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Social Studies
8th Grade
05/27/2015

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How did the first people come to America?
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Across a land bridge from Asia
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3 items or things Columbus and Europeans introduced to North America?
Definition
Disease, horses, coffee beans
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3 items or things Columbus brought back from North America?
Definition
Corn, turkey, tobacco
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What was Columbus looking for when he discovered the New World?
Definition
A water route to Asia for trade
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Who is Martin Luther?
Definition
A German Priest who wrote the 95 thesis
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Why does England part ways with the Catholic Church?
Definition
King Henry VIII wanted a divorce but the Pope wouldn't allow it
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Who is the founder of Pennsylvania? What was the group of people he belonged to called?
Definition
William Penn; Quakers
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The North's economy was based primarily on what?
Definition
Lumber and shipping
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The South's economy was based primarily on what?
Definition
Cash crops
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What kind of labor did the South use? How did the Southern plantation owners justify this type of treatment of people?
Definition
Slave labor; they said slaves were not people, but they were property
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What was the most profitable cash crop in the South during the colonial era?
Definition
Tobacco
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The Middle Colonies' economy was based primarily on what?
Definition
Trading
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What caused the French and Indian War?
Definition
Both France and Britain wanted the Ohio River Valley
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Where were most battles of the French and Indian War fought?
Definition
The Ohio River Valley or Western Pennsylvania
Term
Before Pittsburgh was a city, it was a? It was called?
Definition
Fort; Fort Duquesne
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What treaty ended the French and Indian War?
Definition
The Treaty of Paris 1763
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What did the Proclamation of 1763 state?
Definition
British colonists could not settle West of the Appalachian Mountains
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What future American president and war hero began his long career during the French and Indian War?
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George Washington
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What important detail about the crowd was left out of the engraving of the Boston Massacre?
Definition
The crowd had bats and sticks and were throwing ice and snowballs
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Who created the engraving of the Boston Massacre?
Definition
Paul Revere
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Who was the first person to die in the Boston Massacre?
Definition
Crispus Attucks
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How did the patriots in the colonies use the Boston Massacre?
Definition
As propaganda to rally colonists against the British
Term
5 major acts/taxes that Britain imposed on the colonists without their consent?
Definition
Stamp Act, Declaratory Act, Tea Act, Townshend Act, Intolerable Act
Term
Where was the "shot heard around the world" fired?
Definition
Lexington
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Why was Saratoga such and important battle during the Revolutionary War?
Definition
The patriot victory at Saratoga convinced the French to become an American ally because the Americans had a chance at winning the war
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Who was the very important ally to America in the Revolutionary War?
Definition
French
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Where was the last major battle of the Revolutionary War?
Definition
Yorktown
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Where did the Continental Army spend a long, harsh winter?
Definition
Valley Forge
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