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development of the consitutional test Flashcards

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Why did the English turned down the Albany Plan of Union

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because they preferred to deal with the colonies

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the final colonial war between france and england

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french and indian war

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3
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what acted were not strictly enforced

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navigation acts

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what was the cause that forced the colonists to use a system of barter

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shortage of money

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Who was the governor of virginia during the french and indian war

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lieutenant governor dinwiddie

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what was a 4 series of laws that was used to punish the americans because of the boston tea party

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intolerable acts

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7
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who helped organized committees of correspondence

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samuel adams

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what permitted the English to search colonial homes

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writs of assistance

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act allowed royal governors, rather than colonial legislatures, to find homes and buildings to quarter or house British soldiers.

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Quartering Act

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10
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Treaty of Paris of 1763 returned the following location to france

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Martinique
Haiti
Guadeloupe

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The man who said, “If this be treason, make the most of it,” was:

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Patrick Henry

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12
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what group boycotted the English goods in protest of the stamp act

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Sons of Liberty

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13
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In mercantilism, a country’s wealth was determined by how much _____ it had.

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gold and silver

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14
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The _____ levied taxes to pay the salaries of those enforcing the law.

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Townshend program

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Why were the Navigation Acts initially not enforced by England?

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England was at war with France and wanted the loyalty of the colonies.

A struggle was going on between the king of England and Parliament.

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Name all 4 acts that England passes to control colonial trade

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Hat Act
Wool Act
Sugar Act
Stamp Act

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17
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How did the British Parliament respond to the colonists’ opposition to the Stamp Act and boycott of English goods?

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It repealed the Stamp Act.
It passed a Declaratory Law.

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18
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What British acts did the First Continental Congress seek to revoke?

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Intolerable Acts

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19
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Which two options contributed to the start of the Great Awakening?

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increased secularization in society and education

a decrease in religious devotion

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20
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Enlightenment philosophers with the ideas they were most famous for

social contract

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Thomas Hobbes

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21
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Enlightenment philosophers with the ideas they were most famous for:

separation of church and state

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John Locke

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Enlightenment philosophers with the ideas they were most famous for:

checks and balances

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Baron De Montesquieu

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Enlightenment philosophers with the ideas they were most famous for:

equality under the law

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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a renewal of religious devotion

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revival

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25
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a “fire and brimstone” sermon lamenting a culture’s moral failing

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Jeremiad

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not concerned with religion

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secular

27
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a belief that God is not involved in the daily affairs of humans

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deism

28
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a meeting where philosophers gathered in the homes of influential people to discuss their ideas

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salon

29
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a theory that people give up certain rights in order to gain protection

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social contract

30
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a theory that laws govern a society and that all must live by those laws

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rule of law

31
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Before writing the Declaration of Independence, which document did the Continental Congress send to Parliament?

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The Olive Branch Petition

32
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why was Congress unable to help the colonial army get the equipment and money it needed at the beginning of the war?

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Congress was unable to levy taxes to pay for the Army’s needs.

33
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What did the British Army promise to enslaved people who joined them?

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manumission

34
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Why were the victories at Trenton and Princeton important for the Americans?

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They boosted the morale of the American people who were losing hope in the cause.

35
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what was the first tax levied by engliand on the colonist

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stamp act

36
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what act was aimed to punishing boston for it’s infamouse tea party

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Intolerable Acts

37
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“I have not yet begun to fight.”

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John Paul Jones

38
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“I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country.”

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Nathan Hale

39
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American traitor

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Benedict Arnold

40
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one of the writers for the declaration of independence

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Thomas Jefferson

41
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commander-in-chief of the Continental army

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George Washington

42
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seized Fort Ticonderoga

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Ethan Allan

43
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mercenaries from Germany

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Hessians

44
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who wrote the Common Sense

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Thomas Paine

45
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who secured the western lands

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George Rogers Clark

46
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who adopted a “Declaration of Causes of Necessity of Taking up Arms”

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Second Continental Congress

47
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who endorsed the Olive Branch Petition

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Second Continental Congress

48
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who made provisions for a Continental army with George Washington as commander-in-chief

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Second Continental Congress

49
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when was the declaration of indepence adopted on

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July 4, 1776

50
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expressed the idea that all men are created equal and are born with certain rights that no government can take from them

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Declaration of Independence

51
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used fast riders to send the news

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Committees of Correspondence

52
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were formed to encourage communication among the colonies

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Committees of Correspondence

53
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closed the lands west of the Allegheny Mountains to settlers

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Proclamation Act of 1763

54
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What were two disadvantages the colonies faced in starting a war with England?

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lack of money and equipment
lack of organization

55
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What were two advantages England had in fighting a war in America?

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well-trained soldiers
money and equipment

56
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The colonist who convinced the French to aid the colonies was _____.

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Franklin

57
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What document stated that certain rights were not given by the government, but that men were born with them?

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Declaration of Independence

58
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an American colonist who opposed independence for the American colonies

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Loyalist

59
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to join together against and have nothing to do with

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Loyalist

60
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a soldier hired for pay by a foreign state

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mercenary

61
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a person, group, or nation united with another for some special purpose

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ally

62
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to settle (a quarrel or difference of opinion) by agreeing that each will give up a part of what he demands

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compromise

63
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an agreement, especially one between nations, signed and approved by each nation

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treaty

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