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Taxes on goods such as glass, lead, paint, paper and tea

What is Townsend Acts

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These were the first two battles of the American Revolution.
What are Lexington and Concord.
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A way for power to be shared evenly within the government.

What are the Checks and Balances

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Someone who wants their own freedom and their own country
What is a patriot.
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Which two countries fought during the American Revolution?
What are England and America (The 13 Colonies)
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A tax on molasses and prohibited foreign sugars

What is the Sugar Act

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This was the event in which many Patriots boarded a British ship and destroyed all of the product on board.

What is the Boston Tea Party

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The branch of government that is responsible for making laws

What is the Legislative branch.

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A founding document written by James Madison. It makes up the first ten amendments to the Constitution

What is the Bill of Rights

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Who became our first American President?
Who is George Washington.
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A law that allowed British soldiers to live in colonists homes when they needed to.

What is the Quartering Act

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A deadly riot that occurred on March 5, 1770, on King Street in Boston.

What is the Boston Massacre.

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An official document that contains the Bill of Rights

What is the U.S. Constitution.

300
The document that stated America is their own free country.
What is the Declaration of Independence.
300
Who won the American Revolution?
Who is America.
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A series of four laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 to punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party.

What is the Intolerable Acts.

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A series of religious revivals

What is the Great Awakening

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The process outlined in the constitution that allows for changes or additions to be made to its original text, typically requiring a specific majority vote in the legislative body and ratification by a certain number of states to become official

What is the amendment system

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The Legislative branch of the United States government, made up of the Senate and the House of Representatives

What is the Congress of the United States

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Which two countries offered help to America at the END of the war?
What are Spain and France.
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2 Answers: A person who sides with a strong central authority and a person who sides with a weak central authoriy 

What is Federalists and Anti Federalists

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Also known as the Seven Years' War

What is the French and Indian war.

500

The branch that consists of the President, his or her advisors and various departments and agencies. This branch is responsible for enforcing the laws of the land.

What is the Executive branch

500

The first constitution of the United States, establishing the country's national government after the American Revolution.

What are Articles of Confederation.

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What was the name of the treaty that ended the American Revolution?
What is the Treaty of Paris.