92
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The agreement that establihsed a form of government for the pilgrims:

A

Mayflower Compact

93
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War fought over the boundaries between Texas and Mexico:

A

the Mexican War

94
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Oldest city in the mainland of the United States:

A

St. Augustine, Florida

95
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Date of Boston Massacre:

A

1770

96
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Date of the Louisiana Purchase

A

1803

97
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R. W. Emerson describes the first battle as:

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“the shot heard round the world”

98
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Head of the law-interpreting branch:

A

Supreme Court

99
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“Perhaps so; but I shall have the honor of presiding at that dinner.”

Who said it?

A

Andrew Jackson

100
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“Liberty and Union, now and forever, one and inseparable.”

A

Daniel Webster

101
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“Be sure you are right, then go ahead.”

A

Davy Crockett

102
Q

General who captured Quebec:

A

James Wolfe

103
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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

104
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American general who captured Mexico City:

A

Winfield Scott

105
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War between France and England in America:

A

the French and Indian War

106
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French sailor who discoverd the St. Lawrence River:

A

Jacques Cartier

107
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Date of the Constitution:

A

March 4, 1789

108
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American pioneer who conquered California:

A

John C. Fremont

109
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Date of the Declaration of Independence

A

July 4, 1776

110
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President of Congress that accepted the Declaration:

A

John Hancock

111
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General of the Mexican army:

A

Santa Anna

112
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Leader of the first expedition to circle the globe:

A

Ferdinand Magellan

113
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Final battle of the Revolutionary War:

A

Yorktown

114
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Movement of many settlers to California in hopes of becoming rich:

A

the Gold Rush

115
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Bill that inducted California as a free state and allowed the Utah and New Mexico territories to choose whether or not they would be free or slave states:

A

the Compromise of 1850

116
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First battles of the Revolutionary War:

A

Lexington and Concord

117
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Protectore of Engalnd who established the Navigation Act:

A

Oliver Cromwell

118
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The Viking credited as the first European to visit North America in 1000 A.D.:

A

Lief Ericson

119
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Inventor of the telegraph:

A

Samuel Morse

120
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First president of the United States:

A

George Washington

121
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Invention that changed modern agriculture:

A

McCormick Reaper

122
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Governor of the Indiana Territory who defeated the feared Native chief:

A

William Henry Harrison

123
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Former slave who led over 300 slaves to freedom:

A

Harriet Tubman

124
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Law-enforcing branch:

A

Executive

125
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Native Americans who aided the Pilgrims:

A

Samoset and Squanto

126
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Riders sent to warn Charlestownand Lexinton of the coming British army:

A

Paul Revere and William Dawes

127
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Head of the law-enforcing branch:

A

President

128
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First European to reach India by sea:

A

Vasco da Gama

129
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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 Lousiana Territory avoe the 36° 30° parallel:

A

the Missouri Compromise

130
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Wrote the first dictionary in America:

A

Noah Webster

131
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Treaty that ended the Mexican war and gave the United States New Mexico and what was called Upper California:

A

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

132
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Father of the Declaration of Independence

A

Thomas Jefferson

133
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First lasting English colony:

A

Jamestown

134
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American general at the Battle of New Orleans:

A

Andrew Jackson

135
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Revolt that demonstrated the need for a stronger central government:

A

Shays’ Rebellion

136
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Name three heroes in the Battle of the Alamo:

A

Sam Houston, Davy Crockett, William Travis

137
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First Continental Congress:

A

September 1774

138
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Massachusetts Senator known as one of the greatest orators in the history of the U.S.:

A

Daniel Webster

139
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Date of The Mexican War:

A

1846-1848

140
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Document that signified the end of the War of 1812:

A

Treaty of Ghent

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