Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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Which of the following occurred
last?
a. | the repeal of the Stamp
Act | c. | the end of the French and Indian
War | b. | the adoption of the Bill of Rights | d. | the calling of the Second Continental
Congress |
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Who wrote the Declaration of
Independence?
a. | John
Locke | c. | Thomas
Jefferson | b. | Samuel Adams | d. | Benjamin Franklin |
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The first national government
of the 13 individual states in North America was created by the
a. | Constitution | c. | Articles of Confederation | b. | Navigation Acts. | d. | Declaration of Independence |
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A major reason for the
colonists' victory over Britain was
a. | superior
weaponry | c. | military support
from Italy | b. | a stronger motivation to fight | d. | more experienced generals |
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Which of the following was
created by the Articles of Confederation?
a. | the
Congress | c. | the office of
president | b. | the Supreme Court | d. | the office of vice-president |
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Matching
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a. | Declaration of
Independence | d. | Bill of
Rights | b. | federal system | e. | checks and balances | c. | Thomas
Jefferson |
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measures designed to prevent
any one branch of government from dominating
the others.
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a system of government in which power is divided between a
central authority and a number of individual states.
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8.
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a statement of the
reasons for the American colonies? ’ break with Britain, approved by the Second Continental
Congress in 1776
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9.
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the first ten amendments to
the U.S. Constitution, which protect citizens? ’ basic rights and
freedoms.
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10.
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author of the Declaration of
independence
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