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5724835793beringialand bridge that the earliest native americans crossed0
5724869845maizeturned nomads into farmers1
5724875800365 day calendarmayan priests' interest in astronomy led to the creation of2
5724887618tenochtitlanaztec empire3
5724891108religionmaya and aztec organized societies around4
5724904914incalargest early american civilization5
5724908501hopewellpeople in ohio valley who built huge burial mounds6
5724920846a weak voice in governmentiroquois women did not have what in their communities7
5724942105incacivilization that built stone paved roads8
5725020814salmonmain food of the people on the northwest coast9
5725031377juan ponce de leonfirst spaniard to land on the mainland of north america10
5725039681bartholomeu diasthe explorer who first sailed around the southern tip of africa11
5725051610bartolome de las casaspublicly condemned the cruel treatment of native americans by the spanish12
5725061210northwest passage way to asiaengland, france, and netherlands hoped to discover this13
5725070527de champlainexplorers crew who founded quebec14
5725075649timbuktucity became an important center of islamic art and learning15
5725188872vasco de gamaexplorer that discover the long awaited eastern sea route to asia16
5725195217hernando de sototraveled as far west as oklahoma17
5725202097john cabotvoyage was used by england as the basis for its claims to north america18
5725355465falsevasco de gama and bartholomeu dias were early european explorers who sailed around africa - true or false19
5725373339falsetaxing of native americans by the spanish led to improved living conditions of the native americans20
5725516224falsenew york and pennsylvania grew cash crops21
5725539463truemost of the german immigrants who came to america during the colonial period settled in what is now new york22
5725562514truesouth carolina and georgia had the fastest growing economies in the colonies because or their large tobacco plantations23
5725573948cash croptype of farming practiced in new york24
5725582670militiaa group of civilians trained to fight in emergencies25
5725832108plantationtidewater26
5725834150small farmsback country27
5725872311writ of assistancea british customs officer presented this to search a colonists house28
5725882135patrick henrypersuaded the house of burgesses to take action against the stamp act29
5725898168declaratory actact that gave the British parliament the right have taxation without representation30
5725912506propagandacolonial leaders used the boston massacre as what31
5725920666lexington and concord"the shot heard around the world"32
5725927554john adamsgeorge washington was chosen commander of the continental army upon the recommendation of who33
5725954621falsewhen the congress printed millions of dollars worth of paper money, with little gold and silver to back it up, the price of goods in the colonies dropped34
5725965187truein the late 1770's, the british concentrated their attacks in the south, where there were many loyalists35
5726029763falseborder states such as virginia remained in the union but were divided over which side to support in the civil war36
5726085919falsepresident lincoln's main goal in the civil war was to eliminate slavery in all territory controlled by the united states37
5726247541battle of antietamthe bloodiest day of the entire Civil war38
5726265914gettysburgwhat battle began when the union cavalry surprised the rebel infantry raiding the town for shoes39
5726274730to reunite the countrythe main goal of the north at the beginning of the war was40
5726289808the first battle of bull rungeneral p g t beauregard fought against general irvin mcdowell at41

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