Semester Review

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What was the name of Britain's law-making assembly?

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Parliament

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Taxes on printed material

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Stamp Act

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Taxes on all imported goods

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Townshend Acts

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Imposed as a punishment for the Boston Tea Party

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Intolerable Acts

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Refusal to buy imported goods

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boycott

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Which document limited the power of the King of England? Options: English Bill of Rights, Fundamental Orders of Connecticut, Magna Carta, Mayflower Compact

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Magna Carta

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Which political idea was influenced by the provision: "No freeman shall be seized or imprisoned, or stripped of his rights or possessions...except by the lawful judgement of his peers..." - Magna Carta, 1215? Options: federalism, due process, a bicameral legislature, the social contract

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due process

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Which of the following rights that Americans enjoy today was established in the Magna Carta? Options: freedom of speech, trial by jury, freedom of religion, freedom of the press

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trial by jury

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The following factors contributed most to what?
1. Distance from Great Britain
2. Mayflower Compact
3. Town hall meetings

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growth of representative government in the British colonies

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What is the significance of the Mayflower Compact?

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it provided the basis for a self-governing colony