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33 Cards in this Set
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What was the first direct tax on the colonies by Great Britain that caused the colonies to unite against King George?
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Stamp Act
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What was a result of the
Coercive Acts of 1774? |
British soldeirs accused of crimes in the colonies had to be tried by British courts rather than colonial government courts.
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Explain the expression "taxation without representation" during the prelude to the Revolutionary War?
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The colonists insisted that the British government could not tax them without giving the colonists seats in the British Parliament.
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How did Great Britain retaliate against Boston for the actions of the colonists during the Boston Tea Party?
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It closed the Port of Boston until the cost of the tea and customs charges were paid to the East India Company and the British government.
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Snake cut up-JOIN or DIE
The statement which BEST represents the message of Franklin's cartoon in the Pennsylvania Gazette is... |
The colonies had to join together or unite to survive as a new nation.
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What actions of the first continenatal congress brought the United States closer to war against Great Britain and closer to unity as one colonial govrnment?
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it estabilished the Continental Assosiation to coordinate the colonies' boycott of British goods.
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Where was the first battle of the revolutionary war faught?
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Lexington, Massachusetts
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What was the government called that the second Continental Congress wrote in 1777?
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the Articles of Confederation
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Who wrote the declaration of Independence i n1776?
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Thomas Jefferson
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What was the purpose of the preamble to the Declaration of Independence?
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to explain the philosophical beliefs of the colonists seeking independence
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Why did so many foreign nations come to the aid of the colonies in their war against Great Britain?
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They wanted to damage Great Britain because of its control over the seas and numerous colonies.
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Who led the American army during the Revolutionary War?
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George Washington
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Which of the following was NOT a military advantage enjoyed by Great Britain during the American Revolution?
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Great Britian had to fight on foreign soil 3,000 miles from its command center.
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Which of the following was not a weakness of the Articles of Confederation?
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it established the department of Foreign Affairs, War, and Treasury.
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How long did the new United States operate under the Articles of Confederation?
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8 years
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Why did the young United States establish such a weak central govrnment in 1781?
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it reflected the colonists' distrust of the excessive powers of the king and Parliament during the colonial period
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What treaty ended the American Revolutionary War?
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Treaty of Paris
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The Treaty of Paris made which feature the western boundary of the new United States of America?
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The Mississippi River
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Shays's Rebellion was caused by
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high land taxes to pay off Revolutionary War debts.
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What purpose was served by the Northwest Ordinance of 1787?
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It set a model for the transition from territory to statehood.
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The following are principles of the United States's new government under the Constitution of 1789?
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Power was to be divided between national and state governments.
Powers not noted in the Constitution were reserved for the state governments. Each branch of the federal government-judicial, executive, and legislative-had powers that allowed it to restrain the powers of the other two branches. |
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The following are major disagreement's requiring compromise during the Constitutional Convention of 1787?
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-Balancing representation for the large and the small state populations
-Establishing the method for counting slaves as part of a state's population -Dividing the legislative branch of government into two separate bodies, or houses |
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The unique arrangement of separating powers between national and state governments in the Constitution of 1787 is called
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federalism
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What was the major argument of the Antifederalists against ratification of the Constitution of 1787?
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The new constitution did not provide suitable guarantees protecting individual liberties.
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The following are member's of President Washington's first Cabinet?
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Alexander Hamilton
Thomas Jefferson Henry Knox |
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The Bill of Rights, the first ten amendments to the new Constitution, outlined all of the following ctitzen's liberties
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bear arms as a citizen.
be safe from cruel and unusual punishments. be safe from unreasonable searches and seizures by the government. |
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The following was included in the Bill of Rights?
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The right to be safe from arbitrary arrest.
Powers not given to federal governments reserved for the states The right to be safe from demands to house or feed the national military |
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The Bill of Rights was added to the U.S. Constitution in order to
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esure that individual liberties were protected.
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The cotton gin was used to
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separate the seeds from the cotton fiber.
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One of the first challenges to the government under the new Constitution was
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The Whiskey Rebellion.
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The U.S. Supreme Court's power of judicial review was NOT the right of the Court to
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review appointments of judges in federal courts.
review any cases appealed from lower-ranking courts. confirm any appointments by legislative or executive branches of government. |
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The U.S. Supreme Court decision that held that the Court had the right to declare acts of the executive or legislative branches a violation of the Constitution was NOT
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Gibbons v. Ogden.
McCulloch v. Maryland. Plessy v. Ferguson. |
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The 1803 Louisiana Purchase was NOT the following nation's boundaries
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westward beyound the Rocky Mountains.
northward from the Rio Grande River to the Canadian border. westward from the Appalachian Mountains to the Rocky Mountains. |
