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What term is given to a big farm where crops are grown on a large scale?

Plantation

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How many states are there in America today?

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Why did West African farmers need slaves?

They were needed to work as farming and herding livestock require a lot of workers.

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Which term is given to the taking over and controlling of a country?

Colonise

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Name a disease that the British colonists brought with them when they colonised the east coast of the United States of America.

Any one of the following: small pox, measles, influenza

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Why are the indigenous people of America called 'Indians'?

When the first European explorers landed in America they thought they were in India.

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Who were the first Europeans to set foot on the shores of west Africa in the 15th century?

Portuguese

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What is the American flag known as?

Stars and stripes

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What term means the local inhabitants or the people who originally lived in the country?

Indigenous people

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Why do you think one horse could be exchanged for 15 or 20 slaves?

Horses were highly valued and they had an over supply of slaves.

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Who was the first president of the United States of America?

George Washington

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Where were the 'Thirteen colonies' located?

East coast of America

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The USA was created when the thirteen colonies were granted their freedom from Britain. In which year did this happen?

1783

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