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Why did the pilgrims come to America?
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They were in search of adventure.
They were searching for gold and silver
Religious Freedom
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The Mayflower Compact stated that the laws passed by the majority would be obeyed. What would happen if a colonist proposed a law, and less than half voted to obey it?
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It would be dismissed
It would go into effect
Half of the people would follow it and half wouldn't
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Why did the pilgrims come to America?
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The Mayflower Compact stated that the laws passed by the majority would be obeyed. What would happen if a colonist proposed a law, and less than half voted to obey it?
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The French and British both fought over control of the Ohio River Valley. Why might they both want control of this area?
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What was the stamp act?
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How did colonists react to the stamp act?
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What does boycott mean?
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8. What did the Second Continental Congress sign into effect on July 4, 1776?
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Who had well trained soldiers and finest equipment?
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Who was used to frontier life and using firearms?
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Who was fighting on their own land?
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Who had a strong leader in George Washington ?
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Who could pay other countries to help fight for them ?
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What was the purpose of the Declaration of Independence?
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Why didn’t anti-federalists support the new constitution?
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What was the purpose of the Bill of Rights?
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What area did Meriwether Lewis and William Clark explore?
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The industrial revolution was a time of industrial growth in the United States. Why didn’t the southern states industrialize as much as the northern states?
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Which of the following was a major cause of the American Civil War
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Who was the president at the time of the Civil War?
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What was the number one cause of death of soldiers during the Civil War?
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The civil war was the first war that the United States fought against one another
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The freed slaves (freedmen) had a great life directly after the Emancipation Proclamation
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When former slaves, or freedmen, joined the Civil War, what side did they fight on (the union or the confederacy)?
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Had a larger population
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Were defending their own homeland in Civil War
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Had factories to produce supplies
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Who had more experience living off the land, and navigating terrain
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Who had more than 70% of the nation’s railroads
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who had stronger military leadership in the Civil War?
