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100
A compact that was said to be the first written constitution in the Americas
What is the Mayflower Compact?
100
The final conflict in the ongoing struggle between the French and British for control of Eastern North America.
What is the French and Indian War?
100
The Italian navigator who looked for a faster water route to Asia.
Who is Christopher Columbus?
100
The world's saltiest lake and the lowest point on any continent.
What is the Dead Sea?
200
The document that said the king was not above the law, and helped establish self-government
What is the Magna Carta?
200
The law that requires colonists to buy a stamp for every piece of paper they used in order to raise money for Britain's government and military.
What is the Stamp Act?
200
A group of Protestant dissenters who believed in religious tolerance and equality.
Who are Quakers?
200
The conflict in 1967 between Israel and the neighboring states of Egypt, Jordan, and Syria.
What was the Six-Day-War?
300
The Constitution
What is the supreme law of the United States of America?
300
The British proclamation that forbade the colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains.
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
300
The English explorer who sailed for the Dutch and landed at the coast of present-day New York.
Who is Henry Hudson?
300
The philosophy based on the ideas and teachings of Confucius.
What is Confucianism?
400
The Orders that extended voting rights to non-church members. This expanded representative government.
What are the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut?
400
The incident in 1773 when colonists protested British policies by boarding British ships and throwing their cargoes of tea overboard.
What was the Boston Tea Party?
400
As the Native Americans lacked exposure and experience with the European diseases such as smallpox and measles, millions died as a result.
What main effect did British/European diseases have on the Native Americans?
400
The first permanent Dutch colony in North America.
What was New Netherland?
400
Buddhist temples that have multi-storied towers with an upward curving roof at each floor.
What are Pagodas?
500
The document that declared American independence from Britain.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
500
The organization of colonial women formed to protest British policies.
Who are the Daughters of Liberty?
500
The Native American revolt against British colonists due to Europe's desire for wealth and land.
What is Pontiac's Rebellion?
500
The region of colonies that had strong democratic traditions and were mainly populated with Puritans.
What are the New England colonies?
500
A series of rulers from the same family line.
What is a dynasty?