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| "discovered" a New World on October 12th, 1492 |
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| King and queen of Spain that financed Columbus's trip |
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| King that sends his fleet (the Spanish Armada) to attack England and loses |
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| Year that the Spanish Armada was sent to attack England |
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| Spain's fleet that attacks England |
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| What did the Townshand Duties state? |
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| Glass, lead, and paper would be taxed. |
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| The first permanent English colony |
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| First man to die in the American Revolution |
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| First government document in the new world |
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| Man who wrote the Mayflower Compact |
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| Who won the French and Indian War? |
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| What were four causes of the French and Indian War? |
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| 1. Competition over fur trade; 2. Early land claims to land in the Ohio River Valley; 3. Religion; 4. Other disagreements |
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| What were the three results of the French and Indian War? |
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| 1. England won; 2. England claimed double; 3. England amasses debt |
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| What did the Proclamation of 1763 state? |
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| Colonists cannot move west of the Appalacian Mountains |
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| What did the Sugar Act state? |
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| What did the Currency Act state? |
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| Taxes had to be paid in gold or silver |
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| What did the Quartering Act state? |
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| Colonists had to allow soldiers to live with them |
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| What did the Stamp Act state? |
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| Who were the two men who created the Sons of Liberty? |
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| Sam Adams and Patrick Henry |
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| What did the Sons of Liberty do? |
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| They encouraged active protests |
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| What did the Decloratory Act state? |
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| It repealled the Stamp Act, but also stated that there could be more taxes. |
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| Lawyer who defends the soldiers who shot at the colonists |
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| What was the date of the Boston Tea Party? |
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| What four things did the Intolerable Acts state? |
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| 1. Boston Harbor would be closed; 2. The tea had to be paid for; 3. Massachusetts had to pay a fine; 4. Thomas Hutchinson was removed and replaced by Thomas Gage who was a soldier |
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| First Continental Congress |
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| A meeting in Philadelphia |
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Date that the First Continental Congress met
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| An offer for the colonists to choose any item, tax it, and send George III the money |
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| Date of Paul Revere's Ride |
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| Second Continental Congress |
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| They debate what to do after the British attacks and eventually become the government of the colonies or the Congress |
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| Date of the Battle of Bunker Hill |
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| Man who attempts to arrest Sam Adams and John Hancock and sends men to move the colonists' military camps by force |
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| The three men who ride to Concord to warn Sam Adams and John Hancock |
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| Sam Prescott, Paul Revere, William Dawes |
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| One of the military camps the colonists made outside of Boston |
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| Colonists who do not want independence |
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| Colonists who do want independence |
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| Leader of the Declaration of Independence |
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| All members on the committee to write the Declaration of Independence |
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| Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Robert Livingston, Roger Sherman |
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| Date that the Declaration of Independence was approved and the American Revolution began |
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| Five Advantages of the American Revolution for the Colonists |
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| 1. Home court; 2. Distance from England; 3. Determination; 4. George Washington; 5. Defensive |
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| Seven Advantages of the American Revolution for the British |
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| 1. Men outnumber colonists five to one; 2. Supplies; 3. Training; 4. Experience; 5. Navy; 6. Organized government; 7. Hessians |
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British leader in New York City and New Jersey area
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| Leader of the farmers in South Carolina that organized attacks on the British; also known as the "Swamp Fox" |
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Man that George Washington sends out to help Francis Marion in resisting Cornwallis
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Leader of the British in the south at Charleston, South Carolina
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| The date that Cornwallis surrenders |
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A teacher who is also a spy who is caught by the British and hanged and said "I regret that I have but one life to give for my country."
