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Unit 2

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The first Representative assembly and a colonial building block to American democracy   Virginia House of Burgesses  
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"The crucible of American democracy"   New England Town Meeting  
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Desire of the colonist to live under the rule of law even before tehy set foot on Plymouth colony was shown in the   Mayflower Compact  
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The biggest problem the colonists had with paying taxes levied against them by King George III was that they wanted   proper representation in Parliament  
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The Mayflower Compact, the House of Burgesses, and the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut were important to America because they promoted   Self Government  
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John Peter Zenger and New York Times Co. vs. US strengthened   freedom of the press  
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Limiting the colonies' trade with other nations   Merchantalism  
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Lax emforcement of laws regulating colonial trade   Salutary Neglect  
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Principles of governemnt included inthe Declaration of Independence were influenced by   John Locke's social contract theory  
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Colonial responses to the British Mercantile Policies   Boston tea party  
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Convinced many Americans who had been undecided to support independence   Thomas Paine's Common Sense  
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The govenrmnt was very weak and could have failed during this period   The Critical Period  
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The states had more power than the national government under this document   Articles of Confederation  
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Congress could not require a tax on the people under this   Articles of Confederation  
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It had the power to admit new states   Articles of Confederation  
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Provided a process for admission of new states into the Union   Northwest Ordinance of 1787  
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The states had much greater power than the central government under this document   Articles of Confederation  
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It was difficult to make changes to the Articles of Confederation because   All 13 states had to agree on the changes  
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A blueprint for setting up a new government   Articles of Confederation  
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A success of the Articles of Confederation included the conclusion to the   Revolutionary War  
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A major criticism against the Articles fo Confederation was that power was allocated primarily to   state governments  
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A major intention of this document was to use Great Britian's government as a model   Articles of Confederation  
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A list of natural rights and grievances   Declaration of Independence  
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The reason that Great Britiain established this was to avoid conflicts between colonists and Native American Indians   Proclamation Line of 1763  
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This document provided justification for revolting against unjust governments   Declaration of Independence  
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