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A __________ is a representative of a group of people who is sent to a meeting or organization to act on behalf of the people he or she represents.
What is a delegate
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The goal of the First Continental Congress was to?
What is get England to repeal unfair taxes and trade regulations.
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Name the three unalienable rights listed in the Declaration?
What is life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
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What is popular sovereignty?
What is the idea that government can exist only with the consent of the governed
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Geography: What is the only US state that borders a Canadian territory?
What is Alaska
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Define confederation.
What is a joining of several groups for a common purpose.
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How did the British government respond to the First Continental Congress and its Declaration of Rights?
What is by imposing even stricter and harsher measures to control the colonists
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In the series of paragraphs beginning, "He has refused his Assednt," to whom does the word "He" refer?
What is King George III of Great Britain.
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What was the outcome of the First Continental Congress?
What is colonial legislatures giving their support to several plans of action, including formalized boycotts.
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Literature, Science, and Nature: What do you call the feeling of having experienced something before?
What is Deja vu
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What was the Albany Plan of Union?
What is a proposal to form a congress of colonial representatives for the purpose of raising a military, regulating trade, and taxing
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Which of Britain's colonial policies most upset the colonists?
What is being taxed without representation
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How many colonies were declared independent?
What is 13 colonies
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In January 1776, what state adopted a constitution to replace its royal charter?
What is New Hampshire
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Geography: What color is the cross on the flag of Finland?
What is blue
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This law required the use of stamps on all legal documents, on certain business agreements, and on newspapers.
What is The Stamp Act of 1765
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Describe another word for repealed.
What is withdrawn or cancelled
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Adoption of the Deceleration of Independence
What is July 4, 1776
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What state constitution is considered the oldest written constitution?
What is the Massachusetts constitution of 1780.
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Arts and Literature: What is Bruce Wayne's heroic identity?
What is Batman
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This protest included nine colonies protesting the Stamp Act of 1765
What is the Deceleration of Rights and Grievances
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Who was chosen president of the Second Continental Congress?
What is John Hancock of Massachusetts
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Congress named a committee of five to prepare a proclamation of independence.
What is Benjamin Franklin, John Adams, Roger Sherman, Robert Livingston, and Thomas Jefferson
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What are the four common features of the State Constitution?
What is popular sovereignty, limited government, civil rights and liberties, and separation of powers and checks and balances
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Geography: What is the capital of Germany?
What is Berlin