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the main purpose of latitude and longitude is to ... |
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geography is the study of... |
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| people,their enviorments,and their resources |
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all maps have some distortion because... |
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| maps are flat and the earth is not |
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| on a map relif shows differences in... |
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| the longest and most important river system in the U.S. is made up of... |
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| missisipi and missouri rivers |
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| an example of the theme of movement is the... |
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| shipping of trade goods to asia |
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| ... led an expedition that sailed around the world |
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| english,french,and dutch explorerssearched for a ... through the americas |
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| which of the following were problems faced by the early settlers at jamestown |
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~the refusal of settlers to work
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~impure drinking water |
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| who founded the colony of conneticut... |
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| who founded the colony of rhode island... |
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| the first english colonist in north america landed at ... |
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| who founded the colony of georgia |
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| quakers were protestant reformer who beleived that... |
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| men and women were created equal |
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| a major reson that pennsylania enjoyed many years of peace with its indian neighbors was that... |
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| settlers in pennsylvania paid for indian land |
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| under the theory of mercantilisam, a country should ... |
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| export more than it inports |
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| the purpose of the navigation |
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| to strengthen england and make it richer |
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| which of the following about voting in the colonies is true ... |
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| all voters had to own property |
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| english colonist showed concern for education by... |
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| passing a law in massachusetts to set up the first public schools |
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| the american of british goods hurt trade |
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| a time line usually shows events ... |
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| a was ready to fight within a minutes notice . |
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| english settlers often angered native americans by... |
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| clearing forrests for farms |
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| one result of the french and indian war was that ... |
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| cheif pontiac gave up his war against the british when... |
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| the french signed the treaty of paris |
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| the proclamation of 1763 angered the british colonists because it ... |
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| stopped the from moving west |
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| britain won allies among native americans by |
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| charging less for trade goods |
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| colonist objected to the stamp act because they ... |
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| did not have their own representativesin parliment |
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| the sons and daughters of liberty werwe organized to ... |
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| who is the author of the declaration of indepedance... |
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| the chief goal of the tea act was to |
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| raise money for the british east india tea company |
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| according to the declaration of independance ,everyone has a right to ... |
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| life,liberty,and the pursuit of happiness |
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the author of common sense ( thomas paine ) supported american independance because... |
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~america was too far from britain to be easily governed
~there was no advantage to being connected to britain
~kings and queens had no right to rule |
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| a turning point in the war for the americans was at ... |
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| americans wanted an alliance with france because ... |
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| americans needed weapons and navel support |
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| on which side did native americans fight during the revolution... |
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| some fought with the british and some with patriots |
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| many african americans supported the revolution because they... |
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| beleived it would end slavery. |
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| washington allowed african americans to serve because... |
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| the british were succesfully recruiting slaves |
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| in the treaty of paris 1783, americas agreed to... |
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| ask state legislatures to pay loyalists for property that they lost. |
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| the american commander known as the swamp fox was... |
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| one reason americans wanted a weitten constitution was to... |
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| limit the power of government. |
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| what problems did the nation face under the articles of confederation... |
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| delegates to the constitutional convetiondicided to keep their talks secret because they ... |
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| wanted to be able to explore every issuewithout pressure |
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| in the debate over the constitution,the federalists favored... |
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| a strong national government. |
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| the constitution can be changed throughthe process... |
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| in 1689 william and mary signed this royal agreement to respect the right of english citizens and of parliment. |
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| the englishpolicy of interfering very little in colonial affairs was called ... |
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| shays rebellion was important because it showed americans that ... |
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| the articles of confederation were not working |
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| the right of of freedom of press in the colonies was established by the trial of ... |
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| what was the great awakening... |
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| the purpose of the quartering act was to require the colonies to... |
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| providde housing and supply for the britishn soldiers. |
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| a group that staged protests against the stamp act was... |
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| on march 5 1770 what fight broke out between british soldiers and dock workers... |
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| who became famous for spreading news of the british troops movements... |
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| during the revolutionary war ,people who sided with the rebels were called... |
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| ... is the commander of the continental army. |
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| washingtons strategy was to... |
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| keep his army in the field,win small battles,and avoid major battles till his army was larger. |
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| ... are soldiers hired to fight for another country. |
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| ... spread rumors that americans have a large army and later betrays him country. |
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| german...trains troops and teaches charges using bayonets. |
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| waashingtons army retreats from philadelphia and spends a harsh winter at ... |
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| ... is a privatly owned ship used to attack enemy (british) merchant ships. |
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| ... commands the american ship ,bonhomme richard. |
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| ... are bands of fighters who weaken the enemy with suprise raids. |
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| the is the last major battle of the revolutionary war.cornwallis surrenders his forces on october 19th, 1781 at this battle. |
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| the war officialy ends with the... |
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| the are the first set of plans for a national government system ratified in 1781. |
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| led a group men in a rebellion called shays rebellion. |
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| daniel SHAY (HINT* HINT* SHAYS REBELLION. |
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| in 1701,states ratify the ten amendments known as the ... |
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