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- How did the Second Continental Congress decide to handle the British?
- What was passed because Congress wanted to sell lots of land to the public to pay the nation's debt?
- Which of these groups were most divided in the support of the Patriot war effort?
- The framers of the Constitution granted legislative power to the
- Why was the idea of taxation without representation so important to the colonists?
- Many delegates from the southern states threatened to leave the Union if the Constitution
- What did Thomas Paine's pamphlet Common Sense lead many colonial leaders to do?
- Great Depressions unemployment rate
- The compromise was reached because of a disagreement between the ______ and _______ states
- The sons of liberty were known for their________ actions, which reigns from organized demonstrations, and boycott of British goods, to more radical activities, such as intimidation of tax collectors and violent protest. They are perhaps best known for orchestrating the Boston tea party in 1773 overtime. Many members became leaders in the American Revolution and in the formation of the new American nation.
- In what year does Hernan Cortez conquer Mexico by defeating the Aztecs and their leader Montezuma? The victory gave Spain a stronghold over central American land and gold for years to come.
- And what year does Ferdinand Magallan sell around the world?
- And what year does Vasco Núñez de Balboa discover the Pacific ocean?
- Key motives of European explanation and colonization for the Spanish
- And what year did the New World become named after Amerigo Vespucci?
- In what year did John Cabot discover Continental North America?
- Which program was intended to eliminate "wasteful competition" in business but was later declared unconstitutional?
- What is the old-age insurance program instituted during the Roosevelt administration?
- The winner of the presidential election of 1932 was
- An attempt to overcome judicial opposition to the New Deal