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1
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Name the three G’s of exploration

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Gold, Glory, and God

2
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The first successful permanent English settlement in the New World?

A

Jamestown

3
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What country had best relationship with the Native Americans?

A

The French

4
Q

John Locke said that all people were born with the right to….

A

Life, Liberty, and Happiness

5
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How many people died at the Boston Massacre?

A

5

6
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Who was the lawyer for the British soldiers involved with the Boston Massacre?

A

John Adams

7
Q

The Proclamation of 1763 was intended to to prevent colonists from crossing…

A

The Appalachian Mountain

8
Q

He fought in the French and Indian War for the British and gained valuable leadership skills which would help him later in life.

A

George Washington

9
Q

The Stamp Act placed taxes on…

A

Stamps, Contacts, Playing Cards, Legal Documents

10
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Name of resistance group who opposed the British in Boston.

A

Sons of Liberty

11
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Leader of Boston resistance group.

A

Samuel Adams

12
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Major protest organized by the Sons of Liberty.

A

Boston Tea Party

13
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The Intolerable Acts were a British reaction to what colonial event?

A

Boston Tea Party

14
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Where were the first shots (in combat) of the Revolutionary War fired?

A

Lexington and Concord

15
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Where did the British surrender at the end of the Revolutionary War?

A

Yorktown

16
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Leader of the British forces during the Revolutionary War.

A

Cornwallis

17
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Leader of the Colonial forces during the Revolutionary War

A

Washington

18
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Cash crop that made the south boom during the colonial period

A

Tobacco

19
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What country helped the colonist defeat the British in the Revolutionary War

A

France

20
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People who wanted to remain under British rule in the colonies.

A

Loyalist

21
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People who wanted to break away from the British crown.

A

Patriots

22
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Who drafted the Declaration of Indp.

A

Jefferson

23
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What state supported representation based on population at the Constitution Convention

A

Virginia

24
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Describe the Quartering Act

A

Forced colonists to accept British soldiers into their homes

25
Q

Came to the new world looking for furs

A

France

26
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Came to new world looking for gold/riches

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Spain

27
Q

Country that established the Jamestown Colony

A

England

28
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Colony of Quakers

A

Pennsylvania

29
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Home of people released from debtors prison and acted as a buffer from Spanish territories

A

Georgia

30
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Colony established by Catholics but tolerated others

A

Maryland

31
Q

The Colonial Army spent a brutal winter here

A

Valley Forge

32
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Washington Crossed the Delaware to attack here

A

Trenton

33
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Turning Point of the Revolutionary War

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Saratoga

34
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Name weakness of the Articles of Confederation

A

No Army, No way to tax, No executive or judicial branch, No national money system

35
Q

What was the Middle Passage?

A

The ocean journey that transported slaves from Africa to the Americas

36
Q

Which city had a series of Witch Trials in 1692?

A

Salem

37
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What is a bicameral legislature?

A

A legislature with two houses

38
Q

This document represents the first attempt at self-government in the colonies.

A

The Articles of Confederation