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9. Colonial Times Question for 5 Points
Economic theory that England supported where raw materials should be shipped in from their colonies to be turned around and manufactured by GBR.
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10. Colonial Times Answer for 5 Points Mercantilism
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11. Colonial Times Question for 10 Points
One leg of the triangular trade; term also used to refer to the forced transport of slaves from Africa to the Americas.
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12. Colonial Times Answer for 10 Points Middle Passage
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13. Colonial Times Question for 15 Points
Name for the group of men that wanted to start a colony in the new world – first governing body of this new colony.
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14. Colonial Times Answer for 15 Points Virginia Company
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15. Colonial Times Question for 20 Points
Religious revival in the American colonies during the 1730’s and 1740’s
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16. Colonial Times Answer for 20 Points Great Awakening
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17. Colonial Times Question for 25 Points
War beginning in 1675 between the English colonists and the Native Americans
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18. Colonial Times Answer for 25 Points King Phillip’s War
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19. Rebellion Question for 5 Points
A group of patriotic Americans (colonists) who thought the British were being un-just to the colonies
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20. Sons and Daughters of Liberty
Rebellion
Answer for 5 Points
Sons and Daughters of Liberty
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21. Rebellion Question for 10 Points
1776 statement, issued by the 2nd Continental Congress explaining why the colonies wanted to be free.
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22. Declaration of Independence
Rebellion
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Declaration of Independence
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23. Rebellion Question for 15 Points
1754 – 1763 war between France and Britain for control of the lands west of the colonies.
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24. Rebellion Answer for 15 Points French and Indian War
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25. Rebellion Question for 20 Points
A document that called the people to realize that they needed to be free – written by Thomas Payne.
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26. Rebellion Answer for 20 Points “Common Sense”
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27. Rebellion Question for 25 Points
Revolutionary War battle in 1781 in Virginia that ended in a decisive American Victory.
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28. Rebellion Answer for 25 Points Battle of Yorktown
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29. Civil War Question for 5 Points
The powers that the constitution neither gives to the federal government nor denies to the states.
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30. Civil War Answer for 5 Points States Rights
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31. Civil War Question for 10 Points
Policy of letting the people in a territory decide whether slavery would be allowed there.
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32. Civil War Answer for 10 Points Popular Sovereignty
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33. The name given a raid of Harpers Ferry.
Civil War
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The name given a raid of Harpers Ferry.
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34. Civil War Answer for 15 Points John Brown’s Raid
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35. Civil War Question for 20 Points
Bloodiest single day of the Civil War – it halted the Confederacy’s advance to the north.
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36. Civil War Answer for 20 Points Antietam
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37. Civil War Question for 25 Points
The Union (north) cut off supplies to this town for 2 months – it finally surrendered giving the Union complete control of the Mississippi River
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38. Civil War Answer for 25 Points Vicksburg
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39. Acts and Cases Question for 5 Points
A tax imposed in 1765 by the British taxing newspaper, legal documents, and other printed materials in the colonies.
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40. Acts and Cases Answer for 5 Points Stamp Act
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41. Acts and Cases Question for 10 Points
Treaty that ended the American Revolution (1783) and the French and Indian War (1763).
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42. Acts and Cases Answer for 10 Points Treaty of Paris
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43. Acts and Cases Question for 15 Points
1820 agreement calling for the admission of Missouri as a slave state and Maine as a free state – outlawing slavery north of the 36 Latitude mark
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44. Acts and Cases Answer for 15 Points Missouri Compromise
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45. Acts and Cases Question for 20 Points
1854 law that called for the creation of these two new territories… allowing citizens to choose if slavery should be allowed there.
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46. Acts and Cases Answer for 20 Points Kansas-Nebraska Act
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47. Acts and Cases Question for 25 Points
Document by President Lincoln that freed the slaves during the Civil War.
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48. Emancipation Proclamation
Acts and Cases
Answer for 25 Points
Emancipation Proclamation
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49. People Question for 5 Points
Colonial inventor, printer, writer, statesman – contributed to the Declaration of Independence and Constitution
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50. People Answer for 5 Points Benjamin Franklin
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51. People Question for 10 Points
Union general in the Civil War; known for his destructive march from Atlanta to Savannah in 1864
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52. People Answer for 10 Points William T. Sherman
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53. President of the Confederate States of America
People
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President of the Confederate States of America
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54. People Answer for 15 Points Jefferson Davis
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55. People Question for 20 Points
18th President of the US – commander of union forces who accepted Lee’s surrender in 1865
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56. People Answer for 20 Points Ulysses S. Grant
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57. Powerful chief of a Native American tribe – Pocahontas’ father.
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Powerful chief of a Native American tribe – Pocahontas’ father.
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58. People Answer for 25 Points Powhatan
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59. The "Big Points"
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Argument that it was the undeniable fate of the United States to expand across North America
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61. Big Points Answer for Big Points Manifest Destiny
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