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Question 0

What are the methods of change?

Answer 0

Working within the system
working outside the system
creating a new system

Question 1

What are the five purposes of government?

Answer 1

Promote rule of law
provide public services
support the economic system protect rights
prepare for a common defense

Question 2

Give an example of rule of law

Answer 2

Police giving you a ticket for speeding

Question 3

Give an example of providing public services

Answer 3

Paving new roads

Question 4

Give an example of support the economic system

Answer 4

A fundraiser

Question 5

Give an example of protecting rights

Answer 5

You have the right to speak about the Government either negatively or positively

Question 6

An example of prepare for a common defense

Answer 6

Being ready to go war at all times

Question 7

What is an example of working within the system

Answer 7

A petition or going on strike

Question 8

Give an example of working outside the system

Answer 8

Using violence or vandalizing public property

Question 9

Give an example of creating a new system

Answer 9

Starting a war between the government and people

Question 10

Define mercantilism

Answer 10

Colonies established to support the mother colony

Question 11

Define Democratic Republicans

Answer 11

A group of people that supported Jefferson’s beliefs and disliked Hamilton’s

Question 12

Define confederation

Answer 12

Permanent union of political units

Question 13

Define individual rights

Answer 13

Rights that are held by a single person instead of the whole group

Question 14

How did the French aid in the Revolutionary war

Answer 14

They helped the small American army win the battle of Yorktown. This caused the British to surrender.

Question 15

Was the battle of Yorktown?

Answer 15

Yorktown was the final battle in the Revolutionary war.

Question 16

What were the results of the French and Indian war

Answer 16

The Treaty of Paris. This was a treaty that ended the French and Indian war

Question 17

What were the navigation acts

Answer 17

The navigation acts were laws that did not allow the United States to trade with other countries than Britain

Question 18

What was the sugar act?

Answer 18

The sugar act was a law that was passed on sugar, tax

Question 19

What is the Stamp Act

Answer 19

A tax on all mail & newspapers

Question 20

What was the Boston massacre?

Answer 20

The unnecessary, indiscriminate killing of a large number of people.

Question 21

What was the Boston tea party?

Answer 21

The Boston tea party was a raid on three ships on which Boston colonists, dressed like Indians, threw tons of tea into the Boston harbor

Question 22

What were the intolerable acts

Answer 22

Laws passed to punish Massachusetts for the Boston tea party

Question 23

What was Lexington Green

Answer 23

This is where the first shot was fired in the Revolutionary war

Question 24

What is the Continental Congress

Answer 24

The very first congress of the United States

Question 25

What was the Declaration of Independence

Answer 25

The declaration of independence was when the 13 colonies regarded themselves as independent states.

Question 26

What were the articles of Confederation

Answer 26

Agreement among the 13 states

Question 27

How can people change a political system

Answer 27

Inside, outside, or creating a new system