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Basics of Enlightenment and American Revolution.
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The Constitution created a federal republic, which divided power between
Branches of state government
national (federal) and state governments
Two houses of parliment
The government and the people
2
The House of Representatives and the Senate are part of which branch of governemnt
Executive
Judical
Federal
Legislative
3
The first shots of the American Revolution were fired where
Saratoga
Yorktown
Lexington and Concord
New York
4
On July 4, 1776 this document was signed
Articles of Confederation
Deceleration of Independence
Treaty of Paris
U.S. Constitution
5
This person was elected Commander of the Army during the American Revolution
John Adams
George Washington
John Locke
Thomas Jefferson
6
This enlightenment thinker pushed for freedom of speech
Diderot
Rousseau
Smith
Voltaire
7
This act led to the phrase "no taxation without representation"
Intolerable Act
Townshend Act
Stamp Act
Sugar Act
8
This act requited a tax on almost all paper documents
Stamp Act
Intolerable Acts
Sugar Act
Townshend Act
9
This is the name given to the first ten amendments to the constitution
Bill of freedoms
Bill of Rights
Bill of Human Rights
Bill of Bills
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This is the belief that government power comes from the people who it governs
popular sovereignty
popular power
federal republic
Constitution
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This document declared the colonies as independent states from Great Britain
Articles of Confederation
Deceleration of Independence
Treaty of Paris
U.S. Constitution
12
This act required the colonists to pay for the Tea that was dumped into Boston Harbor
Intolerable Act
Tea Act
Sugar Act
Townshend Act
13
Colonists who lived in the colonies, but who supported Great Britain were known as
Red Coats
Loyalists
Traitors
Colonists
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This person was King of Great Britain during the American Revolution
George I
George II
George IV
George III
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This battle was won by America and convinced France to help us
Lexington and Concord
Battle of Saratoga
Yorktown
Battle of Gettysburg
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The constitutional convention gathered to replace America's 1st constitution which was
Magna Carta
Articles of the U.S.
Constitution
Articles of Confederation
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The name of the treaty that ended the American Revolution was called
Treaty of England
Treaty of U.S.
Treaty of Peace
Treaty of Paris
18
How many colonists died in the Boston Massacre
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10
15
5
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This person was the main author of the Deceleration of Independence
John Adams
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Paine
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British soldiers were given the nickname
Traitors
Loyalists
Reds
Red Coats
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Published the first encyclopedia
Rousseau
Smith
Diderot
Voltaire
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John Locke believed in this theory that stated people are born with certain rights
Natural Rights
Social Contracts
Natural Law
Social Rights
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This act put a tax on everyday items
Sugar Act
Intolerable Act
Stamp Act
Townshend Act
