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History
10th Grade
10/18/2009

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How old must a president be?
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35
Term
These 2 preachers contributed the most during the Great Awakening?
Definition
George Whitfield and Johnathan Edwards
Term
Who founde Rhode Island?
Definition
Roger Williams
Term
What year did the Protestant reformation begin?
Definition
1575
Term
Who was the first european to travel the length of Asia?
Definition
Marco Polo
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What was the turning point in the Revolutionary war?
Definition
The Battle at Saratoga
Term
Which  branch of the government passes laws?
Definition
Legislative
Term
What was added to the constitution in 1791?
Definition
The Bill Of Rights
Term
Who wrote Democracy In America?
Definition
Alexis De Chaplain
Term
Who was the father of new france?
Definition
Sammuel De Champlain
Term
What was the first permanent French settlement in the New World?
Definition
Quebec
Term
Who founded plymouth?
Definition
The Pilgrims
Term
Which man led a revolt in Massachutsetts which caused the courts to close?
Definition
Daniel Shays
Term
Who was the leader of the baptists?
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Issac Backus
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Which man sailed around Africa to India.
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Vasco De Gama
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This man called for the colonists to declare their independence?
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Richard Henry Lee
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Who founded Georgia and in what year?
Definition
James Oglethrope and in 1732
Term
Which colony is the Mayflower compact associated with?
Definition
Plymouth
Term
What year was the spanish armada?
Definition
1588
Term
What year did colombus discover the new world?
Definition
1492
Term
Who was an apostle to the indians?
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John Elliot
Term
Who was the father of the constitution?
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James Madison
Term
What is the highest law in the U.S?
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The Constitution
Term
Who founded Maryland?
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Lord Baltimore
Term
Who explored the eastren coast of North America?
Definition
John Clavin
Term
Who conquered the aztecs?
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Hernando cortes
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Who discovered the Mississippi River?
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Hernando de soto
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Which 3 men wrote the Federalist Papers?
Definition
James Madison, Alexander Hamilton and John Jay
Term
Which state was last to ratify the constitution?
Definition
Rhode Island
Term
What year was the House Of Burgesses founded?
Definition
1619
Term
What year was Jamestowne founded?
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1607
Term
What officially ended the Revolutionary war?
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Treaty Of Paris
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Who taught the colonists of Jamestowne how to grow tabacco?
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John Rolfe
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Which battle was molly pitcher at?
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Battle Of Monmouth
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He was known as the Fighting Quaker?
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General Nathaneil Greene
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What was the first english settlement in the New World?
Definition
Jamestowne
Term
Which mans trial set a precedent for freedom of the press?
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John Peter Zinger
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What was the 1st institution of higher learning?
Definition
Harvard
Term
Which colonist was a traitor?
Definition
Benedict Arnold
Term
In what year was the Massachusetts Bay Colony founded?
Definition
1629
Term
Which battle ended the Revolutionary war and in what year did it take place?
Definition
Battle of Yorktown. 1781
Term
Who founded Conneticut?
Definition
Thomas Hooker
Term
What year was the 1st continental congress?
Definition
1774
Term
Who was known as the swap fox?
Definition
Francis Marion
Term
Who wrote "Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania to the Inhabitants of the British colonies?
Definition
John Dickinson
Term
What year and In what city was the Stamp Act congress?
Definition
1765 and in New York City
Term
Which theory stated that the colonies existed for the good of England?
Definition
Mercantile Theory
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Which act required the colonists to house British soilders?
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Quatering Act
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Who wrote "The rights of the British Colonies Asserted and Proved"?
Definition
James Otis
Term
What year was the shot heard round the world?
Definition
1775
Term
Which philosopher influenced the colonists?
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John Locke
Term
This group supported independence?
Definition
Patriots or whigs
Term
This group opposed independence?
Definition
Loyalists
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Who was the king of England during the Revolutionary war?
Definition
King George III
Term
How many amendments were in the Bill Of Rights?
Definition
10
Term
What treaty ended the war of 1812?
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Treaty og Ghent
Term
Who was the 1st secretary of the treasury?
Definition
Alexander Hamilton
Term
Who led the troops to victory at the battle of Tippecanoe?
Definition
William Henry Harrison
Term
What name did hamiltons supporters take?
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Federalist
Term
What name did Jefferson supporters take?
Definition
Democratic-Republicans
Term
What act cut off all foriegn trade?
Definition
Embargo Act
Term
Who was the 1st secretary of war?
Definition
Henry Knox
Term
Who won the election of 1800?
Definition
Thomas Jefferson
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Which 2 men wrote the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions?
Definition
James Madison and Thomas Jefferson
Term
Which case dealt with the last minute commissioning of federal judges?
Definition
Marbury vs Madison
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Which 2 men explored the lousiana territory?
Definition
Lewis and Clark
Term
How much did the United States  pay for Louisiana?
Definition
$15 million
Term
Who was the 1st attorney general?
Definition
Edmund Randolph
Term
Who was the best known hero of the Tripolitan war?
Definition
Lt. Stephen Decature
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Who was the 1st cheif justice of the supreme court?
Definition
John Jay
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Which man was arrested by spanish athourities?
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Zebulon Pike
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Who was the 1st postmaster general?
Definition
Sammuel Osgood
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