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Places and Events
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| French and Indian War | British defeat the French and gain control of most of northern and eastern parts of North America |
| Boston Tea Party | colonist dumped tea into Boston harbor in protest of the tea act |
| Lexington, Massachusetts | The first shots of the American Revolution were fired in April 1775 |
| Concord, Massachusetts | the site of the first battle of the American Revolution |
| Battle of Saratoga | the turning point of the American Revolution |
| Battle of Yorktown | Final battle of the American Revolution |
| War of 1812 | Fighting to maintain control in North America, Americans prove they can and will defend themselves |
| Fort Sumter | The first shots of the Civil War |
| Battle of Gettysburg | the turning point in the Civil War for the North. Confederate troops were forced to retreat and never invaded the North again. |
| Battle of Vicksburg | split the Confederacy in two and gave control of the Mississippi River to the Union |
| Appomattox Court House | small town in Virginia where Robert E. Lee surrendered the Confederate Army to Ulysses S. Grant ending the Civil War. |