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Denny 1st Test. Rome--->Am. Rev

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show 476  
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show politically and economically  
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______ declined, ______ and ______ were in disarray   show
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_____ and _____ disrupted, _____ no longer used   show
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What occurred between 500-1400 A.D?   show
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show nobles, military  
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show loyalty  
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Nobles raised their own _____, maintained ______, made own _____, and built own ______ for defense.   show
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In what year did the Roman Catholic Church promote stability and unify west Europe?   show
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show 600-700s  
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show 711 A.D.  
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European Christians wanted to reclaim ___ ___ from Islam.   show
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Pope Urban II urged Christians to militarily capture the Holy Land in _____ A.D?   show
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How many Crusades occurred over 200 years?   show
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Who gained power after feudalism weakened?   show
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Who traded with Constantinople and what was traded?   show
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Trading with Constantinople led to a search for a ____ _____ to the East.   show
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In 1300s, Europeans lacked technology for long distance ____ travel.   show
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In the mid-1400s, monarchs _____ power.   show
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Who were the main countries in power during the 1400s?   show
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The Renaissance occurred between ____ and ____ A.D.   show
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show astrolabe  
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Gives direction of magnetic north, came from Chinese.   show
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Ships with several masts of triangular sails and rudders   show
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show Prince Henry the Navigator, 1419  
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show Bartholomew Diaz, 1488  
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Which Spanish explorer sailed west to find a faster route to India and when?   show
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Which Portuguese explorer made it around Africa to India and when?   show
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Leif _____ explored Newfoundland in ____ A.D   show
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What three ships did Columbus leave Spain with and how many men did he bring?   show
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show October 12, 1492  
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Columbus discovers ____ and ____ thinking that they are ____ and _____   show
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Columbus leaves 40 men at La Navidad to continue searching for _____   show
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In what years did Columbus do his three other searches for gold, which also failed?   show
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show 1494  
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What did the Treaty of Tordesillas claim?   show
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What Italian explorer sailed under the Spanish flag and later the Portugal flag to the South American coast and when?   show
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Who proposed that the new continent be named America for "Amerigo the Discoverer" and when?   show
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What four reasons did Europeans sail to the New World?   show
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show Vasco de Balboa, 1510  
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What did Balboa name the Pacific Ocean when he saw it?   show
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show Ponce de Leon, 1513, Fountain of Youth  
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show Ferdinand Magellan, 1520  
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When was Magellan killed?   show
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What was the name of the ship that arrived back in Spain after Magellan's voyage and on what day did it arrive back?   show
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Europeans traded with Native Americans for homegrown/made goods. What was this called?   show
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show Diseases  
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_____ and ____ diseases: influenza, measles, chicken pox, mumps, typhus, and small pox   show
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show 900  
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What percent of the Mayan Mexico population was dead?   show
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_____ and ____ conquests devastated native American populations.   show
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show United States  
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Who led the way from 1500 to 1600?   show
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What is the oldest European settled city in the U.S and when was it settled?   show
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What is the oldest European permanent city and when was it settled?   show
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show Cortes(1519), Montezuma was the leader of the Aztecs  
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show Pizarro, 1532  
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Who was the Incan leader during Pizarro's exploration of South America?   show
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show Narvaez, 1528-1539  
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Who explored South East U.S.?   show
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show Coronado, 1540  
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show North Carolina to Newfoundland, 1524  
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Who explored the St. Lawrence River?   show
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When did the French Civil War occur and who was fighting in it?   show
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What is another name for Protestants?   show
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Who founded Quebec in Eastern Canada?   show
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______ _______ became a royal colony in ______   show
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show Louis Joliet and Jacques Marquette  
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Who explored the Mississippi River to Gulf of Mexico and was the first European to do so?   show
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show Fort Orange, 1625-1644  
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show New Amsterdam, Britain  
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The English explored Hudson Bay along the ________ coast of Canada   show
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show Roanoke, the letters CRO  
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When did the colonist land in Jamestown?   show
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show Being on swampland and lawlessness, sickness, and food shortage  
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Who helped John Smith in keeping the settlers who arrived in 1608 alive?   show
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show Dogs, snakes, toad stools, and cannibalism  
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show 6-hour work days, food rationing, and death penalty for many crimes.  
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Private _____ of the land was popular in 1614   show
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How many women arrived in Jamestown in 1619 and how much did they cost?   show
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In 1619, a _____ _____ ship arrived with 19 African men.   show
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How many settlers arrived in 1622 and how did the Indians react?   show
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Who were the people called that broke ties with the Anglican Church?   show
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Where and when did the separatist move?   show
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Why did the separatist move?   show
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The separatists move back to England and joined the ______   show
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show 16 September 1620  
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show Mayflower Compact  
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show Plymouth Rock, Squanto  
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King _____ persecutes the Puritans in England   show
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show John Winthrop  
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John Winthrop received help from ______ in the Massachusetts Bay Company   show
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Who did not have a future in England anymore?   show
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How many more settlers arrived in England in 1630? (two different times)   show
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_____ _____ (1630-1643), where 20,000 settlers arrived   show
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Puritan ______ led to the founding of other colonies.   show
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show Rhode Island  
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Reverend Thomas Hooker founded what colony?   show
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Who wrote the poem, "And those that came were resolved to be Englishmen,....they'd not be English again."   show
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When did the French and Indian War occur and who was it between?   show
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show Seven Years War, 1756-1763  
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The British and American colonists defeated the ____ and _____   show
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show The Appalachian Mountains was the border of the colonies and the colonist couldn't live west of them.  
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show France lost Canada and all land east of Mississippi to Britain. France lost all land west of Mississippi River to Spain, Americans gained military experience, and the war had been costly to Britain  
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show Stricter enforcement of existing laws, new taxes on anything from sugar to stamps, and the Quartering Act(1765) where Americans had to shelter British soldiers.  
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The colonists reacted to the new British policies by:   show
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What event, as a part of the colonist reaction, occurred on March 5, 1770?   show
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show Boston Tea Party, 342 crates were dumped  
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On what date was war finally declared?   show
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show Lexington and Concord  
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show Lexington  
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show Breed's Hill  
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On what date did the Battle of Bunker Hill occur?   show
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show 1000 casualties and it was costly  
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show 400 casualties and it proved their untrained militia could make a stand  
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What did the Olive Branch Petition say to King George III and who did it blame?   show
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Minutemen were men who.....   show
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show Whigs  
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Loyalists, also called _____, still backed Britain and were loyal to King George.   show
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show Declaration of Independence  
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Before the shooting at Lexington, what were colonists fighting for?   show
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show Freedom and Independence  
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Why did the Americans win the war?   show
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show December 26 1776  
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Who surrendered his army at Saratoga and on what date?   show
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_____ and _____ secretly aided Americans before the Battle of Saratoga   show
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After the Battle of ______, France knew ____ could win the war.   show
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show 6 February 1778  
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show officially/internationally  
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France ______ ______ to fight alongside U.S. against England.   show
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show 1780/1781  
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show 1781  
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Who defeated who at the Battle of Cowpens?   show
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What month and year did the Battle of Yorktown occur?   show
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Britain constructed ____ outside Yorktown on a ______   show
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Washington with _____ men worked alongside General _____ with ______ men and Admiral __ ____ (hint! Funny last name and General 'Mowing the Lawn')   show
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In what two ways did de Grasse attack Yorktown?   show
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show Cornwallis  
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show American independence was recognized. U.S. boundaries were North: Canada, South: Florida, East:Atlantic, West:Mississippi River  
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show The British taught the Indians how to scalp.  
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Bonus maybe? When were cigarettes invented?   show
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