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4th Grade Social Studies Study Guide
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4th Grade Social Studies Study Guide
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1. Settled for religious tolerance and had good farmland. This area exported food to the other English colonies and the Caribbean.

2. They migrated because they followed herds of buffalo.

3. best trained soldiers
-best equipment
-fought in formation

4. manifest destiny
-personal economic opportunity
-inexpensive farmland out west
-The California Gold Rush
-to escape religious persecution (Mormons)

5. repealed (took away) the Missouri Compromise and let the people decide if the state would be a free or slave state

6.
Assisted slaves in escaping via the 'Underground Railroad'

7.
He looked for a northwest route to Asia. He claimed and mapped what is now New York for the Dutch and lands in Canada for the English. The Hudson River and Hudson Bay are named for him.

8. the first shots of the Civil War were fired during this battle

9.
someone who was loyal to King George III

10. not trained or organized soldiers
-mostly farmers
-poor weapons
-not much money

11.
Ruled Britain with King George III

12.
British soldiers killed 5 colonists during a protest in Boston

13. They were following their food

14. a period of time long ago of extreme cold causing glaciers to form.

15.
Describes trade between three continents or ports. Slaves, raw materials, and manufactured goods were exported/traded between North America, Africa, and Europe in exchange for goods or payment.

16.
Led the Federalist party; Washington's Secretary of Treasury($); suggested laws to improve the new nation's finances (money)

17.
Wrote 'Common Sense' convincing colonists that it made sense to be independent from Britain.

18. Villages in this group were governed by a chief. They also had a group of adult men formed a council to discuss problems and make decisions.

19.
Sons of Liberty dressed up as Indians and threw a lot of tea into the Boston Harbor

20.
Led attacks on 'pro-slave' people in Kansas & led a weapons raid to support slaves at Harper's Ferry

21. brought back scientific information and specimens of the plants and animals they found and they also brought back information about the Native Americans who lived in these regions as they tried to establish peaceful relations

22. a Native American guide who helped Lewis and Clark establish communication and relationships with Native American tribes during their explorations & find their way towards the Pacific Ocean

23.
He set up the first European school for navigation. He was called the explorer who stayed home. He thought that the most direct route to Asia was to go south around Africa.

24. The French navy blocked Yorktown by sea & Americans blocked by land. The British soldiers were running out of supplies were forced to surrender.

25.
Ruled Britain