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Social Studies
12th Grade
01/24/2012

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what europan movement resulted in exposure to middle eastern and asian goods
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crusades
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what european movement resulted in the new art, technology, and a return to classical thought?
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renaissance
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what european movement resulted in the rise of the protestant religion
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reformation
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what terms are used to describe the exchange of goods between europe and the americans after columbus discovery?
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columbian exchange
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what were the spanish explorers called who searched for "god, gold, and glory"
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conquistadors
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what was the name of the first american settlement in 1492 by europeans?
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st. augustine
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what was the first successful english settlement in the new world?
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jamestown
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what was the legislature of the virginia colony called (the first representative government in the new world)?
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house of burgesses
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What was the main reason for the american colonies protestation against british rule?
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taxation
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what war put the english into debt and forced them to tax and closely monitor the troops in boston?
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french and indian war
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what 1760s acts were enforced by the english that were already in place?
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navigation acts
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what occurred in 1770 that resulted in 5 colonists being shot and killed by british troops in boston?
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boston massacre
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in 1773 bostonians protested the tea act by staging what famous event?
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boston tea party
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the first skirmishes of the revolutionary war occurred in what two towns?
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lexington and concord
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