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Question 1
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What did the Magna Carta and the English Bill of Rights teach? (Check all that apply)
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Limited government
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More power for a monarchy
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Added the due process of law
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Everyone was innocent until proven guilty.
Question 2
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What is a tariff?
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A really serious trading law.
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Taxes on imports and exports
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An official document that is signed when two countries go to war.
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A way to get people to pay money when trading.
Question 3
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Even though they helped America during the Revolutionary War, [blank_start]Spain[blank_end] closed off trading with the U.S. after the British started to tax the U.S. while trading.
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Spain
Question 4
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One document that influenced the U.S government was the [blank_start]Enlightenment[blank_end] which was written by John Locke.
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Magna Carta
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Enlightenment
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English Bill of Rights
Question 5
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What are TWO ways the English Bill of Rights influenced the American government?
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Gave the government limited power.
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They are the reason America has a Constitution.
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Introduced the Rule of law where government officials were subject to the law.
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It gave women and slaves more rights.
Question 6
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Who in America had the right to vote?
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White males and females who were wealthy.
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Farmers, merchants, and anyone white.
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White men who paid taxes and were wealthy.
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White men and women and African Americans.
Question 7
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How did America model its government?
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A constitution was created for the WHOLE country.
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A constitution was created for each state
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The Declaration of Independence was used as the official constitution.
Question 8
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The goal of checks and balances is to make sure that no branch in the government gets a lot of power.
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- True
- False
Question 9
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What were some strengths of the Articles of Confederation?
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First written constitiution
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All power lied with the states
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Each state got an equal vote in Congress
Question 10
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What were some laws created for the Northwest Territory?
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Created a system for bringing new states into a union.
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It was divided into small territories.
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Banned slavery in the Territory.
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The governor was appointed by the people.
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