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| 1. Inalienable or unalienable rights are best described as rights that__________ |
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| are basic rights for all mankind |
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| 2. A long time ago, it is believed that people came to America from _______ by crossing the land bridge at the Bering Strait. |
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| 3. Which of the following is the best example of a representative government? |
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| 4. What are the 3 main reasons that European empires began exploring the world? |
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| Sea route to Asia, Natural Resources, Wealth. |
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| 5. The ________________________________________ was signed July 4th, 1776. |
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| Declaration of Independence. |
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| 6. What officially ended the American Revolution and forced England to recognize American independence? |
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| 7. The Magna Carta and the English Bill of rights most influenced the writing of this United States document? |
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| 8. What was the first English colony? |
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| 9. What document stated the Pilgrims intent to settle in America, pledged their loyalty to England, and set up a self government? |
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| 10. Which colony was established for religious freedom and only survived their first winter with the help of the Native Americans?______________________ |
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| 11. _______________________________________ was the 1st written government of the United States. |
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| Articles of Confederation. |
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| 12. Which conflict was a dispute over land in colonial America and included the French, Native Americans, and the British? |
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| 13. Write a statement that best characterizes the concept of federalism? |
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| The sharing of powers between the federal and state governements. |
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| 14. The _________________was when the ‘Sons of Liberty’ dressed up like Native Americans and dumped King George’s tea into Boston Harbor. |
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| 15. The ____________________________ was the first representative government set up in the Americas. |
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| 16. ___________________ was the first European to land in the Americas in approximately 950 A.D. |
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| 17. Separation of powers and ________and __________ were put in place to prevent any one branch of the U.S. government from becoming too powerful. |
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| 18. What was the final major battle of the American Revolution?_____________ |
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| 19. A _______________ is an addition or change made to a written document like the U.S. Constitution. |
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| 20. The _____________ was a reduction in taxes to discourage American colonists from smuggling and start buying from England again. |
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| 21. _________________ wrote propaganda like ‘The Crisis’ and ‘Common Sense’ to influence American colonists against Great Britain? |
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| 22. What significance did the battles of Lexington and Concord play in the American Revolution?_____________ |
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| first battles of the American Revolution |
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| 23. The ______________placed a direct tax on all printed goods in the colonies. |
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| 24. _________________________was the European credited with discovering America when he landed in the West Indies in 1492. |
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| 25. The _________________ made the western boundary of the English colonies the Appalachian Mountains and infuriated the colonists and the French. |
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| The battle of _______________was the major turning point of the American Revolution after which France joined the war on the side of the colonists. |
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| 27. What were names of the major Native American civilizations the first explorers encountered?___________ |
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| 28. The ____________________ was the incident where the American colonists were protesting taxes and several colonists were shot escalating tensions between the colonists and the British. |
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| 29. What was the importance of the Battle of Bunker Hill? |
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| showed England it was going to be a long and bloody war. |
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| 30. _______________ was the first British settlement in America, it mysteriously disappeared!!! |
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