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The Nation's Beginnings

Quiz by Marilyn McMillan

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  • Q1
    extended family groups upon which most Native American cultures were based
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  • Q2
    enslaved Africans' transatlantic journey to the Americas on a slave ship
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  • Q3
    Italian mariner sailing for the Spanish who accidentally encountered the Americas while traveling to the Indies in 1492
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  • Q4
    Spanish explorers who established an empire around the Caribbean and throughout Central and South America
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  • Q5
    the exchange of plants, animals, diseases, and ideas between Europe and the Americas following Columbus's journey
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  • Q6
    elected Virginia legislature, begun in Jamestown in 1619
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  • Q7
    provided a framework for self-government at Plymouth in 1620
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  • Q8
    1215 document signed by King John that limited the power of the English monarch
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  • Q9
    1688 document signed by King William and Queen Mary that listed freedoms of Englishmen
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  • Q10
    18th century European intellectual movement; stated that all problems could be solved by human reasoning
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  • Q11
    1740s evangelical movement that led to the birth of new churches in the colonies
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  • Q12
    wrote the Declaration of Independence in 1776
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  • Q13
    General of the Continental Army during the American Revolution
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  • Q14
    guarantee of basic freedoms
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  • Q15
    1786 armed revolt by Massachusetts farmers led by Daniel Shays
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