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George Washington
Who was the general of the American Army during the Revolutionary War?
100
Fugitive Slave Act
What Act required Northerners to return escaped slaves to the South?
100
Guerrilla warfare
What is characterized by small hidden attacks?
100
European, native American and African
What are the "3 worlds" that collide?
100
Metis
What is the people of mixed native American and French settler blood?
200
Lewis and Clark
Who were the explorers sent by Jefferson to explore the West?
200
Canadian Confederation
What combined the province of Canada, New Brunswick and Nova Scotia in the Dominion of Canada?
200
Loyalists
Who were the Americans loyal to the crown (king) of England?
200
Iroquois and Algonquian
What are the 2 main native american language families?
200
Animism
What is the native American belief that all things have a soul?
300
Eli Whitney
Who invented the Cotton Gin?
300
Proclamation Act of 1763
What created a boundary along the Appalachian mountains to restrict the settlers' move West?
300
Democracy
What is the political theory defined by "power of the people"?
300
Middle Passage
What is the trip from Africa to America for captured Africans called?
300
Indentured Servitude
What system exchanged free labor for 5-7 years in exchange for a free trip across the Atlantic?
400
William Penn
Who founded Pennsylvania?
400
14th Amendment
What amendment made African Americans citizens?
400
Industrialization
What is the replacement of people by machines, leading to mass production?
400
Makes the Laws
What is the Legislative Branch?
400
Merit System
What system encourages people to be chosen for their qualities instead of their family or wealth?
500
Leonardo Da Vinci
Who was a famous painter and inventor during the renaissance?
500
15th Amendment
Which Amendment give ex-slaves the right to vote?
500
Heretic
What is a person who speaks against the Church and it's rules?
500
Coercive acts
What is a collection of acts aimed at punishing Boston for the Boston tea party?
500
Patricians
Who were the rich an ancient families of Ancient Rome?