Semester Exam 2016 exploration colonization American Revolution and Constitution

Question 1

What was the purpose of T-Paine's "Common Sense"?

Accepted Answer

To persuade colonists to fight back

Question 2

Boston Tea Party was an example of what?

Accepted Answer

Civil Disobedience

Question 3

What event of the Anerican Revolution is pictured below?

Accepted Answer

Boston Massacre

Question 4

This created a natural barrier to the west of the colonies

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Appilachian Mountains

Question 5

What is Abigail Adams known for telling her husband John Adams?

Accepted Answer

"Remember the Ladies"

Question 6

What did they decide to write at the Second Continental Congress in 1776

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Declaration of Independence

Question 7

Unalienable Rights are

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Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness

Question 8

Why was it necessary to write the Articles of Confederation?

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To establish a government

Question 9

How did the Proclamation of 1763 affect the colonists?

Accepted Answer

Colonists could not go West past the Appilachian Mountains

Question 10

A Grievance listed in the Declaration was the quartering of troops in homes. How is this fixed

Accepted Answer

3rd amendment

Question 11

The 10th Amendment is an example of what principle of government

Accepted Answer

Federalisim

Question 12

What was the first battle of the American Revolution?

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Lexington & Concord

Question 13

Where did the colonists get their ideas of government from?

Accepted Answer

Parliament

Question 14

What major city will you find in this colony?

Accepted Answer

Boston

Question 15

How did the Treaty of Paris 1783 affect the colonists

Accepted Answer

Colonies were independent from British rule

Question 16

How did women contribute to the American Revolution?

Accepted Answer

Fighting, spying, fund raising,

Question 17

Which battle was considered the turning point in the American Revolution?

Accepted Answer

Battle of Saratoga

Question 18

Why was Anne Hutchinson thrown out of Massachusetts?

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she challenged the authority of men in the colonies

Question 19

When The main purpose of the 13 colonies was to benefit the Mother Country economically

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Merchantilism

Question 20

What is the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut ?

Accepted Answer

All of the above

Question 21

Opponents to the Virginia Plan did not want a

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Single legislative body

Question 22

Why did King George impose taxes on the colonists?

Accepted Answer

To pay off debt from the French & Indian War

Question 23

Founder of the United States NAVY

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John Paul Jones

Question 24

Why was Valley Forge so important to the American Revolution?

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George Washington trained his troops

Question 25

How did religious leaders contribute to the growth of representative gov in the colonies?

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Established ways to Govern themselves

Question 26

Why is 1620 important?

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Mayflower Compact

Question 27

First person to die on the American Revolution was?

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Crispus Attucks

Question 28

Boston Tea Party, Boston Massacre, Battle of Lexington and Concord, battle of Saratoga, DOI

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American Revolution

Question 29

What is a main reason for the colonization of the 13 colonies?

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Religious Freedom

Question 30

Why is 1607 important

Accepted Answer

Establishment of Jamestown, VA

Question 31

This religious group settled mainly in Maryland

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Catholics

Question 32

WE THE PEOPLE - THE PREAMBLE ...WHICH PRINCIPLE OF GOV IS THIS

Accepted Answer

Popular Sovereignty

Question 33

This religious group settled in Pennsylvania

Accepted Answer

Quakers

Semester Exam 2016 exploration colonization American Revolution and Constitution

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Semester Exam 2016 exploration colonization American Revolution and Constitution

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