Quarter 2 Review

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By enforcing taxes and restrictions on the colonies, the British ended the policy known as ___________

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benign neglect

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The event that left five colonists dead in 1770 was known as the ______________.

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Boston Massacre

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Which event led to the meeting of the First Continental Congress?

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Boston Tea Party

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Who was chosen to be the Commander of the Continental army?

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George Washington

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We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights …. That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed. That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government…
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Declaration of Independence

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What is the name of the first written plan of government for the newly independent U.S.A.?

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Articles of Confederation

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Under the Articles of Confederation, most of the power was where?

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the states

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How many branches of government were there under the Articles of Confederation?

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One

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This picture shows which weakness of the Articles? Options: no common currency, no executive branch, no power to tax, one vote for each state

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no common currency

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Under the Articles of Confederation, how many votes did each state get when voting on a new law?

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One