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From previous Tests' multiple choice questions | Ch 1 Test: 1-32 | Ch 2 Test: 33-62 | Ch 3 Test: 63-101 | Ch 4 Test: 102-144 | Ch 5 Test: 144-181 | Ch 6 Test: 182-223

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This German mapmaker named the new land America for Amerigo
Martin Martin Waldseemüller
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The Plymouth colony would not have survived if not for
Squanto
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Wrote Discourse of Western Planting to convince Queen Elizabeth I for settling the New World
Richard Hakluyt
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introduced by the Virginia Company, settlers who paid their own way receive fifty acres of land and 50 acres for each child over 15 and any servants
headrights
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this movement believed that natural laws apply to the social political and economic relationship
Enlightenment
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he saved Jamestown from failure by introducing capitalism
John Smith
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this event ranks as one of the most important events of all time
Columbian Exchange
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what are the chesapeake colonies
Virginia, Maryland
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New England colonies
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut
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this bounded the settlers into a “civil body politick”;

agree to submit to laws and officials
Mayflower Compact
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in 1493 this treaty moved the line of demarcation to the West
the Treaty of Tordesillas
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this Indian chief wage war with the Jamestown colonists
Powhatan
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sugar to Europe, textiles from South Africa, slaves to America
Triangular Trade
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this was a religious movement that focus on a person's level of Devotion to religion and his or her emotional relationship with God
Great Awakening
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the first representative body in America
House of Burgesses
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this line was an imaginary line that resolved the Revival in the new world between Spain and Portugal
Line of Tordesillas
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the Puritans coming to North America in 1730
The Great Migration
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what did the early Spanish explorers call the multi-story buildings built by the Anasazi
Pueblos
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this colony was established to provide a refuge for Catholics
Maryland
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colonies established under Charles II
Restoration colonies
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he was responsible for sponsoring the Lost Colony
Sir Walter Raleigh
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these acts put strict restrictions on colonial trade
Navigation Acts and the Sugar Act
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introduced by Charles II to gain wealth for England; all Colonial Goods had to go to British ships
Navigation Acts of 1651
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the great African empires
Ghana, Mali, Songhai
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He Issued “Fundamental Orders of Connecticut”; considered by many to be the first constitution written in America
Thomas Hooker
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he was the leader of Massachusetts Bay Colony
John Winthrop
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he was the governor of the Dominion of New England
Sir Edmund Andros
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Anne Hutchinson introduced this Doctrine
antinomianism
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this act is considered to be what led to the beginning of colonial Rebellion
Townsend Acts
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Middle Cononies
New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delaware
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the principle that the colonies existed for the good of the mother country
mercantilism
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this act established religious toleration; came out of Maryland.
Maryland Toleration Act of 1649
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after the French and Indian War, the British as the colonies to
pay their share of the war cost
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what became known in the colonies as the Intolerable Acts
the Quebec Act and the Coercive Acts
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General Howe sought to separate New England from the south by capturing
Philadelphia
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the first country to recognize the United States as an independent country
France
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Thomas Jefferson suggested he's calling established this to inform colonists' of british activity
Committee of Correspondence
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the coercive Acts
the Boston Port Act, the Massachusetts Government Act, the Administration of Justice Act, and the Quartering Act
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the first Skirmish of the French and Indian war occurred because
They both wanted the Ohio River
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four wars fought between England, France, and Spain
King William’s War (1689-1697), Queen Anne’s War (1702-1711), King George’s War (1744-1748), French and Indian War
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the proclamation for suppressing rebellion and sedition issued by George III was in response to this document
Olive Branch Petition
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the Second Continental Congress
become a provisional government for the colonies
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when did the war of independence start
April 19, 1775
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the turning point in the American Revolution
The Battle of Saratoga
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issued by Parliament, this act probably trade with the colonies and establish a naval blockade
prohibitory Act
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he wrote the pamphlet Common Sense; advocated Independence
Thomas Paine
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this body became a provisional government, managing the 13 colonies until 1789
the second Continental Congress
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he was responsible for whipping the Continental Army into a lean mean fighting machine
Baron von Steuben
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this treaty ended the war of independence
Treaty of Paris (1783)
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he was the hero in the west; defeated the British general Henry "hair buyer" Hamilton
Benedict Arnold
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“I have not yet begun to fight“
John Paul Jones
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the voluntary freeing of slaves
manumission
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these two generals assisted Washington in defeating Cornwallis at the Battle of Yorktown
Marquis De Lafayette and Admiral de Grasse
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the years of the French and Indian War
1754 – 1763
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“Join or Die” cartoon
Benjamin Franklin
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first acts to Control colonial trade; designed to tighten the government's control over trade between England, it's colonies, and the rest of the world
Navigation Acts of 1651
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what was the Boston Tea Party in response to
Intolerable Acts (1774)
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this act shut down trade with the colonies and ordered a Naval blockade
Prohibitory Act
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a wealthy merchant/banker pledged large amounts of his own money for the war effort
Robert Morris
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"I Regret I Have One Life to Give to My Country"
Nathan Hale
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a slave that sued for his freedom and won
Dred Scott
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Thomas Paine's famous quote coming out of his book American crisis
“these are the times that try men's Souls“
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the first state to ratify the Constitution
Delaware
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how many delegates attended the Constitutional Convention
55
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what was the purpose of the Bill of Rights
to protect civil liberties and limit the power of the federal government over the states
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first two parties of the American political system
the Federalists and Democratic-Republicans
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introduced the Connecticut Compromise
Roger Sherman
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what does judicial review allow the Supreme Court to do
declare laws unconstitutional
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how did Congress respond to calls for changes to the Articles of Confederation
by calling for a convention to discuss amending the Articles
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failures of the Articles of Confederation
Financial weaknesses, domestic weaknesses, foreign weaknesses
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what was one of the major problems with the first government of the United States
it created a weak central Authority
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what year did the Constitution go into effect
1789
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how did the framers of the new constitution prevent any one branch of government from being too powerful
By creating a system of checks and balances
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what did the Federalists want
strong central government
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Jefferson's plan for the Northwest Territory
Land Ordinance of 1785
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constitutional principle; elected representation
republicanism
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constitutional principle; underlying theme of The Constitution
Limited Government
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constitutional principle; sharing power at the federal or national level and state level
Federalism
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leading Federalists
John Adams, Alexander Hamilton

