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Question | Answer |
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When was the first permanent English colony started in North America | 1607 |
March 2 is celebrated as | Texas Independence Day |
June 19 is celebrated as | Emancipation Day in Texas |
Why did Spain send Columbus on a westward expedition in 1492? | to find a shorter route to the Indies |
The _________________, created in 1619, became the first representative assembly in the American colonies | House of Burgesses |
Between the 1840's and 1850's, who were the largest group of immigrants | Germans |
Why was a transcontinental railroad needed to be built in the 1850's in the US? | There was a growing demand for quicker way for people and goods to cross the country |
Why is June 19 considered a holiday in Texas? | Day that all enslaved Texans learned they were free |
Where in February 1861 did the seven seceding states meet to form thier own government, the Confederate states of America | Montgomery, Alabama |
This day marks the holiday celebrated by Texans for declaring thier independence from Mexico | March 2 |
When were the persons held as slaves in areas of rebellion to be considered "forever free" | January 1, 1863 |
In 1860 this person is elected President of the United States, causing political unrest in Texas | Abraham Lincoln |
Led a famous slave rebellion in Virginia in 1831 | Nat Turner |
Texas Ordinance of Secession adopted | February 1, 1861 |
First Civil War Battle at Fort Sumter | April 12, 1861 |
Paul Revere's famous ride | April 18, 1775 |
Texas delegates met at Washington on the Brazos | March , 2 1836 |
George Washington and his army endured a harsh winter at Valley Forge | 1777-1778 |
Gettysburg Address | November 19, 1863 |
Fundamental orders of Connecticut established by Puritans | 1639 |
Colonists mee in Philadelphia to offer a petition to the King of England | September 5, 1774 |
An order in which Britan prohibited its American colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains | Proclomation of 1776 |