US History 1

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  1. 2. The first amendment gives us freedom of ________
  2. 3. What acts were a series of four laws passed by the British Parliament to punish the colony of Massachusetts Bay for the Boston Tea Party.
  3. 6. 1st President of the United States
  4. 11. an article added to the US Constitution.
  5. 13. What was the act that increased duties on non-British goods shipped to the colonies.
  6. 15. Founder of the Federalist Party
  7. 16. the action of signing or giving formal consent to a treaty, contract, or agreement, making it officially valid.
  8. 17. The seventh amendment gives the right to a _____ trial
  9. 19. a political system in which legalized force is restricted through delegated and enumerated powers (2 words)
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  1. 1. belief in the benefits of profitable trading;
  2. 2. What was the act of the British Parliament in 1765 that exacted revenue from the American colonies by imposing a tax on newspapers and legal and commercial documents.
  3. 4. What acts were a series of measures, passed by the British Parliament in 1767, that taxed goods imported to the American colonies.
  4. 5. The sixth amendment gives the right to a _______ trial
  5. 7. this clause establishes that the federal constitution, and federal law generally, take precedence over state laws, and even state constitutions.
  6. 8. This Branch of the government conducts diplomacy with other nations and the President has the power to negotiate and sign treaties
  7. 9. This Branch of the government consists of the House of Representatives and the Senate
  8. 10. a doctrine in political theory that government is created by and subject to the will of the people (2 words)
  9. 12. Who was the 2nd President of the United States of America
  10. 14. This branch of the government includes the Supreme Court and other federal courts.
  11. 18. The second amendment gives the right to bear ____