Unit 2 Review

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What were the main motivations for colonization in the Americas? Options: Gold, Glory, and Governance; Trade, Taxes, and Tea; Gold, Glory, and God; Land, Liberty, and Laws

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Gold, Glory, and God

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Which law prevented colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains?

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Proclamation of 1763

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What was the slogan colonists used to protest taxation without representation?

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No taxation without representation!

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What are examples of unalienable rights? Options: Education, Equality, Employment; Freedom, Fairness, Safety; Rights, Representation, Responsibility;

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Life, Liberty, Pursuit of Happiness

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What did the Great Compromise establish?

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A two-house legislature: Senate and House of Representatives

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Which principle of the Constitution ensures that no branch becomes too powerful?

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Checks and balances

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Who opposed the Constitution, fearing too much power for the federal government?

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Anti-Federalists

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What does the First Amendment protect?

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Rights to speech, religion, press, assembly, and petition

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What was one major problem faced by leaders of the new republic? Options: Expansion of slavery, Creating a stable economic system, Building a navy, Ending British rule

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Creating a stable economic system

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What caused the War of 1812? Options: British impressment of American sailors, Conflicts over the Louisiana Purchase, The XYZ Affair, The French Revolution

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British impressment of American sailors