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Unit 1: American Beginnings

 
   

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III. Fill in the blanks:

1. In 1782, the Frenchman who settled in Pennsylvania first asked the question "what is an American" in his book .

2. The New World of America was peopled as a result of two long-continuing immigration movements, the first one from and the second from and .

3. American Indians had developed three brilliant civilizations before the Europeans arrived. These three civilizations were , and .

4. Columbus discovered the New World in the year of .

5. The English king claimed the territory of North America based on the voyage of .

6. was the first to start the Religious Reformation and the next important leader of the Reformation was .

7. The first permanent settlement in North America was established in today's in the year of .

8. The crop that was transplanted from the West Indian saved Virginia.

9. Lord Baltimore who set up the colony of was in religion.

10. New England was founded by a group of religious believers called while Pennsylvania was planted by who was a in religion.

11. Two most important principles of the Holy Experiment were and .

12. officially proclaimed the birth of a new American nation.

13. Name two of the taxes imposed on North American colonies by the British Parliament on the eve of the American Revolution: and .

14. The institution that began to assume the function of a national government during the American Revolution was .

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American Beginnings
The Political System in the United States
American Economy
Religion in the United States
American Literature
Education in the United States
Social Movements of the 1960s
Social Problems in the United States
Technology in America
Scenic America
Sports in America
Early American Jazz
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