Gov Ch 2
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| This man wrote the "textbook of the American Revolution." | show 🗑
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| Signed in 1620 by the Pilgrims, this colonial plan for self-rule is called | show 🗑
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| The first legislature in what became the United States was the | show 🗑
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| show | Lexington and Concord.
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| show | an embargo
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| According to the Articles of Confederation, this power was granted Congress. | show 🗑
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| Many Americans wanted a strong national government after | show 🗑
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| The Articles of Confederation went into effect in 1781 after all thirteen states | show 🗑
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| Trade among the states was known as | show 🗑
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| show | slavery
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| show | established a limited government.
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| show | Fundamental Orders of Connecticut.
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| This began as a struggle over lands in western Pennsylvania and Ohio. | show 🗑
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| This led to the Boston Tea Party. | show 🗑
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| show | Thomas Jefferson
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| According to the Articles of Confederation, this was the purpose of Congress. | show 🗑
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| To establish the Northwest Territory, states did this. | show 🗑
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| show | James Madison
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| show | anarchy
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| Antifederalists believed this was needed. | show 🗑
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| show | Magna Carta
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| show | Boston Harbor
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| The _________________________ kept sovereignty in the states. | show 🗑
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| show | Constitutional Convention
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| An outspoken member of the Anti-Federalists was ____________________. | show 🗑
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| show | British
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| legislative, executive, judicial | show 🗑
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| show | protection from the French
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| show | John Hancock
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| struggle between France and Britain | show 🗑
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| purpose of Congress | show 🗑
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| not in the Articles of Confederation | show 🗑
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| show | George Washington
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| for a strong national government | show 🗑
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| show | Antifederalists
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| first legislature in America | show 🗑
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| show | Mayflower Compact
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| show | John Locke
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| cause for colonists' revolt | show 🗑
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| show | Benjamin Franklin
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| one of the powers of Congress | show 🗑
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| caused by economic depression | show 🗑
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| show | states' approval
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| show | slavery
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| show | anarchy
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| show | These early documents established that the power of government was not absolute and that people had basic rights. The Bill of Rights expressed these principles of limited government and protection by guaranteeing people's rights against the power of gover
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| Explain why a peaceful settlement of differences was not possible between the colonies and Great Britain by 1776. | show 🗑
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| show | The Connecticut Compromise created the two-house structure of Congress, in which states are represented equally in the upper house and by population in the lower. Other compromises gave Congress power over interstate commerce, created the Electoral Colleg
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| Explain why many Americans came to desire a stronger central government in the years following independence. | show 🗑
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| In what ways does the Declaration of Independence express the ideas of John Locke? | show 🗑
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| show | As colonists many Americans had resisted what they considered the abuse of power by the British government. The state constitutions they wrote all limited the power of government. In addition, the states did not wish to surrender their sovereignty.
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| show | that by outlining the people's basic rights and freedoms, the Bill of Rights establishes limits on government power.
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| show | The colonies were not democratic by modern standards. Although legislatures of elected representatives existed, every colony had a property qualification for voting, and suffrage was denied to blacks and women. In addition, some colonies had official reli
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| show | England.
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| show | Petition of Right
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| A government in which people elect delegates to make laws is | show 🗑
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| The first legislature in America was the | show 🗑
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| show | separation of powers.
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| show | without representation.
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| In the eyes of the British, the American colonies existed for this reason. | show 🗑
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| economic benefit for Britain | show 🗑
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| show | protection from the French.
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| show | John Hancock.
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| The Declaration of Independence founded government on principles of | show 🗑
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| Under the Articles of Confederation, the plan for the central government included | show 🗑
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| show | foreign affairs and defense
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| show | enter into treaties
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| Shays's Rebellion was caused by this problem. | show 🗑
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| show | Shays's Rebellion
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| The only state that did not send a delegate to the Constitutional Convention was | show 🗑
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| This document suggested the legislative branch have a House of Representatives and a Senate. | show 🗑
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| To create the needed new government, the Founders compromised on this issue. | show 🗑
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| This was an argument of the Federalists. | show 🗑
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| show | for a Bill of Rights
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| show | English Bill of Rights
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| show | Great Fundamentals
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| The first colony to establish a representative assembly was ____________________. | show 🗑
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| show | self-government
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| show | French and Indian War
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| The Massachusetts protest against further tea taxes became known as the ____________________. | show 🗑
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| One of the ____________________ withdrew the right of the Massachusetts colony to govern itself. | show 🗑
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| show | Stamp Act Congress
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| show | committee of correspondence
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| show | Richard Henry Lee
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| Under the _________________________, Congress had the power to make war and peace, send ambassadors, make treaties, raise an army and navy, and create post offices. | show 🗑
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| show | states
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| show | regulate trade
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| In the ____________________, Congress established that territories owned by the government were to be developed for statehood. | show 🗑
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| show | Virginia Plan
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| The ____________________ suggested that representation in the House of Representatives, but not in the Senate, be based on population. | show 🗑
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| The ____________________ system was the compromise solution to the debate over how to elect the president. | show 🗑
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| William Paterson proposed the ____________________ with a weak executive and a one-chambered legislature. | show 🗑
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| The new government began in ____________________, the nation’s temporary capital. | show 🗑
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| established limited government | show 🗑
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| textbook of the American Revolution | show 🗑
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| colonial government | show 🗑
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| colonial laws | show 🗑
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| America's first formal constitution | show 🗑
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| show | French and Indian War
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| show | revenue
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| show | Stamp Act
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| show | Intolerable Acts
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| show | embargo
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| defeat of the French in America | show 🗑
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| show | ratified
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| show | unicameral
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| show | approval of 9 of 13 states
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| needed to amend or change Articles | show 🗑
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| yield territory claims | show 🗑
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| father of the Constitution | show 🗑
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| show | interstate commerce
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| rising sun chair | show 🗑
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| show | not sanctioned by law
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| anarchy | show 🗑
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