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| portuguese navigator who was the first European to sail from Europe to Asia |
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| Spanish conquistador who defeated the Aztec in 1521--Founded Mexico City |
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| French explorer who reached the mouth of the Mississippi River--claimed the Mississippi River valley for France |
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| English explorer who searched for a Northwest Passage (1609) |
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| English explorer, historian, and soldier who started two unsuccessful colonies on Roanoke Island |
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| A town in SE Virginia--1st permanent English settlement in North America--founded in 1607 |
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| A town in SE Massachusetts--founded by the Pilgrims in 1620 |
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| 1st settlement of the Puritans--Boston |
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| Dutch colony taken over by the English--became New York |
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| English army captain whose strict discpline helped the Jamestown settlement to survive |
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| Jamestown leader whose method of curing tobacco made it successful cash crop--married Pocahantas |
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| Pilgrims; seeking religious freedom; settled Massachusetts |
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| Puritan minister who founded the colony of Rhode Island |
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| Puritan founder of Portsmouth, Rhode Island (1636) |
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| Started a Catholoics colony--called Maryland (1634) |
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| Society of Friends; started by George Fox; very plain; against slavery |
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| Quaker leader who founded the colony of Pennsylvania in 1681 |
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| British military officer who founded the colony of Georgia (1732) |
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| lost New Netherland to the English without firing a shot--became New York |
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| (1765) one of the first British laws placing taxes on colonies |
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| British soldiers killed 5 colonists |
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| (1773) Colonists dressed as Native Americans and dumped English tea into the Boston Harbor |
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| The colonists (patriots) fought the British and loyalists to win independence from the King of England. |
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| (1774) followed the Boston Tea Party--English parliament closed sea port--ordered colonists to feed and house British soldiers in the colonies |
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| Battles of Lexington and Concord |
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| Site of one of the first battles of the American Revolution |
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| Site in northeastern New York of an important Patriot victory in the Revolutionary War |
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| The last major battle of the American Revolution (1781) |
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| Patriot and leader in the American Revolution. Member of the Sons of Liberty--wrote news articles for the Boston newspaper attacking the Stamp Act |
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| 1st President of the United States--Fought in the French and Indian War--led the Continental Army during the American Revolution |
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| Wrote Common Sense--written in a language most people could understand--urged colonists to separate from Britian |
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| 3rd President--Author of the Declaration of Independence |
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| French general who joined the Continental Army during the American Revolution |
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| King of England during the American Revolution |
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| British general who surrendered at Yorktown which was The Last Major Battle of the American Revolution in 1781 |
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| Basic ideals expressed in and the reason for writing the Declaration of Independence |
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| All men created equal and life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness. |
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| Reasons people came to the Americas |
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| economic opportunity, slavery, religious freedom, military adventure, and release from prison. |
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| the first ten amendments (1791) |
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| Freedom of Religion, Speech, Press, Assembly and Petition |
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| the right to keep weapons |
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| protection against quartering or housing soldiers |
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| freedom from unreasonable search and seizure; no searching your home without a warrant |
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| the right to remain silent; rights of accused people of a crime |
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| the right to trial by jury |
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| no cruel or unusual punishment |
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| you have more rights that are not listed in the Constitution |
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| states have rights too....you have state rights and national rights |
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| voting rights for blacks (black suffrage) |
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creates bills (laws); approves the making of money; declares war
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| What are the two branches of Congress? |
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House of Representatives
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| How is membership decided for the House of Representatives? |
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| based on the state's population; representatives serve 2 year terms |
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| How is membership decided in the Senate? |
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| each state sends 2 total Senators and they serve 6 year terms |
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| carries out the laws; nominates judges; allowed to order the army into battle |
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| Who is the national head of the Executive Branch? |
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| Who is the state head of the Executive branch? |
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| How many terms can the President serve? |
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| 22nd Amendment set this to 2 terms of 4 years each |
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rules whether the laws passed are constitutional; can rule whether actions of the executive branch are constitutional;
Supreme Court---highest court, 9 members |
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| searched for a sea route to Asia; sailing west he found the Caribbean Islands |
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| explored parts of Florida; gets creit for finding and naming Florida |
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| first person to sail around the world |
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| looked for the Seven Cities of Gold but explored southwestern United States |
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| Sam Adams helped form this group of men who supported the Patriot cause and boycotted the British |
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| Massachusetts colonist who wrote poems and plays supporting the Patriots |
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| hired German soldiers (fought on the side of the loyalists and British during the Revolutionary War) |
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| Colonist who warned Patriots that the British were marching to Lexington and Concord |
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| war fought between the French and British over the Ohio River Valley, a cause to the Revolutionary War |
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| a region of land that doubled the size of the US when purchased from France; it extended from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains and from the Gulf of Mexico to Canada |
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| Andrew Jckson (Presidensy) 7th |
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| President who ordered the removal of Native American groups from their lands. |
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| American Explorers order by Thomas Jefferson to explore the Lousiana Purchase. |
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| The idea that the Unted States should stretch from the Atlanic Ocean to Pacific Ocean. |
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| A farmers rebellion that helped prove the Articals of Confederation would not work. |
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| Citizens who were in favor of ratifying the Constitution. |
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| Citizens who were agianst approving the Constitution. |
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| Why did the Articals of Confederation not work? |
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| State goverment held all the power and the national goverment had hardly any power. |
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| A system of goverment in which the power to govern is shared by the national and state goverments. |
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| Compromise to make Constitution |
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| Equal representation (small and large states) |
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