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- 2. The last major battle of the Revolutionary War.
- 5. The branch of government that interprets the laws and the Constitution
- 10. The ____________ Acts were directed mainly at punishing the people of Boston and Massachusetts and bringing them under control.
- 14. a system with a strong but limited central government
- 15. The __________ Plan of Union recognized the need for coordinating colonial defense,.
- 17. The primary author of the Declaration of Independence.
- 20. The ____________ College system was instituted because the delegates feared that too much democracy might lead to mob rule.
- 21. The _____________ Act (1766)asserted that Parliament had the right to tax and make laws for the colonies “in all cases whatsoever.”
- 23. Invented the cotton gin, a device for separating cotton fiber from the seeds
- 26. The branch of government that makes laws, passes taxes, and allocates spending
- 28. In King ___________’s War (1689–1697), the British launched expeditions to capture Quebec from the French, but failed.
- 29. The ___________ Act (1775) declared the colonies to be in rebellion.
- 30. The branch of government that recommends and carries out laws and federal programs
- 32. The ___________ Act of 1764 placed duties on certain luxuries.
- 34. The _____________ Act of 1765 required the colonists to provide food and living quarters for British soldiers stationed in the colonies.
- 36. Colonists who actively joined the struggle against Britain.
- 37. The ________________ Compromise allowed Congress to regulate interstate and foreign commerce, including placing tariffs (taxes) on foreign imports, but it prohibited placing taxes on any exports.
- 38. The Bill of ___________ was designed to stop a strong central government under the Constitution from becoming a tyranny.
- 40. The ________________ Compromise counted
- 42. Trusting in human reason to understand the natural world and to respond to the many problems of life and society.
- 45. Nova ____________ was a British Colony north of Maine which did NOT join in the Revolution.
- 46. The second four Amendments of the Bill of Rights deal with the rights of the ____________.
- 48. The compromise plan that provided for a bicameral (two-house) Congress which included both equal representation and representation according to population.
- 49. The ____________ Act required that revenue stamps be placed on most printed paper in the colonies, including all legal documents, newspapers, pamphlets, and advertisements.
- 51. ______________ of powers: dividing power among different branches of government
- 52. enslaved individual as three-fifths of a person for the purposes of determining a state’s level of taxation and representation.
- 54. Social __________: the concept of an agreement among people to form a government to promote liberty and equality.
- 55. The Articles of ______________ initially governed the United States of America.
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- 1. The ______________ Rebellion resulted from Congress's act of taxing the sale of whiskey.
- 3. The 1775 petition to King George III, in which they pledged their loyalty and asked the king to intercede with Parliament to secure peace and the protection of colonial rights.
- 4. The first four Amendments of the Bill of Rights deal with ______________ liberties.
- 6. The political body to which colonists believed they should be able to directly elect representatives
- 7. The ____________ Acts (1767) enacted new duties to be collected on colonial imports of tea, glass, and paper.
- 8. ____________ by Thomas Paine argued in clear and forceful language that the colonies should become independent states and break all political ties with the British monarchy.
- 9. Colonial Militia
- 11. _____________'s Rebellion, which stopped the collection of taxes in Massachusetts, highlighted the weakness of the Articles of Confederation.
- 12. The _______________ Party supported Jefferson and tried to elect candidates in different states who opposed Hamilton’s Federalist program.
- 13. The Sons and Daughters of ___________ were a secret society organized for the purpose of intimidating tax agents.
- 16. Who did the British primarily battle for control of territory in the Seven Years War?
- 18. The ______________ Ordinance enacted under the Articles of Confederation, provided a mechanism for migration and settlement.
- 19. The ______________ Plan favored the smaller states by proposing equal representation among the States.
- 22. Belief in a God who had established natural laws in creating the universe and then rarely or never intervened directly in human affairs.
- 24. The philosophy of John Locke, which had a profound influence on the colonies.
- 25. Supporters of the Constitution and its strong federal government
- 27. Opponents of the Constitution who feared that that new government would be too strong
- 31. On April 18, 1775, General Thomas Gage, the commander of British troops in Boston, sent a large force to seize colonial military supplies in the town of _______________.
- 33. The Proclamation of 1763 prohibited colonists from settling west of these mountains.
- 35. The ___________ Plan favored the larger states by proposing representation based upon population.
- 39. Following the Seven Years war, the British policy of _____________ Neglect was abandoned.
- 41. The oldest delegate at the Constitutional Convention
- 43. the Indian ________________ Act placed the federal government in control of all legal actions with Native Americans.
- 44. Treaty that ended the Revolutionary War
- 45. The _____________ Resolves called for the immediate repeal of the Intolerable Acts and for colonies to resist them by making military preparations and boycotting British goods.
- 47. A one-house legislature
- 50. The Boston ___________ was a conflict involving a crowd of colonists harassing guards near the custom house, eventually resulting in the deaths of five colonists.
- 53. Loyalists who maintained allegiance to the king.