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| Which spanish explorer found the Southwestern United States? | Coronado
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| Which spanish explorer found Florida? | De Leon
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| Which spanish explorer travled along the Gulf coast of Texas? | De Vaca
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| Which spanish explorer found the Pacific Ocean? | Balboa
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| Which spanish explorer conquered Aztecs in Mexico? | Cortes
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| Head quarters where missionaries lived and worked? | Mission
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| Person who contracted to work for a master in exchange for passage to the new world? | Indetured Servant
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| Certificate of permission | Charter
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| A crop grown for sale | Cash crop
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| Spanish fort | presidio
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| Study of how people decided what, how and for whom goods and services are produced | Economics
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| Study of peoples behavior in group | Sociology
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| Study of how the brain works | Psychology
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| Study of people and their form of government | Political Science
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| Study of artifacts and culture | Archeology
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| Spanish document read to Native Americans requiring them to give allegiances to the spanish crown and pope | Requerimiento
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| Native american revolt against the Spanish in New mexico and their religous requiremnets | Pueblo Revolt
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| The VIrginia colony survived largely because the english colonist? | Began growing tobacco
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| Spain wanted to establish missions to? | convert Native Americans to Spanish religion and customs
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| Major economic activities of the spanish colonies? | Minning Farming Ranching
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| A major goal of the encomienda system was to? | Force Native Americans to work for Spanish colonict
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| What happened As result of Bacon's rebelion? | Virginia population will except protection from the local government
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| why were the early years in jamestown full of hardship? | Many settlers refused to work
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| What was the major cause of death among Native Americans? | Smallpox Typhus Other diseases
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| The trade of goods between Europe and the Americans is known as? | The columbian exchange
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| English explorers like cabot, frobisher, and hudson were searching for? | Northwest passage
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| The immediate reason for Bacon's rebelion was? | Indian attacks on frontier settlements
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| The Treaty of Tordesillas os 1494 settled? | the dispute between spain and portugal over claims to the new world
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| What was Columbus searching for when he sailed from Spain? | A western Route to the indies
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| The early years at jamestown were mainly characterized by? | Starvatio
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| Which of the following caused Jamestown's near failure? | Swampy site choosen for setrtlement
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| The Spanish established outposts in the Southwest to? | protect its trade routes
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| What is true about Columbus? | He landedfirst in the Bahamas and set out on a search of gold
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| Why did the Spanish encourage settlement in florida? | to safeguard spanish fleets with defensive bases
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| What where the three reasons that spanish settled the new world? | Gold Glory God
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| Which statement summarizes the english crown's hope for Georgia? | Georgia would be a buffer state between south carolina and Spanish florida
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| What was a colony's function under the mercantile system? | to provide raw materrials
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| What was the North west passage? | A water route across North America
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| Where did Virginia tobacco farmers move south into this colony looking for new land to plant their crops? | North Carolina
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| Which three colonies were founded in an attempt to escape religious persecution? | Massachusetts
Pennsylvania
Maryland
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| The Mayflower compact was in unique in the fact of what? | Permitted all men to practice in making laws
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| The great Migration refers to a period when many seeking a relieffrom religious persecution settled in? | Massachusetts
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| What happened in 1750 because the colonly was growing slowly the trustees of georgia? | Allowed the importation of slaves
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| What most shapped the grpwth of New France? | fur trade
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| The fundamental Orders considered the first constitution written in the english colonies was written for? | Coneticut
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| What was the status of slavery in georgia when it was found? | It was illegal and no free blacks were permitted
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| Thomas hooker fled the Massachusetts Bay Colony and foundwd hartford _______? | Connecticut
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| Quakers believed that? | All people were equal
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| Britian did not want the colonies to manufacture goods because? | It wanted the profit from selling manufactured goods to colonies
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| The British policy of salutary neglect? | Allowed the colonies economic freedom
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| The Virginia colony survived largely because the english colonist what? | Began growing tobacco for sale
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| The first permatent English settlement in North america was? | Jamestown
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| The duke of York gave two friends some of his land. What was the name of the two seperate lands that eventually became one? | New Jersey
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| Lord Boltimore founded Maryland as haven for? | Roman catholics
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| The first Europeans to settle new York were? | the dutch
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| England prized North America colonies because? | They supplied England with food and raw materials and bought English goods
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| The population of the middle colonies was known for its? | Diversity
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| The puritans migrated to New England to? | Escape religious persecution
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| the desire in the colonies to increase the production of ftaple crops like tobacco and rice led to? | an increase in the number of slaves brought from Africa
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| The house of Burgesses was established as the governing body for? | Virginia
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| Pennsylvania was founded as a haven for? | Quakers
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| Why did the English drive the dutch from New York? | England envied New York's prosprity under the dutch
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| The pilgram settlement was at? | Plymouth
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| why did the colonies gain extensive freedom in self-governing in the 1700s? | Britain declined to interfere in colonial political affairs
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| This colony was created by king charles II for a group of his aristocratic friends? | South Carolina
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| which of the following caused Jamestown's near failure? | The swammpy site choosen for settlement
