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Explorers
Colonial Life
American Revolution
Creating A New Nation
The Nation Expands
Geography
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GEOGRAPHY 100The name given to the ocean
located along the eastern coast of North America.
Atlantic
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GEOGRAPHY 200 Because it could be used to move
west toward the Mississippi River it was known as
The Gateway to the West.
Ohio River
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GEOGRAPHY 300 In order to travel to Mexico and
other parts of America, this is the body of water
you would probably choose for entering North
America.
Gulf of Mexico
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GEOGRAPHY 400 The Pueblo, not the Inuit,
would be found to live in this geographical
region.
Basin and Range
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GEOGRAPHY 500 Traveling up the Mississippi
River for France, LaSalle found this region to be
great for his trading posts.
Interior Lowlands
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EXPLORERS 100He explored Quebec for France.
Samuel de Champlain
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EXPLORERS 200 Francisco Coronado took the
Pueblo as slaves, but it was this that caused
most of the Native Americans to die, not abuse
from the Spanish.
European Disease
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EXPLORERS 300 It was Samuel De Champlain
that established this settlement for France, not
John Cabot.
Quebec
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EXPLORERS 400 These three countries made
discoveries throughout North America.
England, France, Spain
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EXPLORERS 500The Spanish were in search of
gold, but the French found that when you traded
this it was worth its weight in gold.

Furs
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COLONIAL LIFE 100The Lost Colony was last
seen at this settlement.
Roanoke Island
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COLONIAL LIFE 200Religious reformers had to
endure harsh winters because they established
their settlements in this colonial region.
New England
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COLONIAL LIFE 300If you had settled in
Georgia, you would have been coming from this
type of establishment in England.
Debtor's Prison
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COLONIAL LIFE 400Indentured servants can be
found doing the labor in any of the colonial
regions, but slaves were seen strictly in this
colonial region.
Southern
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COLONIAL LIFE 500One of the reasons for the
American Revolution was taxation without
representation. Without the taxes, then the King
could not afford to pay for this event that took
place between 1754 and 1763.
French and Indian War
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AMERICAN REVOLUTION 100Thomas Jefferson may
have been the one to write it, but it was the
voice of every American colonist when declaring
their separation from England.
Declaration of Independence
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AMERICAN REVOLUTION 200Prior to this event the
cause for independence seemed to be a lost cause.
Battle of Saratoga
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AMERICAN REVOLUTION 300As an African American
that once was a slave, she used her personal
experience in her poetry in order to inspire
independence throughout the colonies.
Phyllis Wheatley
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AMERICAN REVOLUTION 400This tax, led the
colonists to Act out in the harbor.
Boston Tea Party
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AMERICAON REVOLUTION 500The colonies could not
have surrounded Yorktown, forcing Cornwallis to
surrender, if this countrys navy had not
blockaded the York River.
France
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CREATING A NEW NATION100This president was
known for warning European nations to not
interfere with the western hemisphere.
James Monroe
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CREATING A NEW NATION200The Bill of Rights
were written in order to allow for everyone to
have these.
Individual Rights
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CREATING A NEW NATION300He was not only a
President of the United States, but he wrote the
Bill of Rights into the U.S. Constitution.
James Madison
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CREATING A NEW NATION400It was the only branch
of government provided by the Articles of
Confederation.
Legislative
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CREATING A NEW NATION500This new type of
government divides power between the national and
state governments.
Federalism
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THE NATION EXPANDS100These two explorers were
sent to make discoveries west of the Mississippi
River in the Louisian Purchase.
Lewis and Clark
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THE NATION EXPANDS200We will remember this
Spanish mission found in the heart of Texas.
Alamo
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THE NATION EXPANDS300This smart investment
doubled the size of the United States in 1803.
Louisiana Purchase
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THE NATION EXPANDS400McCormick can be found on
the spice isle in the grocery store . But it was
the invention of this that he is best known for.
Mechanical Reaper
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THE NATION EXPANDS500If gold is what I am
looking for, I would move to this new territory
and try my luck at panning.
