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This was a group of elected representatives who assembled to debate and solve common problems and pass laws in the new colony of Virginia. What were they called?

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House of Burgesses

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A town meeting was where people of New England ___________________________________.

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voted on laws and elected leaders

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This document was signed in 1620 off of Massachusetts establishing the principles of self-government and a social contract for settlers to North America

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The Mayflower Compact

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Confederates attacked this fort, the Union surrendered. First shots of the war

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Ft. Sumter

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Battle took place in Maryland and was the closest Civil War battle to Washington D.C. The Union won and gave Abraham Lincoln the victory he needed to issue his Emancipation Proclamation.

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Antietam

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Bloodiest battle of the Civil War. Turned the tide of the war in favor of the Union. Northern most battle in the civil war.

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Gettysburg

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Led by Ulysses S. Grant. They blockaded the Mississippi River and split the confederate troops into smaller groups giving them a greater chance of victory.

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Vicksburg

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What was George Washington's advice on Foreign Policy?

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The Nation should remain neutral and avoid permanent alliances

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George Washington believed that Political Parties were....

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Dangerous to the country

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What is Washington's warning? "It opens the door to foreign influence and corruption, which find a facilitated access to the government itself through the channels of party passions."

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Avoid political parties