1) Being involved and doing the right thing for your community is also known as ________________. a) Civic virtue b) Consent of the governed c) Massachusetts d) Patrick Henry e) Yorktown f) Mississippi River 2) _______________ gave his passionate “Give me liberty or give me death!” speech to the Virginia Assembly. a) Civic virtue b) Consent of the governed c) Massachusetts d) Patrick Henry e) Yorktown f) Mississippi River 3) General Washington surprised General Cornwallis at _________________________, resulting in the British surrender. a) Civic virtue b) Consent of the governed c) Massachusetts d) Patrick Henry e) Yorktown f) Mississippi River 4) The Treaty of Paris 1783 recognized American independence and set the new western border at the _________________. a) Civic virtue b) Consent of the governed c) Massachusetts d) Patrick Henry e) Yorktown f) Mississippi River 5) Belief British should have colonists’ permission to pass taxes is also knows as _________________. a) Civic virtue b) Consent of the governed c) Massachusetts d) Patrick Henry e) Yorktown f) Mississippi River 6) ______________________ was a New England colony founded by the Puritans and Pilgrims for religious freedom. a) Civic virtue b) Consent of the governed c) Massachusetts d) Patrick Henry e) Yorktown f) Mississippi River 7) The first form of government in the United States was the ___________________. a) Articles of Confederation b) Executive c) James Armistead d) Saratoga e) Wentworth Cheswell f) Yorktown 8) A major weakness in our first form of government was the fact that there was no ____________________ branch to enforce laws. a) Articles of Confederation b) Executive c) James Armistead d) Saratoga e) Wentworth Cheswell f) Yorktown 9) _____________________ was a former slave who later became a spy for the Patriots. a) Articles of Confederation b) Executive c) James Armistead d) Saratoga e) Wentworth Cheswell f) Yorktown 10) ______________________ rode with Paul Revere to warn of British advancement. a) Articles of Confederation b) Executive c) James Armistead d) Saratoga e) Wentworth Cheswell f) Yorktown 11) The Battle of _____________________ was the turning point of the war because France started supporting the Americans. a) Articles of Confederation b) Executive c) James Armistead d) Saratoga e) Wentworth Cheswell f) Yorktown 12) __________________ was forbidden in the Northwest Territory. a) Articles of Confederation b) Intolerable Acts c) Mercantilism d) Northwest Ordinance e) Slavery f) Taxes 13) The _______________________ created an orderly plan to admit new states to the Union. a) Articles of Confederation b) Intolerable Acts c) Mercantilism d) Northwest Ordinance e) Slavery f) Taxes 14) A major weakness in our first form of government was the fact that the government had no power to pass ________________________. a) Articles of Confederation b) Intolerable Acts c) Mercantilism d) Northwest Ordinance e) Slavery f) Taxes 15) British controlled colonial trade, which angered colonists, in the practice known as _____________________. a) Articles of Confederation b) Intolerable Acts c) Mercantilism d) Northwest Ordinance e) Slavery f) Taxes 16) The ___________________________ was the British response to the Boston Tea Party, which encouraged colonists to form the First Continental Congress. a) Articles of Confederation b) Intolerable Acts c) Mercantilism d) Northwest Ordinance e) Slavery f) Taxes 17) ___________________ resulted in many Americans wanting a stronger government. a) Constitutional Convention b) Northwest Ordinance c) Proclamation of 1763 d) Reasons for exploration e) Shay's Rebellion f) Slavery 18) The _____________________________ is where the Founding Father’s came together to revise the Articles of Confederation. a) Constitutional Convention b) Northwest Ordinance c) Proclamation of 1763 d) Reasons for exploration e) Shay's Rebellion f) Slavery 19) The ________________________ forbid colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains but colonists ignored. a) Constitutional Convention b) Northwest Ordinance c) Proclamation of 1763 d) Reasons for exploration e) Shay's Rebellion f) Slavery 20) Increase wealth, spread religion, and look for new trade routes to Asia were all _____________________. a) Constitutional Convention b) Northwest Ordinance c) Proclamation of 1763 d) Reasons for exploration e) Shay's Rebellion f) Slavery 21) _________claimed that if a government did not fulfil its purpose of protecting individual’s freedoms, the citizens had the right [and responsibility] to overthrow it a) John Locke b) Montesquieu c) William Blackstone 22) _________ believed that government power should be separated to keep one group from gaining too much power a) John Locke b) Montesquieu c) William Blackstone 23) ________ believed that even the king should not take away a person’s property and believed strongly in individual rights a) John Locke b) Montesquieu c) William Blackstone 24) The Anti-Federalists demanded a ________ be added to the Constitution before they would ratify it a) Bill of rights b) Declaration of Independence c) Anti-Federalist Papers d) The US Constitution 25) The ______ limited the king’s power and gave citizens the right to a trial by jury a) Magna Carta b) English Bill of Rights c) Mayflower Compact 26) The ________ protected certain rights of citizens from the government a) Magna Carta b) English Bill of Rights c) Mayflower Compact 27) The ___________ was created by the people a) Magna Carta b) English Bill of Rights c) Mayflower Compact

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