California
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Geographical Regions
Vocabulary
Documents
Presidents
Potpourri
First Americans
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FIRST AMERICANS 200You might want to bring a
tool to cut the ice in order for you to start
fishing for your dinner if you were a part of
this Native American tribe.
Inuit
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FIRST AMERICANS400 If I didnt know any
better, I would have thought that I saw this
Native American tribe wearing tree bark and
plants for clothes.
Kwakiutl
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FIRST AMERICANS 600 I would hate to be a
historian for the Kwakiutl tribe. It would be
impossible for me to carry around this form for
recording their family history.
Totem Poles
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FIRST AMERICANS 800 This Native American tribe
would have been the one to teach new farming
techniques to the English, given where they lived
in North America.
Iroquois
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FIRST AMERICANS 1000 It is safe to say that
this Native American tribes environment was
exactly opposite of the Inuits environment.
Pueblo
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GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS 200The Ohio River,
Mississippi River, and Missouri River all meet up
in this geographical region.
Interior Lowland
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GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS 400 If it wasnt for the
135 degree heat in places like Death Valley, this
geographical region would be a great vacation
spot.
Basin and Range
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GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS 600 Because of
weathering, this geographical region is said to
be the oldest mountain range in North America.
Appalachian Highlands
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GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS 800 This vast region is
where the nomadic Souix traveled following the
herds of buffalo.
Great Plains
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GEOGRAPHICAL REGIONS 1000Just because it is
shaped like a horseshoe does not mean it is lucky
for all the Canadians that live there.

Canadian Shield
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VOCABULARY 200The belief that ones country
to supreme.
Superiority
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VOCABULARY 400Trade, Gold, and Natural
Resources
Economics
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VOCABULARY 600Law-making body
Legislatures
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VOCABULARY 800Rights that can not be taken
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Unalienable
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VOCABULARY 1000Having enough (ie. Supplies)
Adequate
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DOCUMENTS 200Was approved on July 4, 1776
Declaration of Independence
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DOCUMENTS 400This was the first attempt at
creating a new government but had more weaknesses
then strengths.
Articles of Confederation
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DOCUMENTS 600 all men created equal. in
this document did not include slaves or women at
the time it was written.
Declaration of Independence
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DOCUMENTS 800Even though Lord Cornwallis
surrendered at Yorktown it was not until this
document was signed that England recognized the
colonies independence.
Treaty of Paris
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DOCUMENTS 1000This document establish the
nations system of federalism because its
predecessor created too weak a national
government.
U.S. Constitution
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PRESIDENTS200After defeating the British, this
colonial general became the first president under
the U.S. Constitution.
George Washington
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PRESIDENTS400If the United States had not won
the War of 1812, then this President elected
after the war could not warn Europe in his
doctrine.
James Monroe
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PRESIDENTS600Political parties were created
during George Washingtons presidency, but it was
not until this presidents administration that
there was created a two-party system in our
government.
John Adams
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PRESIDENTS800Lewis and Clark followed this
Presidents orders and explored the Louisiana
territory after he purchased it from the French.
Thomas Jefferson
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PRESIDENTS1000This founding father wrote the
Bill of Rights to the Constitution, and whose
presidency was later tested during the War of
1812.
James Madison
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POTPOURRI200These people were the main source
of labor in the southern colonies.
Slaves
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POTPOURRI400The environment and climate
effected the way in which these basic needs of
the Native Americans were met as a means to
survive.
Food, Shelter, Clothing
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POTPOURRI600This body of water was explored by
explorers such as Francisco Coronado.
Colorado River
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POTPOURRI800Water is scarce in the Basin and
Range, unlike this geographical region where
there are harbors filled with water for boats to
drop anchor.
Coastal Plain
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POTPOURRI1000Prince Henry began a profitable
trade route on his way to India involving these
three civilizations (societies).
Ghana, Mali, Songhai
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French and Indian War
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Dissatisfaction arose at the end of the French
and Indian War due to King George establishing
this line, in order to keep the colonists from
moving west past the Appalachian Highlands to
ease the strained relationship with the Native
American tribes.
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Proclamation Line of 1763