John Jay, Rufus King

John Marshall, Timothy Pickering

Charles Cotesworth Pinckney
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constitutional principle; division of government that three separate branches
separation of powers
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a prominent anti-federalist
John Dickinson
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what year was the Bill of Rights added to the Constitution
1791
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what were the Federalist Papers
essays trying to convince the people to accept the new constitution
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why was there a preamble to the Constitution
it stated the purpose of the Constitution
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how many amendments are in the Constitution
27
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how many members in the House of Representatives
435
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how many executive departments are there
15
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what title do the executive department heads have
Secretary
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what time does the Department of Justice have
Attorney General
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how many justices are in the Supreme Court
9
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what year was the Constitution written in
1781
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what city did the Constitutional Convention take place in
Philadelphia
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what effect did the Northwest Ordinance have on slavery in the United States
it prevented the spread of slavery into the Northwest Territory
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what caused Shay's Rebellion
Massachusetts levied more taxes, which angered poor farmers
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why was the Bill of Rights added to the Constitution after had been written
to appease Anti-Federalists
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Shay's rebellion was viewed by many powerful people as
a sign that the national government was too weak
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the northwest ordinance of 1787
Banned slaver in the Northwest Territories
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why did the Anti-Federalists opposed ratification of the Constitution
the opposed the power given to the Army
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who wrote the Bill of Rights
James Madison
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this act set up the Federal Judicial System
The Judiciary Act of 1789