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| Maryland's act of toleration ws the first document in the english colonies to? | grant freeom of worship to all christains
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| How did the rapid spread of english settlements affect native americans? | It threatened their way of life
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| Rice and Indigo | Southern colonies
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| Commerce within colonies | Middle colonies
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| Tobacco | Southern colonies
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| Ship supplies | Southern colonies
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| grain | Middle colonies
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| Fishing and whaling | New England Colonies
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| Large scale ship building | New England Colonies
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| Which colonial region was most active in promoting public education? | The New England Colonies
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| Ministers were held in high esteem but were not wealth. What social class were they classed as? | Better sort
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| from this school, young men went to Harvard to become ministers? | Latin School
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| which one if the following helped the colonial legislatures come o dominate colonial government? | The legislature set the salaries for the government
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| What crops used the most slave labor at the time of the American revolution? | Rice and tobacco
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| Politics in America was dominated by? | White male land owners
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| In colonial America married women were? | Legally dependent on their husbands
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| Women's main contribution to the colonial household was to? | Keep the household operating
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| The main reason so many Africans died during the Middle passage was that? | crowded and unsanitary conditions led to diseases
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| The experiences of Africans living in the colonies were? | Varied depending on where they lived
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| Because of the limited contact with the colonist, African's in the south carolina and georgia were able to? | Preserve their African traditions
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| Enslaved people in the new england and middle colonies worked in a variety of jobs because the two regions had? | a diverse economy
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| slave rebellions in the colonies were a result of? | Harsh laws controlling African's activities
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| in the beginning mail is brought once a month to the inns and the postage will be paid by who? | the receiver
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| Who where the religiously intolerant of the other religious groups living in the settlements? | Puritains
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| What church was the offical church of the Southern Colonies? | Anglican
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| Who acted as the advisors tot the colonial governor and acted as the Court of appeals? | Council
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| What where the first roads that were used to transport logs from the forest to the sea called? | Mast roads
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| Many amputations and tooth extractions in the colonial times were completed by who? | Blacksmith
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| where were Males of the wealthy landowners often sent to Europe for college? | Southern Colonies
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| As roads improved what became another mean of transportation? | Stage Coaches
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| Who's job was it to relay the latest news to all within earshot? | town crier
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| in what type of colonies where the governor, council, and lower house elected? | Charter
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| In what colonies were the governor was appointed by the king of england? | Royal colonies
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| a two year program held at the home of the teacher to learn basic reading and writting was called what? | Dame schools
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| Unlike southern colonies, New england weddings were held where? | Churches
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| During colonial times roads did not exist initially, so settlements, farmers, and plantations were set up along where? | water
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| to cut off from outside contact | blockade
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| steady increase in prices over time | inflation
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| selling scarce items at unreasonably high prices | profiteering
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| Person killed wounded or missing in battle? | casualty
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| Foreign soldiers who fought for pay | mercenary
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| The British decided to abandon Boston when? | patriots began shelling british ships and forces
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| What was a major advantage of the american side in the revolutionary war? | patriot forces were fighting on their own terriotory
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| Led the Green Mountain boys and captured fort ticonderoga? | Ethan allen
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| According to the treaty of paris the new united states would control? | all the land from new england to the mississippi river and north of the great lake
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| The royal governor of virginia? | promised freedom to slaves who would bear arms for the king
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| the fall of fort ticonderoga was important because? | Americans needed the artillery and ammunition captured there
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| Washington's victory at Yorktown was partically guaranteed by? | the arrival of the french fleet to block Cornwallis' escape by sea
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| One of the biggest problems facing Washington and his troops was? | Lack of food, clothing, and millitary supplies
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| One effect of the american revolution was? | the spread of the idea of libertary and equality
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| The british strategy for the battle over New York was? | The british hoped a strong show of force and intimidation would bring the Americans to surrender
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| For the revolution to be a success, Americans not only had to achieve a military victory, they also had to? | win recongnition and help from france
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| The battls of trenron and princeton were important because they? | boosted patriot morale
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| The americans won the revolutionary war mainly because | They had the determination to outlast the british
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| The revolutionary was began with the? | Battles of lexington and concord
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| The results of the battle of saratoga? | Convinced the french to ally themselves with the Americans
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| In their attitudes toward the Revolutionary war, John Adams estimated that the colonist were split? | One third Patriots, one third loyalist and one third neutral
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| The hessians were? | German mercenary troops recruited by the british
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| the battle of york town resulted in? | the sign of the treaty of paris
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| The phrase "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness," as found in the decleration of independence refers to? | Specific inalienable rights
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| Colonist respond to the townshend act by? | Boycotting british goods
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| Native americans moved westward as a result of? | Colonial migration westward
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| With an increasing population, the british colonist faced? | shortage of land
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| religious leaders initiated a religious revival in the early 1700s because they belived that? | Protestant theology was to complex
