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History vocabulary cards for impotant years
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 1607 | jamestown founded off the coast of present day virginia; first permanent English settlement in North |
| 1620 | Plymouth is founded in present day Massachusettes by the Pilgrams; Sign the Mayflower Compact |
| 1776 | the year that we declared independence from England, United States is created and the Declaration of Independence is written on July 4th |
| 1787 | Founding Fathers meet in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania at the Constitutional Convention. Our current Constitution is written |
| 1803 | The Louisiana Territory is purchased from France by President Thomad Jefferson, doubled the size of the United States |
| 1861-1865 | The American Civil War is fought between the North and the South |