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| What is a monarchy and give an example. |
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Rule by a royal family. Example- Great Britain |
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| What did the Northwest Ordinance do? |
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| It created the Northwest Territory |
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| Who first discovered America? |
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| Leif Eriksson and the Vikings |
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| Who was the 4th president? |
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| Who was the third president and wrote the ‘Declaration of Independence’? |
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| What are two important things about the Mayflower Compact? |
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| Stated the colonist’s intentions to settle in America and pledged their loyalty to England. |
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| Who first signed the Declaration of Independence? |
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| What was the final battle of the American Revolution? |
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Written permission to settle an area |
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| What is the United States national capital? |
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| Who was our 1st president? |
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| Who was the 16 president? |
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| What philosophy states that a country’s power is based on its wealth? |
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| What was the Columbian exchange? |
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| The spread of ideas, goods, people, and diseases between Europe, Africa, and the Americas |
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| A French term that means the government should stay out of business. |
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| What was the Northwest passage? |
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| A water route through American to Asia that was never found |
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| What was important about the House of Burgesses? |
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| It was the first representative form of government in America. |
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| What was New England Colonies primary source of income and why? |
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| Industry, because the soil was too rocky and the weather was too bad for farming. |
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| What did Proclamation of 1763 do? |
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| It made the Appalachian Mountains the Western border of the colonies. |
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| It reduced the tax on Sugar and molasses in the colonies hoping that it would decrease smuggling. |
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| What did the stamp act do? |
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Placed a tax on all printed goods in the colonies |
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| What was the Boston Massacre? |
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British soldiers shot and killed colonists protesting taxes |
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| What was salutary neglect? |
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| When Great Britain ignored the colonies to make them more self sufficient |
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| What date was the ‘Declaration of Independence signed? |
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