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States
Expansion
and features
Government
Founders and
Leaders
Independence
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Revolution
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2. Land

3. What did England send the settlers to the New World to gain?

4. Jamestown, Virginia

5. What is the first permanent English Colony in America?

6. Delaware

7. Which colony was founded by the English after American Indians killed the Europeans who tried to settle there?

8. Massachusetts

9. What present-day state is Plymouth located in?

10. Massachusetts Bay, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Plymouth

11. What were the five original New England Colonies?

12. France

13. Who did we buy the Louisiana Purchase from?

14. Appalachian Mountains

15. What was the area west of the land set aside for the Indians by the Proclamation of 1763?

16. Lewis and Clark

17. What 2 men explored the Louisiana Purchase?

18. Northwest Passage

19. What passage was Henry Hudson searching for?

20. Sacajawea

21. Which Indian woman served as a guide for Lewis and Clark?

22. Legislative, Executive, Judicial

23. What are the three branches of the US Government?

24. George Washington

25. Who was the first US president?

26. Legislative Branch

27. What branch of our government makes the laws?

28. Articles of Confederation

29. What was the first written plan of government for the U. S
What was the first written plan of government for the U.S. that did not work?

30. Constitution of the United States of America

31. What famous document tells all about how our government is run?

32. William Penn

33. Who founded Pennsylvania?

34. John Smith

35. Who was the main leader in Jamestown?

36. Puritans

37. Which group of people founded Massachusetts Bay?

38. John Mason

39. Who started the New Hampshire Colony as a fishing haven?

40. James Oglethorpe

41. Who founded Georgia as a safe place for debtors?

42. Loyalist

43. Who sided with the British; the opposite of a patriot?

44. Boston Harbor

45. Where did the Boston Tea Party take place?

46. Taxes

47. Name one reason the colonist were upset with Great Britain prior to the American Revolution?

48. They led violent protests against the Stamp Act

49. Who were the Sons of Liberty?

50. Paul Revere

51. Who was a silversmith that rode the countryside warning that the British were coming?