CLEP US History 1 Ch 7 & 8

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The "constitution" referred to in quotation above from the Declaration of Independence was

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the principles the colonists believed had traditionally regulated British government

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The protest that the king had "combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution" referred to George III's

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approval of parliamentary laws impinging on colonial self-government

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By the time of the American Revolution, many American colonists believed that the creation of a republic would solve the problems of monarchical rule because a republic would establish

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a small, limited government responsible to the people

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Significance of state constitutions during the American Revolutionary era

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They were the first efforts to establish a government by and of the people.

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Who wrote Common Sense?

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Thomas Paine

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Where is the concept that the ultimate sovereignty of the federal government rests with the people most explicitly stated?

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the preamble to the U.S. Constitution

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Which was most successful in fostering change in Parliament's mercantilism acts during 1760s and 1770s?

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Boycotts

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Which of the following did not arouse anti-British feeling in the colonies? Proclamation Act of 1763, Boston Massacre, Stamp Act, Tea Act, Coercive Acts

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Proclamation Act of 1763

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What was a strength of the British military over the Patriots during the American Revolution?

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Well trained army and navy

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Which of the following was established to examine suspicious or threatening British activity during the 1770s?

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Committees of Correspondence