Matching
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Match each item with the correct statement below. a. | George Washington | d. | limited government | b. | Thomas Jefferson | e. | popular sovereignty | c. | representative
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the idea that government may use only the powers given it by the people
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People elect representatives to make laws and conduct government.
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the idea that government receives its powers from the people
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was made leader of the colonial army in 1775
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wrote the Declaration of Independence
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Multiple Choice
Identify the
choice that best completes the statement or answers the question.
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The first European people to build colonies in the Americas were the
a. | French. | c. | English. | b. | Spanish. | d. | Germans. |
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What group of English settlers seeking religious freedom were the first to come
to North America?
a. | English Catholics | c. | Puritans | b. | Quakers | d. | Muslims |
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The House of Burgesses set up a ____ form of government.
a. | monarchy | c. | constitutional | b. | democracy | d. | representative |
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____ led the American colonists to rebel against British rule.
a. | Trade rules | c. | A shipment of bad tea | b. | Property
laws | d. | Taxes |
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This document told the British that the colonies were separating and forming a
new nation.
a. | the Declaration of Independence | c. | the
Constitution | b. | Common Sense | d. | The Social Contract |
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