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What is Columbus?
A Spanish explorer from Italy who was sent by the King and Queen. He wanted to enrich his family and gain honor and respect.
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What is the Middle Passage?
One leg of the triangular trade that was used to transport slaves from Africa.
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What is the Boston Massacre?
On March 15, 1770, a crowd attacked British soldiers. The soldiers open fired, killing 4 patriots.
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What is George Washington?
The President who served from 1789 to 1797.
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What is Loyalist?
People who supported the King.
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What is Roanoke?
A English colony. On the first attempt the settlers abandoned the settlement. On the second attempt everything went missing.
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What is Navigation Acts?
A series of laws that restricted foreign shipping for trade between England and its colonies in 1651.
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What is the Stamp Act?
The tax the British placed on Newspapers, legal documents, and other printed material.
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What is Andrew Jackson?
The president who served from 1829 to 1837
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What is Missionaries?
People who came to America to spread Christianity.
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What is the Colombian Exchange?
A new transatlantic trade route that went form Europe to England.
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What is Bacon's Rebellion?
In 1676 they lead an army to fight the Native Americans. He was called a rebel and was attacked by an army. His forces burnt down Jamestown and controlled Virgina until he died.
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What is The Intolerable Acts?
In the Spring of 1774, the British Parliament passed harsh measures to punish Boston and Massachusetts.
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What is James Polk?
The president who served from 1845 to 1849.
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What is Benin?
This city in Africa had wide and clean streets leading to a palace. They traded oils, ivory, and wood.
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What is Bartolome de las Casas?
A Spanish explorer who was one of the first settlers. He thought all forms of slavery was wrong and wanted Spain to have a more humane way of colonization.
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What is Mercantilism?
England economic relationship based on trying to get as much gold and silver as possible.
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What is the Sugar Act?
"No Taxation without representation"
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What is John Quincy Adams?
The first president who was the son of a president.
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What is Paul Revere?
A famous person who was part of the Sons of Liberty.
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What is Spain?
Explores include Columbus, Juan Ponce de Leon, and Vasco Nunez. They came to America because they wanted to find the fountain of youth and to conquer the Aztecs.
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What is the Headright system?
Legal grant of land to settlers. This started in 1618 in Jamestown.
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What is The Sons Of Liberty?
American Patriots that were protecting the rights of the colonies from the British. They were in charge of the Boston Tea Party.
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What is Martin Van Buren?
The president who served from 1837 to 1841.
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What is Transcendentalism?
The reform movement drew inspiration form philosophers of writers who rejected traditional religion. The group was centered in Massachusetts. It taught that spiritual discovery and insight would lead a person to more truths more profound than could be rea
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