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| Who was the great Moravian leader from Germany who helped the Moravians found Bethlehem, Pennsylvania? |
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| Who was the man who led settlers through the Cumberland Gap into Kentucky? |
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| Who was the famous colonial statesman, printer, and scientist that founded the Philadelphia Academy? |
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| Who was a famous silversmith? |
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| Who was the first professional musician and composer born in America? |
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| Who was the first American member of the Royal Society of London? |
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| Who was the famous black American astronomer who built a working clock made entirely of wood? |
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| Who was the Puritan scientist who helped to introduce the smallpox vaccine in America? |
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| What was the natural pass through the Appalachians? |
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What was the settlement established by pioneers in Kentucky?
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| What was the trail blazed by Daniel Boone through the mountains into Kentucky? |
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| What is the most well-known colonial academy? |
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| What is the time period from the founding of Jamestown to the outbreak of the War for Independence? |
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| What are considered the southern colonies? |
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| Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georgia |
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| What Church of England was predominant in the South? |
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| What were considered the middle colonies? |
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| New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware |
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| Who were the early missionaries to the West Indies? |
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| Which states are considered New England? |
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| Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island |
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| What type of church was predominant in the New England colonies? |
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| What was the route of trade between the colonies, Europe, the West Indies, and Africa? |
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| The triangular trade routes |
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| What is the idea that a colony existed solely for the good of the Mother Country? |
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| Roads over which the mail was carried in colonial America |
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| What were sparsely populated areas on the fringe of settlement called? |
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| What was the natural barrier to western expansion? |
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| What were the schools conducted by a widow or a single lady who agreed to teach children in her home called? |
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| What was a paddle-shaped board with printed alphabet and Scripture, covered with transparent animal horn? |
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| What was the most widely used textbook in colonial America? |
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| What was a school established in an old tobacco field, where a hired teacher or indentured servant educated the neighborhood children? |
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| What is a boy placed under the authority of a master craftsman, who taught him the basics of learning as well as a trade? In return, the boy worked for the master for seven years. |
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| What was Ben Franklin's famous publication of astronomical information and anecdotes? |
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| A colony under the direct authority of the king |
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| What was a colony granted by the king to individual proprietors? |
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| Who granted charters for self-rule? |
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| What was the name of the group of German immigrants who followed the teachings of John Huss? |
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| What was the occupation of the majority of colonial Americans? |
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| Which colonies were known as the "bread colonies?" |
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| Who founded the city of Bethlehem, Pennsylvania? |
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| What was the Triangular Trade Route? |
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| The trade route that included Africa, the West Indies, and New England |
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| What was homespun used for? |
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| What was the name for the plant from which a blue dye was produced? |
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| What term describes the exchange of goods between the colonists and the Indians? |
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| What group wrote the first classical music to be composed in America? |
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| Which nation was the chief customer of the colonies? |
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| Which black man studied the heavens and accurately predicted an eclipse in 1789? |
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| Who was the professional musician and composer known for conducting singing schools? |
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| Who was the skilled silversmith known for crafting fine silverware? |
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| Who was the minister and scientist who helped introduce the smallpox vaccine in America? |
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| What was the first regularly published weekly newspaper in the colonies? |
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| What term is used to describe a legislature composed of two houses- an upper and a lower house? |
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| Who was the best-known colonial man of science? |
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