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History Final Exam 7th Grade Flashcards

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Import

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to send goods into a country

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export

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to send goods out of a country

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bill of rights

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a list of freedoms the government promises to protect

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4
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plantation

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a large self sufficient estate, run by many people

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5
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back country

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an area of land on the eastern slopes of the Appalachain mountains

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tidewater

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area along the atlantic coast

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7
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slave code

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laws that treated slaves as property

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mason-dixon line

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the border between PA and MD

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power of the purse

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the right to raise and spend money that was held by the legislature

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triangular trade

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trade between Africa, England, and the colonies

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the city of brotherly love

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Philadelphia

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12
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What religion was influential in New England

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Puritanism

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13
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Which country owned NY before England

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Holland- the Dutch

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14
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Why was the founder of PA

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William Penn

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15
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Who and what was Ga founded for?

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debtor’s colony

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16
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boycott

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the refusal of buying a particular good or service

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17
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militia

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many armies formed for each state

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18
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Paul Revere

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THE BRITISH ARE COMING

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proclamation of 1763

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prohibited colonists from moving west of the United States

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20
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Boston Massacre

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colonists revolted on British soldiers

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Boston Tea Party

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colonists dumped hundreds of tea crates into the harbor showing their anger for the king’s relentless pestering

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22
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Intolerable Acts

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punishment towards Boston because of the Tea Party

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Stamp Act

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the taxation of paper, letters, and other paper items

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Where were the first 2 battles between the British and the colonies held?

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Lexington and Concord

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traitor

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a person who betrays their country

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Loyalist

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Colonists who remained loyal to Britain

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olive branch petition

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a petition sent to King George 3 declaring their loyalty, asking him to repeal the intolerable acts, and blame the recent problems on the parliament. he rejects it

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Treaty of Paris 1783

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Britain recognizes US as an independent nation

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29
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Ticonderoga

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Ethan ALlen led his surprise attack which gave the US cannons and gunpowder he stole in the attack.

30
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Saratoga

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turning point of the war and ends all British threats to the US.

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Valley Forge

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George Washington camped his trrops here 1777-8. much suffering

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yorktown

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the last battle in the revolution

33
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Thomas Paine

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wrote the Crisis which urged Colonists to support the Army

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Thomas Jefferson

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headed the committee in the 2nd Continental Congress and wrote the Dec of Independence with advisement

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Lafayette

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the French noble who became the trusted friend of GW

36
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Francis Marion

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Used guerilla warfare

37
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Benedict Arnold

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formally American General turned traitor and Led the British troops

38
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who did the 2nd Continental Congress select to lead the Continental Army

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GW

39
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What was the King’s reaction to the olive branch petition?

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rejected it

40
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When was the Dec of Inpendence signed?

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July 4, 1776

41
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What was the 2nd part of the Declaration of Independence?

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wrongs committed by the king

42
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WHo were defending their homes and property

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Patriots

43
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Who had the best navy in the world

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Britain

44
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Legislature

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representative body elected by the people hwo make laws

45
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executive

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a single person with administrative ability

46
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constitution

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a document that defines the fundamental principles of govt

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confederation

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loose alliance of states

48
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federal government

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a system of govt that divides power between the central govt and the states

49
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territory

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land that is not a state and is owned by the central govt

50
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commerce

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the buying and selling of goods

51
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3/5 compromise

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slaves would equal 3.5 of a person

52
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bi-cameral

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2 house legislature

53
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fugitive slave clause

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if another state finds a runaway slave, they must return him to his or her owner

54
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Bill of rights

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the USA’s 10 amendments

55
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slave trade clause

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congress can’t vote to end importation of slaves until 1808

56
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federalists

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agree with the constitution

57
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antifederalists

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disagree with the constitution

58
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What was the first state to approve the constitution

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Delaware

59
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What was the 9th state to approve the constitution

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new hampshire

60
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Franklin Roosevelt

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Pres of the US at the beginning of WW2. He asked for a declaration of war against Japan.

61
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Douglas MacArthur

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US Army Commander of the Pacific during WW2

62
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Dwight D. Eisenhower

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General who directed the allied invasion of Europe

63
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Winston Churchilll

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Prime Minister of England

64
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Harry Truman

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US President who made the decision to drop the atomic bomb on Japan

65
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totalitarianism

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political leaders try to control how people think and live

66
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appeasement

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meeting another governments demands of war

67
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d day

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the day the invasion of france began june 6 1944

68
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the events leading to the outbreak of ww2

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  1. Hitler breaks the treaty
  2. Hitler goes into Cz and SUden
  3. Hitler gets Poland
  4. Britain and France declare war
69
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United Nations

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Organized nations to investigate and propose settlements to international problems

70
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Warsaw pact

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military alliance of communism

71
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solidarity

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worker unions that called for change in Poland

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