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Government
100

A way of life.

What is culture?

100

He led a rebellion against a state.

Who was Daniel Shays?
100

Extra money made after paying for goods.

What is profit?

100

The name of the revival where many people in America turned to Christ.

What was the Great Awakening?
100

A government run by representatives.

What is a Republic?

200

To trade goods for other goods.

What is barter?

200

He had ideas that formed the basis of the United States Constitution.

Who was James Madison?

200

An agreement that is not exactly what either side wants but something that both sides can agree on.

What is compromise?

200

The year that Christopher Columbus arrived in San Salvador.

What was 1492?

200

The amount of states that had to approve the Constitution for it to become law.

What is 9?

300
Taxes on good that come into a country.

What are tariffs?

300

He said that slavery would "bring the judgment of heaven on a country."

Who was George Mason?

300

When states approve the Constitution.

What is ratify?

300

The year that the Pilgrims found Plymouth Colony.

What was 1620.

300

The Anti-Federalists wanted to add this to the Constitution.

What is a bill of rights?

400

A model of an item that has survived from the past.

What is a secondary source?

400

The document that begins with "We the People."

What is the Preamble?

400

Items that survived from the past and were written or made by people who were there when the event happened.

What is a primary source?

400

The main reason European countries to build colonies in America.

What is for trade?

400

The laws the Pilgrim leaders wrote.

What was the Mayflower Compact?