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Who sponsored the passage of the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions in late 1798? |
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Which of the following was not a provision of the Treaty of Paris (1783)? |
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France would receive Canada |
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This law changed the requirement for citizenship from five to 14 years and targeted Irish and French immigrants? |
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Under the Articles of the Confederation, taxes could be imposed only by |
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The major concepts or ideas for the framework of the Constitution came from what source(s)? |
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representatives met in Annapolis, Maryland, in the fall of 1786 to discuss matters of |
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The result of Shay's rebellion was that Congress realized |
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the main debate over the Constitution revolved around the issue of |
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Which of the following men did not help author the Federalists essays? |
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Who was denied their natural rights according to some state constitutions? |
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all of the above women slaves men without property |
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How many states showed up for the Annapolis Convention? |
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It was decided at the Constitutional Convention that the Central government powers would include all of the following except |
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Who warned against the effects of 'majority factions' |
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As Secretary of the Treasury Alexander Hamilton's goals included |
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The Tariff Act of 1789 stated that foreign ships would be taxed equally but American ships would pay less |
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The Tonnage act of 1789 would have placed a five percent tax on imported goods |
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President Washington warned the nation to "steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world' |
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James Madison said Congress was authorized to :make all laws which shall be necessary and proper' |
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Jay's treaty favored the United States, giving then more benefits than England |
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Republicans favored France and regarded Jay's Treaty as to favorable to Britain |
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Federalists favored British policy because commercial interests profited from trade |
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the Quasi-war of 1799 was series of sea battles with the British |
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The Franco-American accord of 1800 released the U.S. from the 1778 alliance with France and the United States received $20 million for the loss of American Ships |
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The XYZ Affair was so named because Talleyrand's agent were labeled x,y, and z in a report to congress by John Adams |
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derived the greatest benefit from the seven years war caused a drain on the british economy required costly military protection ALL OF THE ABOVE |
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Which of the following statements was true of the Stamp Act and its consequences |
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the act was designed to raise revenue to pay for support of the British army in America |
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In what year was the Act of Religious Tolerance enacted? |
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What tribe of Native Americans did the settlers of Connecticut massacre in the mid 1630's? |
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The Stamp Act Congress met in the city of |
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The Sons of Liberty were first formed to protest the |
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On the heels of repealing the Stamp act, the british parliament passed the ____ reasserting its rights to tax the colonies "in all cases whatsoever' |
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The organization imposed on the New England colonies by King James in his attempt to supersede colonial charters |
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James II revoked the charter of Massachusetts in 1684 because |
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The Glorious Revolution of 1688 in England |
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brought the Protestant pair of William and Mary to Power |
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After Great Britain Closed the port of Boston, |
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other colonies closed their ports in support of Boston the colonies became more revolutionary in spirit BOTH B AND C |
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a reaction of traditionally minded folk to the lack of civil judicial oversight |
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The colonists main objection to the Townshend Duties was that they were designed to |
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raise revenue for Britain to pay for colonial administration and the British army in the colonies. |
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Which of the following describes the situation in Boston by 1770? |
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Boston had become a powder keg of the revolution, with detested Redcoats garrisoned in the city. |
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England passed the Coercive Acts (which colonists labeled " The Intolerable Acts') in response to |
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The purpose of the Tea Act was to |
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English settlers adopted enslavement of Africans as a system to labor because |
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Native Americans too easily escaped and too often died. they already associated light-skinned people with racial superiority. improving economic conditions in England cut down on their supply of white servants.. ALL OF THE ABOVE |
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What component(s) is included in the philosophy of mercantilism? |
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faith in Christ frees Christians from obligation to observe moral law of Old Testament |
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Presbyterians who were converted by the high-charged passionate sermons of the revivalists during the Great Awakening |
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which of these puts the events in the correct chronological order? |
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Stamp Act, Boston Massacre, Boston Tea Pary, Coercive Acts |
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Which of the following groups contains the original members of the Dominion of New England? |
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Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine |
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which of the following gives the correct order of rule for England's monarchs? |
