Crash Course US History

“To avoid tyranny of the government, the Constitution embraced two principles: Separation of powers and federalism. The government was divided into three branches— legislative, executive, and judiciary, and the Constitution incorporated checks and balances: each branch can check the power of the others.”

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What did the video mean when it said: “The Constitution also seeks to protect against the radicalism that too much democracy can bring.”? Provide at least one example!

The French and Indian War created a lot of debt, which caused British to raise taxes.

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Colonists lost the battle of Bunker Hill, but proved they could fight the British, who had such heavy casualties that they were soon forced to abandon Boston.

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Discuss what Thomas Paine meant when he wrote the following in his pamphlet Common Sense. Choose one of the three:

1)“...of more worth is one honest man to society and in the sight of God than all the crowned ruffians that ever lived.”

2)“There is something absurd in supposing a continent to be perpetually governed by an island.”

3)“The cause of America is in great measure: the cause of all mankind”

“The colonial response to these acts is really the start of the American Revolution.”

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The First Continental Congress was a revolutionary act, but did not call for independence.

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What was the main purpose of the Monroe Doctrine in US history?

• To establish trade relations with Europe

• To prevent European colonization in the Americas

• To promote industrialization in the US

• To end slavery in the southern states

Which event marked the beginning of the American Civil War?

• The signing of the Declaration of Independence

• The Boston Tea Party

• The attack on Fort Sumter

• The Battle of Gettysburg

What was the significance of the Emancipation Proclamation?

• It ended the Civil War

• It freed all slaves in the United States

• It declared the freedom of slaves in Confederate states

• It granted women the right to vote