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What three concepts did the english colonists bring with them?

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The need for an ordered social system; The idea of limited government; and The concept of representative government.

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Limited Government

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The idea that government should not be all powerful

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Representative Government

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The concept that a government serves the will of the people

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What year what the Magna Carta established?

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1215

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What year what the English Bill of Rights established?

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1689

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What year was the Virginia Bill of Rights established?

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1776-v

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What year was the Bill of Rights established?

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1791

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What were the three types of colonies in North America?

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Royal, Proprietary, and Charter

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Which of the following was NOT one of the rights granted in the Magna Carta?

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The right to freedom of religion

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All of the following are basic concepts of government brought to the colonies by english settlers EXCEPT..

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The need for an autocratic government

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What is the Albany Plan of Union?

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An annual congress of delegates from each of the 13 colonies were formed

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Confederation

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a joining of several groups for a common purpose

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What is the Stamp Act Congress?

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Group of delegates that prepared the Declaration of Rights and Grievances against British policies

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What year was the Declaration of Independence signed in?

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1776-d

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Between 1776 and 1777 most of the states adopted what instead of charters?

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Constitutions

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What common features make up State Constitutions?

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Popular Sovereignty; Limited Government; Civil Rights and Liberties; and Separation of Powers

17
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The Stamp Act of 1765 was a law enacted by the British that..

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Increased the colonists taxes

18
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The government set up by the Articles of Confederation had..

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The power to make treaties and build a navy

19
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Which of the following was a weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

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Congress could not lay or collect taxes or duties

20
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Who was the co author of the Articles of Confederation?

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James Madison

21
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Who was a lawyer who helped develop the U.S. system of money?

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Gouverneur Morris

22
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Who was the lawyer that favored a strong central government?

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Alexander Hamilton

23
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Who was a successful leader of the Continental Army?

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George Washington

24
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Who said he “smelt a rat” and refused to attend the Philadelphia Convention?

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Patrick Henry

25
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Who were not selected by delegates of the states?

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Samuel Adams and John Hancock

26
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Who was on a diplomatic mission to England and Holland?

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John Adams

27
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What are the characteristics of the Virginia Plan?

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Three branches of government; Bicameral legislature; “National Executive” and “National Judiciary”

28
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What are the characteristics of the New Jersey Plan?

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Unicameral congress; Equal representation for states of different sizes; and more than one federal executive

29
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Connecticut Compromise

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Delegates agreed on a bicameral Congress, one segment with equal representation for States, and the other with the representation proportionate to the States’ populations

30
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Three-Fifths Compromise

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The framers decided to count a slave as three fifths of a person when determining the population of a State.

31
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The Commerce and the Slave Trade Compromise

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Congress was forbidden the power to tax the export of goods from any state

32
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The first national government for the United States was..

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The Second Continental Congress

33
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The Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia involved delegates from each of the following states EXCEPT..

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Rhode Island

34
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Federalists

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These people thought that the Articles of Confederation were weak, and argued for the ratification of the Constitution

35
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Anti-Federalists

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People who objected the Constitution for many reasons, including the strong central government and the lack of a bill of rights

36
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What day was George Washington elected president?

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April 30th

37
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The New Congress met for the first time on what day?

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March 4, 1789

38
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The debate over the ratification of the Constitution was won by the..

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Federalists

39
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The temporary capital of the United States where Congress met in 1789 was..

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New York

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