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- 2. Under the original 1787 Constitution, the one branch of the government elected directly by the people is the *
- 13. Which national laws tended to limit personal liberties (like freedom of speech and freedom of press) during the 1790s? *
- 24. Shays's Rebellion convinced many Americans of the need for *
- #22. Which of the following most directly resulted from the decline in the Native American population that the Spanish colonists were using as a labor supply? *
- 9. England passed the Intolerable/Coercive Acts in response to *
- 2. The French and Indian War was a pivotal point in America's relationship to Great Britain because it led Great Britain to *
- 22. One of the most important accomplishments of Congress under the Articles of Confederation was its *
- 14. Alexander Hamilton's financial plan for strengthening the economy and bolstering national credit proposed all of the following EXCEPT *
- 4. How did the British government react to the colonial Stamp Act protests? *
- 12. Probably the most alarming characteristic of the new Constitution to those who opposed it was the *
- 12. The preaching style that became popular during the First Great Awakening serves as an example of which of the following developments in the 1700s? *
- 11. Which of the following contributed most to the American victory in the Revolution? *
- 7. In late 1776 and early 1777, George Washington helped restore confidence in America's military by *
- 8. In 1779, following the defeat at Saratoga, Britain revised their military strategy and shifted their focus to *
- 1. Early colonists in the Chesapeake struggled with all of the following EXCEPT *
- 2. In colonial America, education was most zealously promoted *
- #28. By the late 1600s, slavery in North America became institutionalized in part because of the *
- 9. The town meeting with its direct democracy of open discussion and open voting was typical of which region of the colonies? *
- 6. By the eighteenth century, the various colonial regions had distinct economic identities; the northern colonies relied on ____, the Chesapeake colonies relied on ____, and the southern colonies relied on ____. *
- 11. The "Great Awakening" religious movement that spread through British North American colonies in the 1700s was most directly shaped by *