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Bartholomew Dias discover ____________.
The cape of good hope.
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Who claimed modern day Brazil?
Pedro Cabral
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What 3 ships did Christopher Columbus use?
Pinta, Nina, Santa Maria
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Ponce ded Leon is famous for attempting to find __________.
The fountain of youth
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Who was the first to circumnavigate the world?
Ferdinand Magellan
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Who conquered the Aztecs?
Hernando Cortes
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Who conquered the Incas?
Francisco Pizarro
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Who founded the puritans?
John Calvin
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Sir Frances Drake and his "seadogs" accomplished __________________.
Being the second to circumnavigate the world.
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What was the Spanish Armada?
The Spanish tried to fight England, the English found out about it and set an ambush that wiped out the entire Spanish armada
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Where is the lost colony?
Roanoke
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Who was the first child born in North America?
Virginia Dare
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What are the name of the 3 ships the London Co used?
Discovery, Susan Constant, Godspeed
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Who did Pocahontas marry?
John Roth. Then changed her name to Rebecca
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What was the name of the first assembleage of an elected legislature?
House of Burgess
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Who was the first negro born in America?
William Tucker
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What was Maryland's purpose?
A refuge for Catholics, set up by Lord Baltimore
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What was Bacon's rebellion?
Nathaniel Bacon attacked Jameston and burnt it down.
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Who was the constantly re-eleceted governor of the Plymouth Plantation?
William Bradford
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What was the Mayflower compact?
They landed in unauthorized area so they claimed it for the king
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What was the Pequot War?
Mohikans burnt down a fort, forcing the inhabitants to flee and then get slaughtered
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What was King Phillips war?
Metcom was captured, decapitated and body cut into pieces for capturing a woman
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What caused the English civil war?
King Charles I always fighting with parliment, ended with King Charles being decapitated
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Richard Nicolls lead the expedition that took over dutch held territory, changing it from _______&________ to _________&_________.
- New Amsterdam and Fort Orange
- New York and Albany
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Who started the "society of friends" also called ______?
William Penn, Quakers
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The end result of the "Bloodless Coup" /Glorious Revolution was __________________.
William III and Mary II becoming new leaders of England
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Young females teaching children out of their home was known as ____________.
Dame school
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What was the name of the organization set up by Ben Franklin for mutual defense against the indians?
Albany Congress Plan
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What was the name of the fort built as a last minute effort to protect washington and his troops from the French/Indian attacks?
Ft. Neccestiy
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When General Braddock lost 2/3's of his men and the enemeys only lost 39 it was known as _____________.
Braddock's Defeat
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What stopped the French and Indian War?
Treaty of Paris
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The first continental congress met in ______________.
Carpenters hall, Philadelphia
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The first shot of the revolutionary war was fired at ________________.
Lexington Green
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The revolutionary lasted _ years, but it took another _ to sign the treaty.
6, 2
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The British put in a naval blockade known as the ________________________.
Prohibitoy Act
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Thomas Pane's book ___________ sold 100,000 copies in a few months.
Common Sense
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Who designed the Declaration of Independance?
Thomas Jefferson
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The first federal arsenal was established in ________________.
Springfield, Massachusets
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The continental army was established in _____.
1775
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The battle of bunker hill was actually faught at _______.
Breeds hill
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The day the British left Boston was known as ___________.
Evacuation day
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What was the turning point of the revolutionary war?
Saratoga
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The worst loss to indians in our history is ______________.
St. Claires Defeat
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Who came up with the three branches of our Government?
Edmund Randolph
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Who came up with the Virginia Plan?
James Madison
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What was the grand compromise?
Establishing the value of a slave. 3/5th of a person
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Who is the father of the U.S. Constitution?
James Madison
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Who was the first V.P.?
John Adams
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What lead to a three year war with the French?
XYZ affair
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Who was the slave that Thomas Jefferson had an affair with?
Sally Hemmings
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What was the name for educating little girls so they would grow up and educate their little girls?
Republican Mother
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Who believed all should be educated with patriotism and nationalism?
Noah Webster
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Who started the salve rebellion that ended with 27 slaves being hanged?
Gabriel Prosser
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Who started the first modern factory in the US?
Samuel Slater, spining mill
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Who invented the cotton gin?
Eli Whitney
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Who was the principle architect of our nations capitol?
Pierre L'Enfant
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What established judiciary review?
Marbury vs. Madison
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Who presided over Marbury vs. Madison?
John Marshall
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What was the name if Lewis and Clarks ship?
Corps Discovery
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Who was the alcoholic brother of Tecumseh?
Tenskwatawa
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Tecumseh was killed by a Kentucky congressman in ________________.
The Battle of Thames
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___________ also known as "Old hickory" defeated the Creek indians
Andrew Jackson
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What was the forst built as a refuge for farmers to stay in at night?
Ft. Mims
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Who was the Indian Chief at the battle of horseshoe bend?
Menewa
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Who burnt Washington DC?
British
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What was the Fort used to protect Baltimore?
Ft. McHenry
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Who wrote the national anthem?
Francis Scott Key
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Who won the battle of New Orleans?
Andrew Jackson
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What ended the revolutionary war?
Treay of Ghent
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Who planted apple seeds and was nicknamed Johnny Appleseed?
John Chapman
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Who's presidency was known as the Era of Good Feeling?
James Monroe
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What lead to the US giving up all claims of Texas, yet we acquired Florida and the Pacific NW territory?
Adams-Onis Agreement
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36/30 was the line that divided which states would be slave states, known as the _____________.
Missouri Compromise
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The _____________ stated that the US would not tolerate European Interfence in the affairs of the Western Hemisphere.
Monroe Doctrine
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Andrew Jackson's presidency was known as the _____________.
Era of the common man
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The name for Jackson's special cabinet of advisors was known as ____________.
Kitchen cabinet
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The black hawk war was faught with the _____ and ______ indians.
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The 5 civilized tribes were
- Creek
- Choctaw
- Cherokee
- Chickosaw
- Seminole
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The act that gave the indians money to leave was called the _______________.
Removal Act
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_______ was the Indian Chief that lead a group to Florida and ended up being the Seminole War.
Osceola
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Who is an important to know supreme court judge?
Robert B. Taney
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Who invented Morse Code?
Samuel F.B. Morse
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Most southerners considered themselves Plain folks, and called slavery a __________________.
Peculiar Institution
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Who was the slave that claimed to speak to god and lead a slave uprsing that lead to 57 people being killed?
Nat Turner
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Who was the editor of "The Liberator" an abolitionist newspaper?
William Lloyd Garrison
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Who started the abolitionist paper called the North Star?
Fredrick Douglas
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The god given right to movement and expand territory was known as ___________.
Manifest Destiny
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Who was the Mexican president that lead the military expedition against Americans in Texas?
Santa Ana
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Who was the General of the Army of Texas?
General Sam Houston
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In which battle did Sam Houston defeat Santa Ana?
Battle of San Jacinto
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Which three events lead to the nickname bleeding kansas?
- Sacking of Lawrence
- Caining of Sumner
- Pottawatomie Massacre
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Where did John Brown try to take over the town to make it a refuge for run away slaves?
Harpers Ferry, VA
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Where were the first shots of the civil war filed?
Fort Sumter
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What act allowed land granted colleges?
Marill Act
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What is the 13th Ammendment?
Abolish Slavery
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What is the 14th Amendment?
Citizenship
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What is the 15th Amendment?
Voting rights
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The Grant Administration was known as the ____________.
Era of good stealing
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Who founded Tuskegee?
Booker T. Washington
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