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SS 7 final rev
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Prince Henry the Navigator | He opened a school to teach navigating. |
| Magellan | The first sailor to circumnavigate the world. |
| This was a system of trade where goods and slaves were exchanged between the Americas, Great Britain and Africa | Triangular Trade |
| Red Coats and Lobster Backs | Nicknames for British Soldiers during the Revolutionary War. |
| Colonists that remained loyal to Great Britain | Loyalists |
| Men who were ready to fight at a moment's notice | Minutemen |
| The first battles of the Revolutionary War | Lexington and Concord |
| The first drafted constitution of the US, it lasted about ten years | Articles of Confederation |
| Main author of the Declaration of Independence | Thomas Jefferson |
| The Federalists | This group supported a national bank |
| This is when sailors are kidnapped and forced to serve in the navy of another country | Impressment |
| This ended the war of 1812. | Treaty of Ghent |
| This limited all trade with foreighn countries | Embargo Act |
| During the War of 1812, the British attacked and burned this city. | Washington DC |
| The British tried to block American ships from entering or leaving their ports. | Blockade |
| This group supported a strong central government and a loose interpretation of the constitution | Federalists |
| Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, Wisconsin and Minnesota | These states made up the Nortwest Territory |
| To officially approve | ratify |
| The basic set of laws that states the powers of the government. | constitution |
| What battle was a major turning point in the Revolutionary War | Battle of Saratoga |
| What was the last battle of the Revolutionary War? | Battle of Yorktown |
| Explorers were searching for this; a water route from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean | Northwest Passage |
| The Aztec were conquered by... | Hernan Cortes |
| Thomas Jefferson and James Madison were leaders of this polical party. | Democratic-Republicans |
| The Supreme Court Case Marbury v. Madison allowed for this | Judicial Review |
| General Washington's troops suffered many hardships such as cold and starvation here. | Valley Forge |
| This colony was founded by William Penn. | Pennsylvania |
| First permanent European settlement in the Americas | Jamestown |
| The New Englang colonies economy depended on this | trading and farming |
| One reason the Pilgrims came to America | to avoid religious persecution |
| This is a ship with a large triangular sail that could be used to sail against the wind | caravel |
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