Question 1

The Due Process amendments

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are the 4th  through the 8th amendments of the Bill of Rights

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"No Taxation without Representation"

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is the 1st Amendment of the Bill of Rights

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Mayflower Compact

Question 2

Unalienable rights are defined as

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life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness

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bill of rights

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checks and balances

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separation of powers

Question 3

The document in which Britain recognized American Independence

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Treaty of Paris 1783

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Preamble

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Declaration of Independenc

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Constitution

Question 4

The first 10 amendments to the Constitution which protect the individual rights of the people?

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Bill of Rights

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Constitution

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Declaration of Independence

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Treaty of Paris of 1783

Question 5

The amendment that protects the right to bear arms?

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2nd Amendment

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3rd Amendment

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8th Amendment

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5th Amendment

Question 6

The branch of government that writes the laws and contains the House of Representatives and the Senate?

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Legislative Branch

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Judicial Branch

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Executive Branch

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Checks and Balances

Question 7

The amendment that gives citizens the right to a fair and speedy trial?

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6th Amendment

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5th Amendment

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8th Amendment

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9th Amendment

Question 8

The branch of government that enforces the laws and contains the President of the U.S.?

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Executive Branch

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Mayflower Compact

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Judicial Branch

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Legislative Branch

Question 9

The amendment that protects freedom of religion, assembly, petition, press and speech?

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1st Amendment

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3rd Amendment

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Due Process laws

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2nd Amendment

Question 10

Checks and Balances

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a system that keeps the 3 branches of balanced so that one branch  does not become more powerful than the other branches

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life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness

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the principle of government that divides the powers and keeps one branch from becoming too powerful

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the document that established self-government in the American colonies

Question 11

The branch that interprets the laws and contains the Supreme Court?

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Judicial Branch

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Executive Branch

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Checks and Balances

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Legislative Branch

Question 12

The principle of government that divides the powers and keeps one branch from becoming too powerful?

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Separation of powers

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Checks and Balances

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Congress

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House of Representatives

Question 13

What is the slogan used by American colonists to explain the reason they were upset with England

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"No Taxation without Representation"

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"We didn't land on Plymouth Rock, Plymouth Rock landed on us"

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"Give me Life or Give me Death"

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"Join or Die"

Question 14

The reasons for European exploration in the Americas?

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Economic, Religion and Expand Empire

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Defense, General Welfare, Posterity

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Life, Liberty and Pursuit of Happiness

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Freedom, Stability, Justice

Question 15

This colony was founded in 1620 in Massachusetts for religious freedom

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Plymouth, Massachusetts

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Massachusetts Bay Colony, Massachusetts

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St. Augustine, Florida

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Jamestown, Virginia

Question 16

What was the 1st permanent English settlement in North America?

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Jamestown, Virginia

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Roanoke Island, Virginia

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Massachusetts Bay, Massachusetts

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St. Augustine, Florida

Question 17

This is an official complaint found in the Declaration of Independence

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grieveance

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preamble

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resolution to independence

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unalienable rights

Question 18

Name the document that outlines the purpose of government and the reason for independence

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Declaration of Independence

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Bill of Rights

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Checks and Balances

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Constitution

Question 19

French and Indian War

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the war fought over the Ohio River Valley which resulted in the war debt for England and new tax laws for the colonies

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The colonial victory over forces led by Lord Cornwallis

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the site of the first armed conflict of the American Revolution

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the turning point of the American Revolution

Question 20

The Mayflower Compact is

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the document that established self-government in the American colonies

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the first example of representative government in American colonies

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an official complain found in the Declaration of Independence

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a government that uses representatives to make laws

Question 21

Name the first example of representative government in the American colonies

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Virginia House of Burgess

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Articles of Confederation

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Mayflower Compact

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Constitutional Convention

Question 22

A government that uses representatives to make laws

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representative government

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monarchy

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republic

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oligarchy

Question 23

A system of  government where the leaders inherited their leadership roles

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monarchy

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dictatorship

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democracy

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representative  democracy

Question 24

How did the King and British Parliament react the Boston Tea Party

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Intolerable Acts

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French and Indian War

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Treaty of Paris of 1783

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American Revolution

Question 25

What do the Mayflower Compact and the U.S. Constitution have in common?

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both were important to the growth of representative government

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both were important to the growth of peace with Russia

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both were a method to appoint governors to the colonies

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both began the war on terror

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