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Semester One U.S. History Review

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show 1607  
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When was the Declaration of Independence signed?   show
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When was the Constitution written?   show
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show Magna Carta  
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What document was written in 1689 that gave power to Parliament and listed the rights of English citizens?   show
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What was the first representative assembly in North America?   show
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show Mayflower Compact  
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What was the first written constitution in North America?   show
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What was the name of the rejected plan proposed by Benjamin Franklin that would unite the colonies under one Government?   show
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show Colonists could not settle west of the Appalachian Mountains  
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Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?   show
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What is the name of the document that ended the American Revolution and made the Mississippi River the western boundary of the United States?   show
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What is the name of the first written Constitution in the U.S. that had many weaknesses?   show
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show U.S. Constitution  
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What are the first ten amendments to the Constitution called?   show
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show Federalist Papers  
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Why were the Federalist Papers written?   show
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show Made a system for territories to apply for statehood  
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The period of religious enthusiasm in the American colonies is referred to as what?   show
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show Boston Massacre  
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show Boston Tea Party  
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show Intolerable Acts  
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show Common Sense  
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show Thomas Paine  
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show Articles of Confederation  
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show Shays' Rebellion  
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show Constitutional Convention  
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Where was the Constitutional Convention held?   show
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show Whiskey Rebellion  
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show Quartering Act  
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What was the name of the aggreement that created two houses of Congress? One would be based on population and the other would have equal representation.   show
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What agreement was made during the Constitutional Convention determing the representation of slaves?   show
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show Slaves counted as 3/5 a person when determing representation  
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show French and Indian War  
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show Lexington and Concord  
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show Bunker Hill  
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What battle is considered the turning point of the Revolution?   show
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show Yorktown  
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Who was the man who saved Jamestown by implementing the "work or starve" rule?   show
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Who is the man who made Jamestown prosperous by growing tobacco and married Pocahontas which helped relations with the Native Americans?   show
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Who founded Pennsylvania? Why?   show
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show Roger Willimas  
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What colony did Roger Williams establish?   show
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show Anne Hutchison  
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show James Oglethorpe. For debtors  
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show Cecil Calvert (Lord Baltimore). For the Catholics who wanted religious freedom.  
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show Samuel Adams  
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Who was the British monarch during the American Revolution?   show
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show George Washington  
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show Thomas Jefferson  
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What is the name of the Frenchman who believed in the Patriot cause and became a close friend to George Washington?   show
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show Friedrich von Steuben  
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show Charles Cornwallis  
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show John Paul Jones  
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show Patrick Henry  
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Who proposed the Albany Plan and was also an inventor?   show
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Who is known as the Father of the Constitution?   show
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show Representative  
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show U.S. Constitution  
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show Limited Government  
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What is the term used for the idea that political power rests with the people?   show
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show Individual Rights  
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show Republicanism  
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show Federalism  
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show Checks and Balances  
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show Separation of Powers  
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show Legislative - make laws Executive - enforce laws Judicial - interpret laws  
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The Supreme Court has the power to rule an act of Congress unconstitutional. What is this called?   show
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show New Jersey Plan  
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show Virginia Plan  
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What is the introduction to the Constitution called?   show
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show Abolish slavery  
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What did the 14th Amendment do?   show
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show Suffrage (voting rights) given to black men  
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show Federalists  
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show Anti-federalists  
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What did the anti-federalists want before they would ratify (approve) the Constitution?   show
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A business funded by a group of people who make an investment and share in profits and losses.   show
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show Mercantilism  
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A business funded by a group of people who make an investment and share in profits and losses.   show
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The belief that a colony exists to benefit the mother country financially.   show
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show Free Enterprise  
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show Triangular Trade  
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show Indentured Servant  
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show Plantation  
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Crops grown to sell.   show
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show Tariff  
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show Protective tariff  
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show Puritans  
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show Separatists  
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show Amendment  
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show Ratify  
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show Unalienable Rights  
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show Abolitionist  
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show Virginia  
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show "No taxation without representation"  
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What is a patriot?   show
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show A colonist who sided with Britain during the American Revolution.  
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show Declaration of Independence  
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What is a primary source?   show
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Why is the Battle of Saratoga considered the turning point of the Revolution?   show
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Name all of the Southern colonies.   show
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show Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, New York  
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show Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Connecticut, Rhode Island  
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