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| Why did the Pilgrims create and sign the Mayflower Compact? |
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| to establish a way of self-governing since there was no English presence in what would become the Massachusetts Bay Colony |
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“When in the Course of human events, it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another, and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature's God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.”
Preamble to the Declaration of Independence
This passage reflects the influence of which Enlightenment political thinker? |
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| Which document was the first to guarantee citizens the right to bear arms? |
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| The English Bill of Rights |
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| Which document had the greatest effect on the other three documents, since it established the idea of limited government? |
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| How did Shay’s Rebellion contribute to the development of the United States of America? |
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| It showed the basic weaknesses found in the Articles of Confederation. |
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"It is true, as has been before observed that facts, too stubborn to be resisted, have produced a species of general assent to the abstract proposition that there exist material defects in our national system...This renders a full display of the principal defects of the Confederation necessary, in order to show that the evils we experience do not proceed from minute or partial imperfections, but from fundamental errors in the structure of the building, which cannot be amended otherwise than by an alteration in the first principles and main pillars of the fabric.”
Alexander Hamilton, FEDERALIST No. 15
According to the excerpt from Federalist Paper 15, what does Alexander Hamilton want? |
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| to replace the Articles of Confederation with the Constitution |
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| Which gave British officials the power to combat smuggling by issuing writs of assistance? |
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| Which document created one of the earliest forms of limited government, and later influenced the writers of the United States Constitution? |
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"He has erected a multitude of New Offices, and sent hither swarms of Officers to harass our people and eat out their substance. He has kept among us, in times of peace, Standing Armies without the Consent of our legislatures. He has affected to render the Military independent of and superior to the Civil Power.”
Declaration of Independence
Who is the “he” to whom the signers of the Declaration of Independence are referring? |
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“…the said lords spiritual and temporal, and commons ... do in the first place (as their ancestors in like case have usually done) for the vindicating and asserting their ancient rights and liberties, declare… That it is the right of the subjects to petition the King, and all committments [sic] and prosecutions for such petitioning are illegal.”
English Bill of Rights
According to the excerpt, did the delegates of the Continental Congress have the right to send a letter expressing their concerns to King George III in 1774? |
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| Yes, because the colonists were British citizens, and they had rights. |
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| Which was a compromise made by the Federalist's in order to gain the support of the Anti-Federalists for the United States Constitution? |
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| Which term describes Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, AND James Madison? |
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| Why was Thomas Paine’s Common Sense so important to the Revolutionary cause? |
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| It changed the minds of many former loyal colonists. |
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| What was the Articles of Confederation? |
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| the first United States constitution |
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"Freedom of speech and debate in Congress shall not be impeached or questioned in any Court, or place out of Congress, and the members of congress shall be protected in their persons from arrests and imprisonments, during the time of their going to and from, and attendance on congress, except for treason, felony, or breach of the peace.”
Articles of Confederation, Article 5
Which earlier document influenced the inclusion of this right in the Articles of Confederation? |
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| "The resolutions of Parliament breathed a spirit of moderation and forbearance; conciliatory propositions accompanied the measures taken to enforce authority; and the coercive acts were adapted to cases of criminal combinations amongst subjects not then in arms. I have acted with the same temper; anxious to prevent, if it had been possible, the effusion of the blood of my subjects; and the calamities which are inseparable from a state of war; still hoping that my people in America would have discerned the traiterous views of their leaders, and have been convinced, that to be a subject of Great Britain, with all its consequences, is to be the freest member of any civil society in the known world." King George III |
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| Despite its weaknesses, what did the Articles of Confederation accomplish? |
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| method for surveying land and creating governments for new territories |
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| Suppose the delegates of the Constitutional Convention of 1787 decided to make a constitution that would grant all governmental powers to the office of the President. Which Enlightenment thinker would be the MOST upset? |
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| Which side ultimately won the debate between the Federalists and Anti-Federalists? |
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| both sides, since compromises led to the ratification and passage of the Constitution |
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| What was the purpose of the Federalist Papers? |
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| to argue for the ratification of the United States Constitution |
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| Why did the British Parliament pass the Stamp Act? |
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| to raise money to pay for British debt acquired during the French & Indian War |
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| The Stamp Act of 1765 was the first direct tax the British government placed on the colonists. Why did the colonists find this tax unacceptable? |
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| The colonists wanted to only pay taxes created by local colonial governments. |
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As a common farmer living in the late 1700s, Phillip Waterman enjoys the freedoms he has come to expect as a resident of Rhode Island. He supports both the protection of individual rights of citizens and states' rights.
With which group would Phillip Waterman most likely identify? |
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| What is the fundamental purpose of government according to the Declaration of Independence? |
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| protect people's natural rights |
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| Which political belief is expressed by the quotation "we ... will not hold ourselves bound by any Laws in which we have no voice, or Representation"? |
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| government by consent of the governed |
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