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1st Semester Review
Review for First Semester Assessment
Question | Answer |
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What two countries were involved in the French and Indian War? | French and English |
Many farmers fell into debt due to costly taxes raised by the state in what Rebellion? | Shays |
Name the unalienable rights Jefferson believed all men posess | Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness |
What present day states were part of the Northwest Territory? | Indiana, Illinois and Ohio |
Nickname of the British soldiers from the colonists | Redcoats |
What groups were not included in the Declaration of Independence? | African Americans and women |
Slavery was introduced to the colonies because of what crop | Tobacco |
A bicameral legislature is | A lawmaking body made up of two houses or groups |
What type of government did the Articles of Confederation have | A weak central government |
The first colonists in Jamestown searched for | Gold |
No taxation without representation is a phrase from what Act | Stamp Act |
The Articles of Confederation featured all but ~A President ~No Permanent Army ~Taxed citizens A Supreme Court | No permanent Army |
To ask for peace with Great Britain, the colonists sent the ? to King George III? | Olive Branch Petition |
The Proclamation of 1763 was.. | a western border of the 13 colonies in America and an attempt to tax citizens |
All of the following were a cause of the American Revolution except.. Lack of Representation Taxes Slavery Trade Restrictions | Slavery |