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What was the British East India Company?
What is an important British business that sold tea from India
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What was “the shot heard ‘round the world?”
What is the first shot of the American Revolution.
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The first step that the Second Continental Congress took in preparation for war was
What is forming an army.
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How did many colonists respond to the Intolerable Acts?
What is They launched the American Revolution.
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Why was the Battle of Saratoga important?
What is It lifted Patriot spirits and showed Europe that Americans could win.
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How did Americans react to the situation at Valley Forge?
What is They collected and sent food and supplies.
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When did free African Americans begin fighting for the Patriot cause?
What is from the beginning of the war
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What fighting technique did Francis Marion use?
What is guerrilla warfare
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The Declaration of Independence is divided into a preamble and three main sections. The first main section...
What is states some general ideas about society and government.
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What marked the official end of the American Revolution?
What is The Treaty of Paris
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How did the Bill of Rights become part of the Constitution?
What is added through the amendment process
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From which foreign nation did the United States purchase Louisiana?
What is France
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Thomas Jefferson was uneasy about purchasing the Louisiana Territory because...
What is he did not have the constitutional power to buy land from another country.
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In order to finance the colonial army, the Second Continental Congress decided to ________ ________.
What is Print Money
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The “shot heard round the world” was fired in ________.
What is Lexington
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The Patriots who held the Boston Tea Party disguised themselves as ________.
What is Native Americans
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In 1789, the United States was about ________ its current size.
What is a Quarter
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In the Election of 1796, John Adams became the second President; he was a ________.
What is Federalist
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A tax on liquor led to the ________ ________, which marked the first time the government sent troops to fight American citizens.
What is the Whiskey Rebellion
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The precedent set in the case of ________ v. ________ gave the Supreme Court the right to decide whether laws passed by Congress were constitutional.
What is Marbury Vs. Madison
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Francis Scott Key wrote “The Star-Spangled Banner” after watching the battle at ________.
What is Fort MckHenry
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The War of 1812 ended with the Treaty of ________.
What is Ghent
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The shutting off of a port by ships to keep people or supplies from moving in or out
What is Blockade
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System of Courts
What is judicial branch
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a person who buys things hoping the price will rise and that he or she will make a profit
What is Speculator
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