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1 20 30 40 50 10 20 30 40 50 10 20 30 40 50 10 20 30 40 50 10 20 30 40 50 10 13 Colonies Acts passed By Parliament Compromises Land Additions Important People
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2 What three regions were the colonies divided into?
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3 New England, Middle & Southern
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4 Why were many of the New England colonies founded?
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5 They wanted religious freedom
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6 What was the economy of the Middle Colonies based on?
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7 Farming (grains)
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8 What were two crops grown in the Southern colonies?
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9 Tobacco, rice, sugar cane or indigo (cotton)
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10 Why did slavery increase in the Southern Colonies?
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11 Large number of workers were needed to grow & harvest the crops
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12 What law said colonists were forbidden to settle west of the Appalachians?
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13 Proclamation of 1763
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14 What act taxed all legal documents, newspapers, almanacs, playing cards & dice?
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15 Stamp Act
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16 What act taxed glass, paper, paint, lead?
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17 Townshend Acts
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18 What act allowed tea companies to sell directly to the colonists?
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19 Tea Act
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20 What acts punished Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party?
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21 Intolerable Acts
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22 What Constitutional compromise allowed for a two house legislature with equal representation & population representation?
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23 The Great Compromise
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24 What Constitutional compromise said 3/5 of all slaves would be counted for representation & taxation?
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25 Three-fifths Compromise
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26 What were added to the Constitution so that the Antifederalists would ratify the Constitution?
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27 The Bill of Rights
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28 What allowed Missouri to enter as slave state, Maine a free state & slavery in the territories be allowed south of 36º30´N?
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29 Missouri Compromise
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30 What allowed California to enter as a free state, New Mexico & Utah to decide slavery by popular sovereignty & included a harsh fugitive slave act?
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31 Compromise of 1850
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32 What land area was bought from Spain for $5 million with the Adams-Onis Treaty?
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33 Florida
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34 What land bought from France for $15 million doubled the size of the US?
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35 Louisiana
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36 What land was gained after the Mexican War through the Treaty of Guadalupe- Hidalgo?
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37 Mexican Cession
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38 What area was added to the US for $10 million because the land was needed to complete a railroad?
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39 Gadsden Purchase
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40 What area was disputed with the British, but finally divided in 1846 ?
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41 Oregon Country
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42 Who wrote the anti-slavery novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin?
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43 Harriet Beecher Stowe
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44 Who was the President that approved the Indian Removal Act?
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45 Andrew Jackson
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46 Who was sent to explore the Louisiana Purchase?
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47 Lewis & Clark (Zebulon Pike)
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48 Who invented interchangeable parts & the cotton gin?
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49 Eli Whitney
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50 What man saved Jamestown by forcing settlers to work not look for gold?
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51 John Smith
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