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Man that decides to switch sides and gives the British his fort because he did not get Washington's job; he is arrested, but escapes to Canada and then back to England
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Man who donated his merchant ship and is approached by an armed British ship and ordered to surrender or it will be set on fire; he says "I have not yet begun to fight" and wins the battle
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| Man who was sent to the west with an army; he captured three forts that make the west border of the Mississippi River |
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| What did the Treaty of Paris state? |
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| We gained all that we wanted |
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| What was the date of the Treaty of Paris? |
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The five men who wrote the Treaty of Paris
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| John Adams, John Jay, Benjamin Franklin, William Franklin, Henry Laurens |
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The Articles of Confederation
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Author of the Articles of Confederation
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| Farmers fight back because farm land was being taxed |
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Leader of Shays Rebellion
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| Fight over borders; threat of war; they close the last 200 miles of the Mississippi River and the harbor of New Orleans; armed ships are put in the gulf |
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| George III ordered his colonies not to buy American products; he began to forcibly stop U.S. ships and steal items |
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| Division of the northwest territores into townships of 36 sections; one is for school; four are for government; the rest are sold to settlers for $1.00 an acre |
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| Plan for statehood; when an area has 5,000 fee white males, they can send a non-voting member to Congress; when they get 30,000 free white males, they can apply to become a state with a written constitution; there will be no less than three states and no more than five; there will never be slaves in those states |
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| The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 |
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| A meeting to review the Articles of Confederation |
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| Constitutional Convention |
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| Where the Constitutional Convention took place |
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| Date of the Constitutional Convention |
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| Date the Constitutional Convention ends |
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| First U.S. President (1789-1796) |
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| Author of the Bill of Rights |
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| Creator of the Virginia Plan |
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| Creator of the New Jersey Plan |
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| Creator of the Great Compromise |
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| 3/5's of the total slave population will count |
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| First Secretary of Treasury |
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The three men who sign the Constitution
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| John Jay, Alexander Hamilton, James Madison |
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| Five reasons the federalists were for the Constitution |
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| 1. It is a republic "We the people"; 2. It is specific, it lists powers of each branch; 3. It is limited; 4. It is needed to survive; 5. It is flexible |
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| Six reasons the anti-federalists were against the Constitution |
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| 1. It is not a democracy, it is written by rich, white males; 2. It needs a Bill of Rights; 3. Dislike "standing army"; 4. Dislike "elastic clause", Congress may make all laws necessary and proper; 5. It was created illegally; 6. It is treasonous |
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| Man who did not sign the Constitution |
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| Date that Washington's term begins |
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| Bill of Rights First Amendment |
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| Freedom of Speech, Religion, Press, Assembly, Petition |
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| Bill of Rights Second Amendment |
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| Bill of Rights Third Amendment |
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| Bill of Rights Fourth Amendment |
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| Rules for search and seizure |
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| Bill of Rights Fifth Amendment |
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| Can't be brought to trial without indictment; don't have to testify against yourself |
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| Bill of Rights Sixth Amendment |
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| You have the right to hear witnesses against you; fair and speedy trial |
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| Bill of Rights Seventh Amendment |
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| Cases involving a $20.00 value may have a jury |
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| Bill of Rights Eighth Amendment |
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| Outlaws cruel and unusual punishment |
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| Bill of Rights Ninth Amendment |
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| Bill of Rights Tenth Amendment |
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| Powers reserved to states |
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| Secretary of the Constitutional Convention |
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| What did the Assumption Bill state? |
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| The federal government should assume debts owed by states to other countries |
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| Thomas Jefferson argues that the Bank of the U.S. is.. |
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| Distillers protest against the government due to tax on whiskey; the government wins and the tax remains |
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| The three men who report to Washington that the Indians have new English guns and Englishmen have been hunting on American land |
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| Josiah Harmar, Anthony Wayne, Arthur St. Clair |
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| Four reasons John Jay creates a treaty with England |
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| 1. There have been three Indian uprisings in the Ohio River Valley; 2. Three units of the army are sent by Washington; 3. Three times; 4. Indians have new English guns and Englishmen have been hunting on American land |
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| What two things does Thomas Pickney's treaty state? |
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| 1. Spain agrees to the 31st parallel; 2. Spain agrees to the use of the New Orleans Harbor |
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| 1. Democratic Republicans; 2. Want an alliance with France; 3. Dislike the Bank of the U.S.; 4. Strict interpretation of the Constitution; 5. The U.S. should remain small and agricultural; 6. Favor state's rights |
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| 1. Federalists; 2. Want a close alliance with England; 3. Like the Bank of the U.S.; 4. Loose interpretation of the Constitution; 5. The U.S. should become large and industrial; 6. Favor strong central government |
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| Man who wins the 1796 election |
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| One of the U.S. representatives that John Adams sends to France |
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