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Social Studies
8th Grade
12/13/2011

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what was the treaty of tordesillas in 1494
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moving the border of portugal and spain
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what aws a joint stock company
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investors buy stok in partner for return share
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what's a pacifist
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someone against fighting\violance
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who was americas fist town planner
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william penn
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who was the metacomet
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wamponog chief known as king philip
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what was the house of burgesses
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gave virgina a say in there goverment
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who was nathanial bacon
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wealthy young planter
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who was pontiac
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chief of native americans
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what was the albany plan of union and who wrote it
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to have a general goverment
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what was the name the colonist gave to the metacomet
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King Philip
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what happened to the roanoke
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went back for suplies returned 3 years laterand nobody was there
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who were the puritains
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reformers of the anglican church
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who founded the calofornia missions
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spanish priest
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what colony was formed so poor people could make a fesh start
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georgia
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which group of early colinist could vote
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white land owners
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who was john winthrop
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govener og plymouth and puritains
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who founded the state of rode island
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roger williams
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which woman was banished from massachusets for thier religiousbeliefs
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anne hutchinson
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what were the slave codes
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gave people the right to own slaves
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what was the proclamation of 1763
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peace between native americans and britain
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how did the british get control of new york
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by forcing people out
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what is a charter colony
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goverment who chooses their own goverment
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what is a royal colony
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colony that belongs to it's country
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what is a proprietary colony
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ruled by privite indeviduals that rule the goverment
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who was abigail abby
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john adams wife and 2nd first lady
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what was the importance of lexington and concord
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sated the battle for americans independence gave hope
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Who were the quakers
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peace makers and they did not fight
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what group opposed the constitution
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anti federalists
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what group supported the constituion
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federalists
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who was john paul jones
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1st well known naval fighter in the USA
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what is mount vernon
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home of george and martha washington
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what is propoganda
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lies to get people mad
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what was another name for the intolerable acts
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coercive acts
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who wrote the declaration of independence
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thomas jefferson
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what european country helped the patriots win the american revolution
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France
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where did the british general charles cornwallis surrender
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saratoga
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how did the colonists protest british taxes
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boycott
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what was the boston massacre
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british troops killed innocent boston citizens
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why were the american colonies important to the british
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trading
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what was the stamp act
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tax on all paper goods
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what was the townsend act
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series of laws passed in 1766 by parliament of Great Britain relating to the british colonies in north america
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who wrote the pamphlet common sense
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thomas pain 1776
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what military technique helped the patriots defeat the british
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hiding and shooting in stead of shooting in a straight line
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what was shay's rebellion
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angry farmers against the government
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what was the treaty of paris
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France forfiets canada and islands in the carribean
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where did the signing of the declaration of independence take place
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philadelphia
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where did the constitutional conventions take place
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philadelphia
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who was the first vice president
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john adams
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what purchase doubled the size of the us
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louisianna
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who was alexander hamilton
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Alexander Hamilton was a major figure in the American Revolution and the writing of the Constitution. He was the first Secretary of the Treasury for george washington
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who wrote the star spangled banner
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francis key
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who was the second vice president
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thomas jefferson
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what was the treaty of greensville
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native americans agreed to surrender most of ohio
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what was the monroe doctrine
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?????
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what is a tarriff
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tax on imports
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what was the embargo act
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a bill written which disallowed trade
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what is a census
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a counting of people
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what was the missouri compromise
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louisianna territory
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how was the official boundary between canada & the US decided
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what was the trail of tears
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native americans forced to move west
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where was the sight of the 1st woman's right convention
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new york
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what line of latitude is the oregon canadian border
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49th degree
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what is the nick name given to the people looking for gold in california
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49ers
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what were clipper ships
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sailor ships
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who was sam houston
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he fought for texas
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what was the indian removal act
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federal government paid indians to move west
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what was the first college in the united states to admit women
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holy oak
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which group worked to end slavery
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??????
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what is suffrage
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right to vote
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what was the oregon trail
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what was the lone star republic
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texas
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what was the panic of 1837
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what is mud slinging in politics
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trash talk or saying bad things about others running
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what bank was forced to close because of president jackson
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what land was claimed by england spain russia and the US in the early 1800
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oregon
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what made new harmony, indiana import
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what was the leading cash crop of the deep south
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cotton
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why did manufactuers welcome imigrants between 1840 and 1860
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they worked for less
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