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Explore questions in the History of the Americas category that you can ask Sparky!
- Who was the prominent abolitionist and former slave who published The North Star?
- What was the third party that was intensely nativist (anti-immigration), which ran former President Millard Fillmore as its candidate in the 1856 election?
- Which policy, which would have allowed territories to decide for themselves whether they would be free or slave territories, was passed in the Kansas-Nebraska Act of 1854 and promoted by Senator Stephen Douglas?
- What did the Seneca Falls Declaration of Rights (1848) call for?
- act which let british soldiers go on property
- created a monopoly to sell discount prices
- What did Chief Justice Roger Taney decide in the Dred Scott v. Sandford decision?
- Americans did not elect representatives to Parliament as people who lived in Great Britain did.
- One natural right is the right to replace leaders if they fail to lead as the people desire.
- First shot of the revolution, fired at Lexington Green on April 19, 1775
- Final battle of the revolution. British surrendered to Washington
- Colonists dragged the cannons from Ticonderoga on the
- Leaders met to discuss the problems with Britain at this important meeting that began in 1775
- Why did the colonists lose the Battle of Bunker Hill?
- Confused colonists fired at each other, general confusion caused a Patriot loss at this battle
- June 1775. British wanted to control the hills to have a better view of the harbor.
- Leaders sent this to King George III in an attempt to resolve their problems and make up
- Document declaring the 13 colonies free and independent states
- Turning point of the Revolution. Convinced the French the colonists could win.
- Pamphlet written by Thomas Paine. Persuaded many colonists to want independence from Britain.