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| Who sponsored the passage of the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions in late 1798? |
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James Madison
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| The Revolutionary War effectively came to an end when... |
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| Cornwallis lost the battle of Yorktown |
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| Which of the following was not a provision of the Treaty of Paris (1783)? |
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| France would receive Canada |
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| Who was considered to be the "father' of the United States Constitution? |
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| This law changed the requirement for citizenship from five to 14 years and targeted Irish and French immigrants? |
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| all of the following are true about the Whiskey Rebellion except |
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a. first time government used military to exert authority.
b. citizens had to peacefully change the law.
c. whiskey producers/settlers relocated further west.
d. turned people away from Federalists and toward Democratic Republicans.
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| The major concepts or ideas for the framework of the Constitution came from what source(s)? |
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all of the above
The mayflower compact
second treatise of government
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| representatives met in Annapolis, Maryland, in the fall of 1786 to discuss matters of |
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| The land ordinances passed by Congress in the 1780's dealt with settlement in |
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| Under the provisions of the Land Ordinance of 1787, new states could enter in the Union when |
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| The population reached 60,000 |
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| Shay's Rebellion involved farmers in Western |
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| The result of Shay's rebellion was that Congress realized |
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| how powerless the government and the Articles of Confederation were |
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| Which state was not represented at the Philadelphia Convention? |
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| the main debate over the Constitution revolved around the issue of |
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| Which of the following men did not help author the Federalists essays? |
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| The state whose ratification of the Constitution made that document the law of the land was |
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| The United States government responded to France's declaration of war on Britain in 1793 by |
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| George Washington's vice president was |
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| Hamilton, Jefferson and Madison disagreed strongly over the issue of whether a national bank was |
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| George Washington's Secretary of Treasury was |
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| The significance of the Whiskey Rebellion was that it demonstrated |
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| the strength of the federal government |
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| The initial reaction of most Americans to the French Revolution was one of |
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| Americans became angry over the XYZ Affair because |
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| the French demanded a bribe for American representatives to speak to their government (Talleyrand) |
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| All of the following were members of the Secret Committee on Correspondence except |
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| Who was denied their natural rights according to some state constitutions? |
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all of the above
women
slaves
men without property |
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| How many states showed up for the Annapolis Convention? |
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| It was decided at the Constitutional Convention that the Central government powers would include all of the following except |
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| Who warned against the effects of 'majority factions' |
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| As Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton's goals included |
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| In Jay's Treaty England received American agreement for |
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| The Tariff Act of 1789 stated that foreign ships would be taxed equally but American ships would pay less |
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| The Tonnage act of 1789 would have placed a five percent tax on imported goods |
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| President Washington warned the nation to "steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world' |
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| James Madison said Congress was authorized to :make all laws which shall be necessary and proper' |
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| Jay's treaty favored the United States, giving then more benefits than England |
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| Republicans favored France and regarded Jay's Treaty as to favorable to Britain |
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| Federalists favored British policy because commercial interests profited from trade |
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| the Quasi-war of 1799 was series of sea battles with the British |
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| The Franco-American accord of 1800 released the U.S. from the 1778 alliance with France and the United States received $20 million for the loss of American Ships |
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| The XYZ Affair was so named because Talleyrand's agent were labeled x,y, and z in a report to congress by John Adams |
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| England justified taxing the colonist because they |
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derived the greatest benefit from the seven years war
caused a drain on the british economy
required costly military protection
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| Which of the following statements was true of the Stamp Act and its consequences |
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| the act was designed to raise revenue to pay for support of the British army in America |
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| In what year was the Act of Religious Tolerance enacted? |
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| What tribe of Native Americans did the settlers of Connecticut massacre in the mid 1630's? |
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| The Stamp Act Congress met in the city of |
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| On the heels of repealing the Stamp act, the british parliament passed the ____ reasserting its rights to tax the colonies "in all cases whatsoever' |
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| The Dominion of New England was |
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| The organization imposed on the New England colonies by King James in his attempt to supersede colonial charters |
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| James II revoked the charter of Massachusetts in 1684 because |
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| the crown viewed Massachusetts as taking too much authority into its own hands |
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| The Glorious Revolution of 1688 in England |
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| brought the Protestant pair of William and Mary to Power |
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| After Great Britain Closed the port of Boston, |
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other colonies closed their ports in support of Boston
the colonies became more revolutionary in spirit
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| The Salem with trials can best be described as |
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| a reaction of traditionally minded folk to the lack of civil judicial oversight |
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| The colonists main objection to the Townshend Duties was that they were designed to |
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| raise revenue for Britain to pay for colonial administration and the British army in the colonies. |
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| Which of the following describes the situation in Boston by 1770? |
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| Boston had become a powder keg of the revolution, with detested Redcoats garrisoned in the city. |
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| England passed the Coercive Acts (which colonists labeled " The Intolerable Acts') in response to |
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| The purpose of the Tea Act was to |
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| support the almost bankrupt East India Company |
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| English settlers adopted enslavement of Africans as a system to labor because |
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Native Americans too easily escaped and too often died.
they already associated light-skinned people with racial superiority.
improving economic conditions in England cut down on their supply of white servants..
