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The Commander of the Bonhomme Richard who won the most famous sea battle of the war
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John Paul Jones
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The Peace Treaty that ended the French and Indian War
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Treaty of Paris 1763
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The Peace Treaty that ended the Revolutionary War
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Treaty of Paris 1783
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The name of the 1215 A.D. document granting rights to English people
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Magna Carta
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Government in which the people rule
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republic
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The plan that called for representation in the legislature be based on states' population or wealth
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Virginia Plan
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The first government of the United States
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The Articles of Confederation
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An economic system that explained how to enrich treasuries
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mercantilism
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English philosopher who argued that people have natural rights
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John Locke
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Laws passed by the Parliament punishing Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party
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Intolerable Acts
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The Father of the Constitution
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James Madison
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Delegates to the Constitutional Convention decided how slavery would affect each state's representation in Congress through the
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Three-Fifths Compromise
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A religious movement that swept through the colonies in the 1730s and the 1740s was called
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the Great Awakening
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One of the contributions Thomas Jefferson is best remembered for is
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writing the Declaration of Independence
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Both the Mayflower Compact and the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut were early colonial
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forms of self-government
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Early settlers in the British colonies benefited by adopting Native American
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ways of farming
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One major geographical barrier to the westward expansion of British colonies was the
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Appalachian Mountains
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The Founding Fathers of the United States were models of civic virtue because they
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put the needs of the country first
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The unalianable rights listed in the Declaration of Independence can be decribed as rights that
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all people are entitled to
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Many colonists in New England turned from farming to industrial activities because
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of cold climate and poor soil
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Although written at different times, works by Thomas Paine and Walt Whitman expressed ideas about
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patritotism and duty
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What colony was founded in 1607?
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Jamestown
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During the colonial period European demand for tobacco and rice, combined with the trade in African slaves, contributed to the development of
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plantation-based economy
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The land that formed the modern states of Ohio, Indiana, Michigan, Illinois, Wisconsin, and part of Minnesota was
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Northwestern Territory
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The New England states and the Pacific states are similar in that both areas have
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access to oceans
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E Pluribus Unum is a Latin phrase which means "out of many, one." Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, and Ben Franklin recommended using this motto on the national seal. What did this phrase reflect about the newly formed nation?
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Out of many people, one nation was formed`
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How did the Proclamation of 1763 increase the tension between the American colonies and Great Britain?
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They couldn't settle West
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What British policy did the American colonists protest at the Boston Tea Party
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taxation without representation
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People in America had different opinions about the American Revolution. What was the Loyalist perspective?
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Loyal to the King and they didn't want war.
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Why was Thomas Paine's pamphlet Common Sense so influential with many colonists?
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Because it was easy to understand.
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Why was the Battle of Saratoga a turning point in the American Revolution?
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The French became an ally of America
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What was the significance of the defeat of Lord Cornwallis at Yorktown in 1781?
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The end of the Revolutionary War
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What type of document is a document that was written at the time the event occured?
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Primary Source
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what colony did the Puritans form in 1630?
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Massachusetts Bay Colony
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someone who traded the cost of a passage to America for services they woud give for the next 7 yrs is an
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indentured servant
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theory thar says states had the right to judge when the federal government had passed on an unconstitutional law
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State's Right
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a law forcing colonists to house and feed British soldiers
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Quartering Act
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a common trade route between Europe, the West Indies, and Africa was called
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the Triangle Trade Route
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land claimed in the nane of another nation
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territory
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the right to vote is referred to as
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suffrage
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a tax placed on stamps, newspapers, and documents by the British Parliament
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Stamp Act
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When another country establishes laws, but doesn't enforce them
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sslutary neglect
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the camp in which Washington and his men camped through a treacherous winter
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Valley Forge
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a settlement by a mother country
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colony
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the name of the pamphlet written by Thomas Paine declaring that it was time to part
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Common Sense
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Essays that explained and defended the Constitution
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Federalists Paper
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set of amendments to the Constitution to protect individual rights. the 1st 10 amendments
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Bill of Rights
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provisions of the Constitution that keeps one branch of the government from controlling the other 2 branches
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Checks & Balances
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the lower house of Congress
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House of Representatives
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upper house of Congress
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Senate
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name the rebellion in which Washington showed that the government had the power & the will to enforce the laws
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Whiskey Rebellion
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Plan that called for each state to have equal representation in the legislature
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New Jersey Plan
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the branch of government that enforces the law
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executive
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the branch of government that makes the laws
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legislative
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the branch of government that interprets the law
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judicial
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official accusation of wrongdoing by the House of Representatives against a government official
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Impeachment
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acts that targeted aliens and newspapers
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Alien & Sediction Act
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An agreement in which the British gave up their forts on the Northwest frontier and paid damages for American vessels they had seized.
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Jay's Treaty
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Called for a 2-house legislature with representation based on population in one house and equal representation in the other house
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Great Compromise
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Highest federal court in the U.S.
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U.S. Supreme Court
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Powers specifically granted in the Constitution
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Enumerated
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The "Necessary and Proper" Clause in the Constitution is also known as the
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Elastic Cause
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Powers not specifically stated in the Constitution
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Implied
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The act that created a court system and divided authority between the state and federal courts
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Federal Judiciary Act
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A road that traveled westward over the Appalachian Mountains into Kentucky
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Wilderness Road
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The phrase "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" is found in the
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Declaration of Independence
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One reason the plantation system became dependent on the slave labor during the 1700s was
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cheap labor
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