US History - Ch. 2 Study Guide

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What nation was defeated in the French and Indian War?

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France

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Which of the following taxes were NOT placed on the colonist after the French and Indian Wars? Boston Harbor Act, Tea Tax, Sugar Tax, Stamp Act

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Boston Harbor Act

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After the French and Indian War, what prohibited the colonists from settling in the area marked on the map above?

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The English created the Proclamation of 1763.

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Why did the British government prohibit settlement west of the Appalachian Mountains after the French and Indian War?

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It was going to cost too much to protect it.

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The major purpose of the Declaration of Independence was to -

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detail many of the grievances against the king

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Whose writings were greatly reflected through the ideas expressed by Thomas Jefferson in the Declaration of Independence? Options: Benjamin Franklin and John Locke, Benjamin Franklin and James Madison, John Adams and Thomas Paine, John Locke and Thomas Paine

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John Locke and Thomas Paine

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John Locke wrote that people have natural rights. What are the natural rights that he described?

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The right to life, liberty, and property

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Who fought in a brief skirmish with the British troops at the Battle of Lexington and Concord?

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Minutemen or Militia Members

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Which colony did NOT send a representative to the First Continental Congress? Georgia, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, South Carolina

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Georgia

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The tax on legal documents was called the -

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Stamp Act