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100

Who was the young Virginian lawyer that proclaimed, "Give me liberty, or give me death!"?

Patrick Henry

100

Who led a rebellion during the Critical Period of American history?

Daniel Shay

100

Which method of education was prevalent in the southern colonies?

Old-filed schools

100

"Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" was preached by which prominent figure?

Jonathan Edwards

100

What interpretation of the Constitution argued against the establishment of a national bank?

Strict construction

200

Which Spaniard was responsible for the conquest of the Aztecs?

Hernando Cortes

200

Which American diplomat negotiated a treaty with Spain in the late 18th century?

Thomas Pickney

200

What was the most commonly used textbook in colonial America?

New England Primer

200

Who wrote "Letters from a Farmer in Pennsylvania"?

John Dickinson

200

Which constitutional compromise addressed the issue of counting states' slave populations?

three-fifths compromise

300

Who is credited with inventing the movable-type printing press?

Johanne Guttenberg

300

Who explored the souther region of the Louisiana Purchase? 

Zebulon Pike

300

What was the name of the ship commanded by John Paul Jones that captured the British vessel Serapis?

Bonhomme Richard

300

What was the name of the alliance of Native American tribes formed around A.D. 1400?

Iriquois Confederacy

300

What principle of constitutional government was established by the case of Marbury v. Madison?

Judicial review - Supreme Court can strike down an unconstitutional law

400

Who served as the first governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony?

John Winthrop

400

Hernando Cortés conquered which empire?

Aztecs

400

In what way did John Locke's political theory differ from that of William Blackstone?

Locke believed law of nature came from man and not God

400

What was the first institution of higher learning established in British North America?

Harvard

400

How did the Constitution address the issue of the unstable monetary system under the Articles of Confederation?

Congress was given power over monetary issues

500

Who authored the influential Commentaries on the Laws of England?

William Blackstone

500

Who was the founder of Log College?

William Tennent

500

What significant English precedent for American government originated from the Magna Carta?

limited representative government

500

Which British general was responsible for capturing New York?

Sir William Howe

500

Who was the first Chief Justice of the Supreme Court?

John Jay