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Noah Webster
Chapter 11
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History
3rd Grade
01/14/2013

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primer
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a textbook for young children
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why Noah Webster couldn't read as much as he wanted to as a young boy
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there weren't very many books available
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the Blue-Backed Speller
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the first American textbook for American children
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The American Dictionary of the English Language
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the first American dictionary
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Noah's father
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willing to sell his farm so that Noah Webster could have a college education
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The War for Independence
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the war America was fighting while Noah was in college
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Noah Webster
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the writer of the first American textbooks for school children and the first American dictionary
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writing an American dictionary
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the biggest job Noah Webster ever did
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20
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the number of languages Noah Webster studied to write The American Dictionary
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books in a Colonial School
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1. the Bible
2. a primer
3. a speller
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asked Jesus to be his Savior
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the most important decision Noah Webster ever made
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20 years
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how long it took Noah Webster to write The American Dictionary of the English Language
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college
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where Noah was during the War for Independence
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lawyer
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what Noah wanted to be, but became a teacher instead
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