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| The british government decided to tax the American colonies, why? | To pay war debts
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| One consequence of the french and indian war was that? | the colonies began to see themself as different from the british colonies
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| The sugar act and stamp act are examples of what? | British tried to raise money for the colonies
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| In the pamphlet common sense the author argues that the colonies should? | break their ties with britian
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| The coloniests protested the Stamp act because they believed in? | no taxation without representation
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| The first contenental congress voted to? | Call for the formation of colonie militais
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| The great awakening is best described as? | A series of religious revivals in the british colonies
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| the introduction to the Decleration of Independence is sometimes called? | preamble
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| A dirct result of the Intolerable acts was the? | calling together to the first continental congress
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| Native Americans took advantage of the rivalry between? | The britsh and the french
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| The cause of the French and Indian Was was? | France and britain's competing claims over land
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| in the early 1750s, colonist in western Pennsylvania and virginia competed with the native Americans and French for control of? | the forks of the Ohio river
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| As a result of the french and indian war,? | France turned Canada over to britain
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| The french and indian war led to? | a weakingof colonila loyatly to britain
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| Which came first Olive Branch Petition or the Sugar act? | Sugar act
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| the most efective form of protest usedby the colonist was? | boycotts of british goods
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| the prime minister grenville shifted from inderect taxation to direct tatxation with the? | stamp act
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| The britsh government established the proclamation line of 1763 to? | prevent another costly war which settlement could provoke with the native americans
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| with the passage of the tea act of 1773 parliament intenede to? | Rescue the financially struggling east indian company
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| Ben franklin's idea of the albany plan of union? | Was a failed atempt to bring the colonies together
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| Which came first Boston massacre or the boston tea party? | boston massacre
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| How was the prime minister william pitt's handling of the french and indian war different from the way that previous british leaders handled wars in North America? | He promoted the largest amount of money to be spent on the war in order to win
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| Which came first Lexington and Concord or the decleration of independence? | Lexington and Concord
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| to surround an enemy in order to force its surrender? | Siege
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| refusal to buy certaingoods as an act of protect | boycott
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| document asking the king for peaceful settlement to the conflict between the colonies and britain | Olive Branch petition
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| group of armed citizens who serve as soldiers | militia
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| A native american uprising against the british in the Great Lakes Region | Pontiac's rebelion
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| At the Philidelphia Convention, the delegates agreed to? | draft a new constetutuion
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| When there is a separation of powers,? | power is distributed among three independent branches of government
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| Which of the following was added to the constitution to help gain the support of the anti-fedralist? | bill of rights
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| The antii-federalist argued against the constitution because they felt? | it made the national government to string
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| The three-fifths compromise resolved the issue of what? | How the enslaved people were to be counted in the population
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| How did the nationalists regard Shay's rebelion? | as proof that only a strong government could prevent social disorder
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| The concurrent powers in the federal system of the government are those? | held and exercised by both national and state governments
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| the main argument against the bill of rights was? | there was no need for them
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| Why did some opposistion emerge to the constition and the new form of government proposed? | Some claimed that it rejected many of the basic ideals of the american revolution
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| the system of checks and balances is designed to ensure that? | No one branch of government will gain too much power
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| Which of the following was a weakness of the articles of confederation? | there was no equal court system
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| why did the confederation government not survive the decade of postwar adjustments? | It was too weak to solve the nations economic and social problems
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| Delegates to the constitutional convention were initially supposed to? | amend the articles of confederation
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| A federal government is one which? | power is divided between a central government and state governments
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| What was the main significance of the shay's rebelion? | It revealed the inability of the weak central gvernment to maintain order
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| What was designed to ensure that the president that the president would not gain dictatorial powers over the government? | he system of checks and balances
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| New Jersy plan called for congress to? | with only a unicarmeral house where states had equal representation
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| The great compromise created a congress? | that gave larger states a greater voice in the house of represenatatives and smaller states an equal voice in the senate
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| Following the issuing of the Decleration of independence, most americans wanted the power of government uder the articles of confederartion to be held ny? | state governments
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| why was The fedralist was writen? | to persude New York to support the constitution
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| James madison's virginia plan called for a congress? | with represntationbased on population
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| The government set up by the Articles of confederation had? | only a legislative branch consisting of a unicameral
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| What issue did the great compromise reslove? | representation in the legislature
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| According to the great compromise the number of representatives in the senate would be? | the same number for every state
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| Branch of government that interprates the law | Judical
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| Guaranted freedom from a state-established church and freedom of worship | virginia statues of religion
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| branch if government tht makes law | Legislative
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| Princaple that legislative executive and judical branches would all have distinct areas of authority | seperation of powers
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| Branch of government that executes the laws | executive
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