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| What component(s) is included in the philosophy of mercantilism? |
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| all of the above are components of mercantilism |
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| The term antinomianism means |
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| faith in Christ frees Christians from obligation to observe moral law of Old Testament |
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| Presbyterians who were converted by the high-charged passionate sermons of the revivalists during the Great Awakening |
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| Some of the earliest abolitionists were the |
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| which of these puts the events in the correct chronological order? |
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| Stamp Act, Boston Massacre, Boston Tea Pary, Coercive Acts |
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| Which of the following groups contains the original members of the Dominion of New England? |
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| Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine |
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| which of the following gives the correct order of rule for England's monarchs? |
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| Charles II, James II, William and Mary |
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| Locke's Two Treatises on Civil Government |
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| stressed his belief that humans had a right to expect protection of their rights by their government |
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| shattered the existing church structure by departing from established colonial church beliefs regarding Church Membership |
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| Georgia was founded to serve as a haven for the poor, and also |
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| serve as a buffer between the English colonies and Spanish Florida |
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| The main area of conflict between the british and the French in the 1740's was |
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| trade and settlement in the Ohio valley |
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| Which of the following was not a provision of the Treaty of Paris (1763) |
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| Spain ceded control of the port city of New Orleans to Britain |
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| Which of the following prohibited colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains? |
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In the mid-seventeenth century, the English Parliament began enacting laws intended to regulate colonial trade.
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| What caused England to change its policy of salutary neglect toward the colonies? |
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| Which of the following were not part of the Coercive (Intolerable) Acts? |
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| Which British nonconformist believed in the separation of church and state, was a fugitive from the Massachusetts Bay colony and founded Providence, Rhode Island? |
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| English migrants came to America |
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because of ties to the English reformation and puritans
land in England had become scarce
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| Charleston, South Carolina was founded in |
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| William Penn's Pennsylvania contained a constitution that contained freedom of worship, protections of property, trial by jury, and a role in government to Christian men 21, or older who owned property or paid personal tax. What was it called? |
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| Africans primarily came to early European settlements in America |
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| From where did the earliest humans to visit North America Probably come? |
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| Archeologists call the earliest Americans |
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| Most African immigrants to the Americas came from |
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| the continents western regions |
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| which religion took root in West Africa and conquered Ghana? |
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| The rural economic and social basis of the renaissance was called? |
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| the conquistadors were primarily interested in |
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| Who wrote "In Defense of the Indians?" |
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| Which of the following was part of "the Columbian exchange"? |
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| The spread of European diseases to America |
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| The Treaty of Tordesillas affected which countries? |
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| Where did Raleigh attempt to found a colony in 1585? |
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| What period marks the European Renaissance? |
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| The economic base of France's New World Empire was |
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| Which French religious order sent missionaries to convert the Indians in Canada? |
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| What is the meaning of the term; Coureurs de bois? |
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| Columbus's plan to reach Asia was called the Enterprise of the Indies |
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| Spanish justifications for imperial expansion was to |
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| This king made New France a royal province |
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| The Huron were part of the Iroquois Confederacy |
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| In an effort to promote Dutch settlement in New Netherlands, large estates called____ were offered? |
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| The Beaver Wars were fought between the Huron and the |
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| All of the following can be said about the Maya civilization except; |
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| Chichen Itza was their capital |
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| What town in Oklahoma is on the site of a Mississippian cultural city? |
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| What two colonies will be introduced after the defeat of the Dutch by British in 1664? |
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| Who opened a sea route from Europe to India? |
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| When was the "Lost Colony" founded on Roanoke Island? |
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| Cartier explored the St. Lawrence River in order to |
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| find the Northwest Passage to Asia |
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| Which animal was taken from America to Europe? |
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| The Line of Demarcation set the boundaries between the Spanish and English territories |
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| Landing at Tampa Bay with 300 men , this explorer led all but four to their deaths |
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| These nomads of the Southwest raided pueblos for food, horses, and slaves |
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| which of these was a great city of West Africa? |
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| Which group developed mesoamerica's most advanced writing system? |
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| Which disease devastated the Aztec population? |
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| The "Black Death" killed what fraction of Europe's population according to your notes? |
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| Early WEst AFrican societies developed long distance trade systems with |
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| This culture is an example of a "mound-building" society |
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| Who claimed the area from Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico for France? |
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| Robert, Sieur de La Salle |
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| These intricate relief carvings inscribed on stone slabs and pillars depicting lives of rulers were called? |
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| In what year did the English defeat the Spanish Armamda? |
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| During what period did humans first enter North America? |
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| What was the major cause(s) fo the decline in most Mesoamerican cultures? |
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| Tombouctou became the major center of Islamic learning under the Songhay culture? |
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