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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| When was Jamestown found | 1607 |
| What was the mayflower compact | it was the first self-government |
| When was the Declaration of independence signed | it was signed on July 4,1776 |
| When was the constitution of the united states written | it was written in the 1787 |
| What president purchased the Louisiana territory from France in 1803 | Thomas Jefferson |
| from when to when did the civil war get fought | 1861-1865 |
| Where were the first shots fired for the American Revolution fired | at Lexington Massachusetts on April 1775 |
| Where was the first site of the first battle of the American Revolution | Concord Massachusetts |
| What battle was the turning in the American revolution | The battle of Saratoga |
| What defeat signaled the ending of the civil war | the defeat of the British at Yorktown |
| Where were the first shots fired for the civil war | fort Sumter in south carolina |
| What battle was the turning point of the civil war | the battle of gettysburg |
| What capture split the confederacy | vicksburg mississippi |
| where did robert e lee surender | in a small town in virgina |
| What is the show of a country's streangth | economic |
| What is abolishment | when u want slavery gone |
| What is a taxiff | a tax on goods brought in to the country |
| What is a tariff | a protective thing for the home theroy |
| What is sectionilism | it is a strong sence of loilty |
| What is the belif that we should own the land between the atlantic and pacific ocean | manifest destiny |
| What is the temprance | the campign aginst sale |
| What is representive gov | it is where pepole elect the represit |
| What is a republic | a nation withought with voters |
| What was the first real assembaly | the house of burgeses |
| What are the 3 branches of gov | legislative,judicial,executive |