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America was named in his honor.
Who is Amerigo Vespucci?
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Main author of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
100
This was the result of the Treaty of Paris of 1873.
What is Britain recognized the independence of the United States and America's borders were set.
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The Great Compromise resolved this issue during the Constitutional Convention.
What is the issue of how states would be represented in the federal government?
100
Jefferson & Madison felt these were flaws in the plan for a national bank.
What is it gave too much power to the federal government; and the Constitution did not give Congress the power to create a bank?
200
Tension arose between this group of people and the Church of England. They came to America to establish their own religious colony.
Who are the Pilgrims?
200
This was the result of the Patriots proving to the French that they could win.
What is the French agreed to monetarily aid the Patriots in their war against Britain?
200
Representation in government, slavery, how much power to give the federal government.
What are some of the main issue raised by delegates at the Constitutional Convention of 1787?
200
This system gave settlers the right to tax local Native Americans or make them work.
What is the encomienda system?
200
This system was established by the British Crown to reward settlers for bringing the crown so much wealth.
What is the encomienda system?
300
Name the document and author who made convincing arguments that citizens, not monarchs, should make laws.
What is Common Sense by Thomas Paine?
300
This can be attributed to better weapons, alliances, and the spread of diseases.
What is the conquest of the South American empires? (such as the Aztec)
300
By going on the offensive and winning this battle, George Washington convinced many soldiers to re-enlist.
What is the Battle of Trenton?
300
This is a religious movement that began in Germany in 1517. The printing press was used to spread its ideas of church reform.
What is the Protestant Reformation?
300
Meeting with his cabinet regularly; serving only two terms
What are two precedents set by George Washington?
400
The terrible journey enslaved Africans took across the Atlantic.
What is the Middle Passage?
400
These colonists were not prepared; they did not know how to farm or do carpentry; they got very sick.
What is the reason 2/3rds of Jamestown colonists died by the first winter?
400
This increased European interest in North America - particularly into Canada, the Great Lakes, and present-day New York.
What is the search for the Northwest Passage?
400
Boston Harbor was closed; the colony's charter was cancelled; a new governor was appointed
What are examples of what happened to Massachusetts in the aftermath of the Boston Tea Party?
400
This is why thousands of African Americans signed on with the British Army.
What is the British offered freedom to any slave who served in their army?
500
The Magna Carta and the English Bill of Rights
What are two British documents that Americans looked to when developing the plan for their new government?
500
The new national constitution created by the Second Continental Congress in 1777.
What is the Articles of Confederation? (later to be replaced by the U.S. Constitution)
500
This is the reason adult Europeans reactions to measles, smallpox, and typhus were different than that of the Native Americans.
What is the Europeans had built up immunity to those diseases, and the Native people hadn't?
500
They thought it gave the federal government too much power and felt it did not go far enough in protecting citizen's rights.
What is why the Antifederalists opposed the Constitution?
500
To protect citizen's individual rights and to ensure that the federal government could not abuse those rights.
What is the purpose of the Bill of Rights?