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64 Cards in this Set
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what were writs of assistanbe?
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warrants that gave british colonials rights to search for illegal goods
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What phrase in the forth ammendment states the end of writs of assistance?
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unreasonable searched and seizures, shall not be violated and no warrents shall be issued but upon probable cause
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What was the Stamp Act?
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you have to buy stamps to send mail
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What was the quartering act?
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any colony could be forced to house and feed troops
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what does the third ammendment say about the quartering act?
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that you cannot be foreced to house troops in a private home without consent
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how many people were killed in the boston massacre of 1770?
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5
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Who was Crispus Attucks?
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a runaway slave killed in the Boston Massacre
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What were the Committees of correspondence?
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a network in Mass. in which vital news could quickly travel.
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Why was there a Boston Tea Party in 1773?
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Because Colonial shippers hated that the parliament could make monopolies so they pushed all of this tea in the harbor as an act of protest
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in 1774, what did the delegates to the First Continental Congress vote to do?
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to establish another boycott of brittish goods
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who were the minutemen?
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soldiers fighting for freedom from the british
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where was the 'shot heard around the world'?
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concord or boston
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patriots supported -----
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independance
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tories, or loyalists favored -----
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to remain loyal to the king
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who said 'give me liberty or give me death'? and
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Patrick Henry
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what are mercenaries?
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hired soldiers
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what country did the mercenaries come from?
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Germany
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who wrote the pamphlet, Commen Sense, influencing the population to oppose the British?
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Thomas Paine
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Who do we celebrate the 4th of july as a national holiday?
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this is the day of independance for america from britan!!!!!
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how many blacks fought in the continental army?
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5,000
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what is a 'summer soldier'?
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patriots that were in service in the hardest times, when spirts were low
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why was general geogre washington able to capture hessians?
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because the hessians were sleeping
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who did france support?
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patriots
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how many troops did france send to help?
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7,000
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in the south, did guerilla bands follow honorable rules of war?
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NO!
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what is the date of surrender of the british?
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oct. 17 1781
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when did britian offically recognize american independance?
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1783
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what was the new national government plan that was adopted?
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articles of the confederation (republican)
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was slavery to be allowed in the states to be carved from the northwestern territories?
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yes
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could the new national government levy taxes or enforce laws?
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no, congress couldnt
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state after state stopped supporting churched with ---
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government- collected taxes
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what was the 'northwest Territory'?
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land that hadnt been settled northwest of the ohio river
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the national government had no money to back back loans that had been borrowed from ---- and ----
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france and holland
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there was little respect, internationally, from ------
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other nations
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money was printed by congress and the ------ --- ---
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inflation went up
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no way to settle disputes between the -----
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states
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each state had its own trade policy and levied ------- against products of other states
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duties
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what was shays rebellion?
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farmers rebelled when they out lawed payments to be made in paper currency
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why was the Consitution Convention held?
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for the sole and express purpose of revising the articles of confederation
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what was the average age of the delegates?
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43
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had any of them served in their state legislatures and had experience in drafting new state constitutions?
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yes
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Who said 'if men were angels, no government would be necesssary' (also called the father of the constitution)
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James Madison
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Did james madison ever become the president?
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yes
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were members of the press allowed into the independence hall?
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no
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what was the purpose of haveing three branches of government?
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checks and balences
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this was borrowed from Montesquieu of France and such structure is called a system of _______
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check and balences
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Was there a disagreement between the large states and the small states over representation in te new congress?
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yes
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What was the GREAT COMPROMISE that settled this dissagreement?
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lower house- population, upper house- equal representations
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how were slaves to be counted for representation purpose?
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3/4 of them counted as the population of a state
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who was gouveneur Morris?
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He styled the final constitution
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what was The Federalist?
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news paper essays in favor of the constitution
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how did the bill of rights become a part of our constitution?
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the states called for it when ratifing the constitution
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what US supreme court case gave the US supreme court power to declase a law unconstitutional?
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Marbury vrs. Madison (1803)
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what is the elastic clause?
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the same for the very flexible necessary and proper clause
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strict constitution?
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government has only those powers that the constitution specifically says
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loose construction?
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the government can do anything the constitution does not say it cannot to
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what was Washingtons advice in his farewell address concerning alliances with other nations?
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neutrality
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who was john marshall?
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served as chief Justice and established the power of judicial reveiw
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as the 1800s began who had possesstion of what is now California?
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Spain
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Who was Robert Gray?
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an explorer who discovered the Colombia River and claimed it for the US
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what year what the Louisiana Purchase from France?
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1803
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why did lewis and clark explore the area from St. Louis to the Pacific coast
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to make claims for the US
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Who fought in the war of 1812?
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americans and british
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was there a real winner or looser?
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no
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