| A | B |
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| A government based on representative democracy? | Republic |
| Name the two busy port cities located within the Middle Colonies. | Philadelphia & New York |
| This act allowed a British company to import tea into the colonies without paying a tax? | Tea Act |
| The colonial protest against the Tea Act of 1773 was known as _?_. | Boston Tea Party |
| We associate the natural rights of "Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness" with this political philosopher? | John Locke |
| What impact did the Magna Carta have on the crown? | Limited the king's power |
| A concept, where the people agreed to give up some freedom in order to be ruled by government? | Social Contract |
| Search warrants were also called? | Writs of Assistance |
| Identify the Southern Colonies. | Maryland, Virginia, NC, SC, Georgia |
| What allowed the Southern Colonies to have large plantations? | fertile land; warm climate |
| Laws passed by Parliament to punish the Boston colonists? | Intolerable Acts |
| Which group of people was responsible for the writing of the Declaration of Independence? | Second Continental Congress |
| According to John Locke, the purpose of government was? | serve the people |
| Colonists had to provide housing for British soldiers according to this act? | Quartering Act |
| What impact did Thomas Paine's pamphlet, Common Sense have on the colonists? | It moved them closer to declaring independence. |
| City that created the first Republic? | Rome |
| A New England Colony founded by Puritans? | Massachusetts |
| A government based on a representative democracy? | Republic |
| The site of the colonial protest against the Tea Act? | Boston |
| A concept of government that a ruler is not all-powerful? | Limited Government |
| An area of settlement that is controlled by a country? | Colony |
| This city had a direct democracy? | Athens |
| A single ruler, such as a king, who holds absolute power? | Monarch |
| This was a conflict that drove the French from lands west of the colonies? | French and Indian War |
| Writer of the Declaration of Independence? | Thomas Jefferson |
| Puritans were also called? | Pilgrims |
| A group of delegates that made laws for the king? | Parliament |
| An American colonist whose literary work inspired others to break away from Britain? | Thomas Paine |
| A religious movement stressing developing a personal relationship with God? | Great Awakening |
| A tax on the colonists for the purpose of paying for the French and Indian War? | Stamp Act |
| List some characteristics of the Mayflower Compact. | held town meetings; established a Direct Democracy; agreed to choose leaders that became the House of Burgesses; only males could vote; they would make laws. |
| Identify two reasons why people from Europe came to the new world. | 1) economic 2) Religion |
| One who opposes common views? | dissenter |
| A crop produced mainly for sale? | cash crop |
| A refusal to purchase something? | Boycott |
| A worker who contracts to work for someone in return for food and shelter? | indentured servant |
| Importing or exporting secretly? | smuggling |
