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he was Portugese soldier and sailor who was the first to circumnavigate the world
Who is Ferdinand Magellan
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They were a native american people that settled in the valley of Mexico around 1200 A.D., and later developed a powerful empire
Who were the Aztecs
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A religious community where priests taught Christianity
What is a mission
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The voyage of enslaved Africans from Africa to the West Indies.
What is the Middle Passage
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a Spanish word meaning one who traveled to the Americas as an explorer and conquerer in the 16th century
What is conquistador
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He was an Italian navigator who made several voyages to the Carribean and South America
Who is Amerigo Vespucci
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They were a native american people whose civilization flourished in the Northwest and the icy Arctic regions.
Who were the Inuits
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An English colonist who settled at Plymouth in 1620.
What is a pilgrim
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He had a plan to unite the colonies and thought that they could fight better if they worked together.
Who is Benjamin Franklin
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A document that states that everyone has certain rights that no government can take away.
What is Declaration of Independence
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American Indian who helped William & Clark to navigate the Great Plains to the Pacific Ocean and back.
Who is Sacagawea
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They were a native american group that lived in the plains region.
Who were the Pawnees
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it is a group of related families
What is a clan
300
a plan that called for all the colonies to work together to beat the French during the French and Indian War
What is the Albany Plan
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it is the group that worked together to create the Declaration of Indepence
What is the Second Continental Congress
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A British statesman and a prime minister, in the years 1783 to 1801
Who is Wiliam Pitt
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They were native american people whose civilization flourished in what is now southern mexico in the period 1200-400 B.C.
Who were the Olmec
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a type of government in which separate groups of people join together, but local leaders still make most decisions for their group.
What is confederation
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these committees shared news with other colonies by sharing letters of what the British were doing and what actions colonists should take
What is Committees of Correspondence
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this fraction represents the number of votes (or majority) that Congress must have in order to override the President's veto.
What is 2/3
500
She was an American religious leader who was banished from Boston in 1637, for her religious beliefs
Who is Anne Hutchinson
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Native American group that lived in the Plateau region
Who were the Nez Perce
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Having no fixed home, moving from place to place accordingly to seasons.
What is Nomad or nomadic
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these two groups had opposing views about the constitution during the constitutional convention
What are Federalists and Antifederalists?