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How was the legislative branch structured?
Tri-cameral
unicameral
Two-house
There was no legislative branch
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Who aided the Patriots in the war?
The Dutch
Quakers
Native Americans
The French
3
What was the Treaty of Paris?
It ended the American Revolutionary War
It let Paris rule the colonies
It declared Britain as the winners
It ended the fighting between Natives
4
Who drafted the first constitution for the United States?
Thomas Jefferson
John Dickinson
George Stonewall
Paul Whittaker
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What did the British promise the American Indians once they agreed to support them?
They promised to give back all land that was stolen
They promised to limit colonial settlements in the West
They promised to stop fighting them in the future
They promised to start trading fairly
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Those loyal to the king were called?
King's Crewmen
Loyalists
Patriots
New England Patriots
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Who were initially rejected from serving in the Patriot Army?
Loyalists
Quakers
Dutch
African Americans
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Which battle resulted in a turning point for the American revolutionaries?
Olive Branch
Saratoga
Lexington
Bunker Hill
9
What was the name of the law that prohibited settlements West of the Appalachian mountians?
The Royal Proclamation of 1763
Appalachian mountain proclamation
The Proclamation line of 1763
Ohio River Proclamation
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Who was initillay allowed to vote?
White Men and Women who owned land
White men who owned property
Everyone
White Men
11
When was the Declaration of Independence adopted?
July 4, 1492
July 4, 1776
July 5, 1776
July 4, 1775
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Who introduced a resolution declaring the colonies to be independent?
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Logan Paul
Richard Henry Lee
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Who was appointed the commander-in-chief of the new colonial army?
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
John Adams
Samuel Adams
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Who's signature on the Declaration of Independence was the largest?
George Washington
John Hancock
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
15
"Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness" comes from?
The Revolutionary War
The Declaration of Independence
Thomas Paine's "Common Sense"
Intolerable acts
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What was Americans "First Constitution"?
Treaty of Paris
The Declaration of Independence
One Article of Confederation
The Articles of Confederation
17
What did British troops go to Boston to seize?
food
military supplies
Declaration of Independence
Taxes
18
Why did the American Indians eventually support the British?
They were friends from the beginning
The British promised them land from the colonies
Attacks by colonists prompted them to support the British
Since they traded, they joined their side
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What was the name of the riders who warned colonists that the British were coming?
Paul Revere
Minutemen
Snitches
militia
20
What act intensified conflict between the colonies and Great Britain?
Tax Act
Stamp Act
Quartering Acts
Intolerable Acts
21
What was the last major battle of the Revolutionary War?
Bunker Hill
Yorktown
Treaty of Paris
Saratoga
22
Which colony didn't send delegates to the first Continental Congress in Sept. of 1774?
Georgia
Kentucky
Virginia
South Carolina
23
Who wrote the pamphlet "Common Sense"?
Thomas Paine
George Washington
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Gage
24
What was the name of the petition where the colonists pledged their loyalty to the king?
King George Petition
Minutemen Petition
Olive Branch Petition
Quartering Act Petition
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What is another name for pro-British loyalists?
Redcoats
Minutemen
Torries
Clergy
