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Who wrote the Declaration of Independence. Give full name.
Thomas Jefferson
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What is The Emancipation Proclamation?
A formal judicial act which freed the black slaves in the US. Based on the premise that "all the men are created equal". Abraham Lincoln 1863.
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Why are there so many guns in the US?
2nd Amendment to the Constitution grants every citizen the right to keep guns.
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1789
Adoption of the first US Constitution
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Plymouth (Massachusetts)
1620 - Pilgrim Fathers established a settlement there
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Who was the sovereign in Britain when the War of Independence started?
George III.
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Which war event started the Civil War?
Attack on Fort Sumter
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Why did the seven southern states separate from the northern states in 1860?
They disliked the idea of abolition of slavery (Lincoln)
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1861 - 1865
Civil War
200
Boston Harbour
A place where a major protest against the British government took place
300
Who proclaimed 4th July a national holiday?
Abraham Lincoln
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What is the name of the event which marks the end of Native American resistance?
Wounded Knee
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"No taxation without representation" was a major slogan during the Revolutionary War. Why?
Disagreement with new taxes which were imposed by the British king on colonies in the New World.
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December 1773
Boston Tea Party
300
Appomattox
The final battle of the Civil War
400
Which two Native American tribes have the most violent history of clashes with the colonists?
Cheyenne and Sioux
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7 southern states separated from the northern states? The act of separation is known as _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
Secession
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Why did the North win the Civil War?
Because of the successful application of the wonders of the Industrial Revolution. New weapons, railway, telegraph...
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1607
Fist permanent settlement in the New World - Jamestown
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What is "The Frontier"?
A line of "friction" between the original inhabitants and the European settlers.
500
Who was the president of the Confederacy during the Civil War?
Jefferson Davis
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Circa how many colonists dumped the cargo of tea into the Boston Harbor in 1773?
c. 50
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Two years after the US Constitution was adopted, the Bill of Rights was added. Why?
To justify the principles of the Revolution.
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December 1890
Wounded Knee Massacre
500
Where did the War of Independence formally end?
The Treaty of Paris - formal end of the War of Independence
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