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Charles II, James II, William and Mary |
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Locke's Two Treatises on Civil Government |
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stressed his belief that humans had a right to expect protection of their rights by their government |
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Georgia was founded to serve as a haven for the poor, and also |
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serve as a buffer between the English colonies and Spanish Florida |
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The main area of conflict between the british and the French in the 1740's was |
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trade and settlement in the Ohio valley |
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Which of the following was not a provision of the Treaty of Paris (1763) |
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Spain ceded control of the port city of New Orleans to Britain |
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Which of the following prohibited colonial settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains? |
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In the mid-seventeenth century, the English Parliament began enacting laws intended to regulate colonial trade. They were known as |
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What caused England to change its policy of salutary neglect toward the colonies? |
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Which of the following were not part of the Coercive (Intolerable) Acts? |
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Which British nonconformist believed in the separation of church and state, was a fugitive from the Massachusetts Bay colony and founded Providence, Rhode Island? |
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English migrants came to America |
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because of ties to the English reformation and puritans land in England had become scarce BOTH A AND C |
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William Penn's Pennsylvania contained a constitution that contained freedom of worship, protections of property, trial by jury, and a role in government to Christian men 21, or older who owned property or paid personal tax. What was it called? |
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Africans primarily came to early European settlements in America |
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From where did the earliest humans to visit North America Probably come? |
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which religion took root in West Africa and conquered Ghana? |
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The rural economic and social basis of the renaissance was called? |
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the conquistadors were primarily interested in |
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Who wrote "In Defense of the Indians?" |
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Which of the following was part of "the Columbian exchange"? |
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The spread of European diseases to America |
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The Treaty of Tordesillas affected which countries? |
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Where did Raleigh attempt to found a colony in 1585? |
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What period marks the European Renaissance? |
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The economic base of France's New World Empire was |
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Which French religious order sent missionaries to convert the Indians in Canada? |
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What is the meaning of the term; Coureurs de bois? |
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Columbus's plan to reach Asia was called the Enterprise of the Indies |
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Spanish justifications for imperial expansion was to |
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the last governor of New Netherland was |
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This king made New France a royal province |
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The Huron were part of the Iroquois Confederacy |
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In an effort to promote Dutch settlement in New Netherlands, large estates called____ were offered? |
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The Beaver Wars were fought between the Huron and the |
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The Pueblo Revolt took place in |
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All of the following can be said about the Maya civilization except; |
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Chichen Itza was their capital |
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What town in Oklahoma is on the site of a Mississippian cultural city? |
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What two colonies will be introduced after the defeat of the Dutch by British in 1664? |
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Who opened a sea route from Europe to India? |
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When was the "Lost Colony" founded on Roanoke Island? |
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Cartier explored the St. Lawrence River in order to |
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Which animal was taken from America to Europe? |
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Kivas were special circular rooms used for |
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The Line of Demarcation set the boundaries between the Spanish and English territories |
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Landing at Tampa Bay with 300 men , this explorer led all but four to their deaths |
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These nomads of the Southwest raided pueblos for food, horses, and slaves |
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which of these was a great city of West Africa? |
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Which group developed mesoamerica's most advanced writing system? |
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Which disease devastated the Aztec population? |
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The "Black Death" killed what fraction of Europe's population according to your notes? |
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Early WEst AFrican societies developed long distance trade systems with |
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This culture is an example of a "mound-building" society |
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Who claimed the area from Mississippi to the Gulf of Mexico for France? |
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Robert, Sieur de La Salle |
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These intricate relief carvings inscribed on stone slabs and pillars depicting lives of rulers were called? |
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In what year did the English defeat the Spanish Armamda? |
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During what period did humans first enter North America? |
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What was the major cause(s) fo the decline in most Mesoamerican cultures? |
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Tombouctou became the major center of Islamic learning under the Songhay culture? |
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