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U.S. History

Questions concerning the history of the colonies and world events leading up to the Revolutionary War.

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First General of the Continental Army who later became president of the United StatesGeorge Washington
Credited with writing the Declaration of IndependenceThomas Jefferson
"These are the times that try men souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot..."Thomas Paine
Name of two companies who were chartered by Great Britain to establish colonies in the AmericasPlymouth Company and London Company
British company which chartered a colony in VirginiaLondon Company
British Company which chartered a colony in New EnglandPlymouth Company
Name of the document designed on the Mayflower to allow for the government of the Massachusetts ColonyMayflower Compact
Name of underlying economic philosophy which helped to establish the American coloniesMerchantilism
Virginian who married PocahontasJohn Rolfe
Native American who died while visiting England in 1617Pocahontas
Name of system used to promote the population of Virginia"Headright system"
The "headright system" promoted what form of servitude?Indentured Servant
First Native American language group confronted by the English settlersAlgonquin
The "three sisters" of the Eastern Woodland Indians agricultural staplesmaize, beans, and squash
Publisher of "Poor Richard's Almanac"Benjamin Franklin
Natianal origin of Pennsyvannia DutchGerman
First American religious revivalThe Great Awakening
British King at the time of the Revolutionary WarKing George III
Location of a famous "Tea Party"Boston Harbor
A woman's best chance for social advancement in the the Virginia colonymarriage


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