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What was the first permanent European settlement in the present-day United States?
St. Augustine
Who founded the city of Quebec?
Samuel de Champlain
What English monarch broke ties with the Roman Catholic Church, beginning the English Reformation?
Henry VIII
In which settlement did the House of Burgesses meet?
Jamestown
What established the first town school system in America?
Old Deluder Satan Act
What colony set a precedent of religious freedom?
Rhode Island
Who was the best-known missionary to the Native Americans?
David Brainerd
Where did the First Continental Congress meet?
Philadelphia
Who led the Green Mountain Boys to capture Fort Ticonderoga?
Ethan Allen
Who wrote the famous pamphlet Common Sense?
Thomas Paine
Who was the first secretary of state of the United States?
Thomas Jefferson
What city was the first capital of the United States after the Constitution was ratified?
New York City
How old must the president be before he takes office?
35 years
How long is the president's term in office?
4 years
What branch of government interprets the laws?
judicial
Interest in trade with the East was revived by the
Crusades
England was prepared for limited government because of the
Magna Carta
Pennsylvania was founded as a haven for
Quakers
Rice and indigo were most frequently grown in the coastal regions of what colonies?
southern
The smallpox inoculation was introduced by
Cotton Mather
The famous sermon "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" was given by
Jonathan Edwards
Conflict over territory, fur trade, and fishing rights between Britain and France led to the
French and Indian war
British soldiers could legally occupy colonial buildings through what Act?
Quartering Act
The United States government was founded as a(n)
Federal Republic
Alexander Hamilton and the Federalists stood for what kind of construction of the Constitution?
loose
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