Geography
Name one region of North Carolina that you are standing in right now.
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This man's expedition set off an enormous exchange of foods, animals, disease and culture between the Americas and Europe, Asia, and Africa.
Columbus
The 13 colonies went to war with this country in an effort to earn their independence.
Britain
This man was the principal author of the Declaration of Independence, which announced the independence of the 13 colonies from British rule.
Thomas Jefferson
The Constitution created these three branches of the federal government.
Legislative, Executive, and Judicial
What are the three main regions of North Carolina?
Mountains, Piedmont, Coastal Plain
This man organized three expeditions to the coast of North Carolina in the late 1500s.
Raleigh
The Seven Years War, which ended in 1763, saw American colonists and British soldiers fight against these TWO opponents?
French and Indians
This man was chosen to lead the Continental Army against the British during the Revolutionary War.
George Washington
This process was uniquely created for the purpose of electing the President of the United States.
Electoral College
What is the tallest peak in North Carolina?
Mount Mitchell
This was the first permanent English colony founded in North America (1607).
Jamestown
This large American Indian tribe fought against English settlers between 1711 and 1715, resulting in their relocation to upstate New York.
Tuscarora
Aid from this nation was crucial to the survival of the Continental Army as it provided money, additional troops and naval support.
France
This is the total number of US Supreme Court justices
9
This is the longest river in the United States.
Missouri River
These were the three main regions of Britain's 13 colonies in North America.
New England, Middle and Southern
This group of angry North Carolina residents attacked court houses and colonial officials before being defeated by the colonial militia at the BAttle of Alamance.
Regulators
This battle more or less ended the Revolutionary War after Washington forced the surrender of Lord Charles Cornwallis and his 8,000 troops.
Yorktown
This is the total number of US Representatives and Senators elected to Congress.
535
This is the only US state that contains two distinct peninsulas (Upper and Lower).
Michigan
This colony was founded by James Oglethorpe as a resettlement opportunity for former criminals in the English prison system.
Georgia
This man sided with Quakers in a rebellion against the colonial government of North Carolina in 1711, eventually ending when he fired cannon at the governor's meeting house.
Thomas Cary
This battle was the turning point of the war, as American victory led other nations to financially and militarily support the 13 colonies in their independence effort.
Saratoga
This is the number of Senators that must vote to remove an impeached executive official assuming all Senators are present to vote.
67