FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT APUSH IDS EXAM

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FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT APUSH IDS EXAM

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Question 1: Shay's Rebellion (Winter of 1886/87)

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Poor, indebted landowners in Mass. blocked access to courts and prevented the govt from arresting or repossessing the property of those in debt. the fed govt was too weak to help Boston removed the rebels. Showed weakness in AoC and need for stronger govt Question 2: Theories of representative government in legislatures: virtual representation, actual representation

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Virtual representation means that a representative is not elected by his constituents, but he resembles them in his political beliefs and goals. Actual representation means that a representative is elected by his constituents. The colonies had virtual.Question 3: Virginia: failures, success

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The Company had trouble attracting new settlers, even after offering private land ownership. The Virginia Company went bankrupt and Virginia went to the crown, not becoming successful until tobacco production and exportation.

Question 4: John Rolfe, tobacco

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He was one of the English settlers at Jamestown. He discovered how to successfully grow tobacco in Virginia and cure it for export, which made Virginia an economically successful colony.

Question 5: Pilgrims vs Puritans

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Pilgrims:separatists who believed Church of England could not be reformed; fled to America Puritans:wanted to adopt reforms to purify Church; King gave them right to settle in Mass. Bay area

Question 6: Battle of Bunker Hill (Breed's Hill)

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Bunker Hill was an American post overlooking Boston; the stronghold allowed Americans to contain General Gage and his troops. Colonists defended hill twice, until third time they ran out off ammo and gave it up. Strengthened morale. June 17, 1775

Question 7: Pennsylvania, Maryland, Rhode Island

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Pennsylvania:Founded by William pen, a Quaker, to provide protection for Quakers. Maryland:Formed as a colony where Catholics would be free from persecution. Rhode Island:Formed to provide a haven for all persecuted religions.Question 8: Constitution: Checks and Balances

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Provisions made so each of the three branches can check the power of the other too, so no one branch can become too powerful.

Question 9: John Locke (1632-1704)

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Wrote that all human beings have a right to life, liberty, and property, and that the govt exists to protect those rights. Govt was based upon an unwritten "social contract" between the rulers and people. People have right to rebel if govt fails.

Question 10: Townshend acts, reaction

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A series of revenue measure, passed by Townshend in 1767, which taxed quasi-luxury items imported into the colonies, including paper, lead, tea and paint. The colonial reaction was outrage and they instituted another movement to stop importing Brit goods

Question 11: The Enlightenment

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A Philosophical movement which started in Eu in the 1700s and spread to the colonies. Emphasized reason and scientific method. Many members favored Deism.

Question 12: Beard thesis, his critics

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Charles Austin Beard wrote in 1913 that the Constitution was written to protect the economical interests of the writers, and to benefit the financial speculators who purchased govt bonds in Rev. War. Met much criticism.

Question 13: Molasses Act, 1773

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British legislation which taxed all molasses, rum, and sugar which the colonies imported from countries other than Britain and her colonies. The act angered the New England colonies, which imported a lot of molasses. Brits could not enforce, merchs ignore

Question 14: The Federalist Papers, Jay, Hamilton, and Madison

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This collection of essays by John Jay, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison, explained the importance of a strong central govt. It was published in NY to ratify the Constitution.

Question 15: Slavery Begins

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1619-The first African slaves in America arrive in the Virginia colony

Question 16: Benjamin Franklin

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Printer, author, inventor, diplomat, statesman, and Founding Father. One of the few Americans who was highly respected in Europe, primarily due to his discoveries in the field of electricity.

Question 17: Land claims and squabbles in North America

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The British controlled the colonies on the east coast, and the French held the land around the Mississippi and west of it. Both the British and the French laid claim to Canada and the Ohio Valley region.

Question 18: French and Indian War (1756-1763)

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Part of the Seven Years' War in Europe. Britain and France fought for control of Canada and Ohio Valley region. Algonquin and Mohawk w/ French, rest of Iroquois w/ Britain. Colonies under Britain.Britain won; gained Fr. Canada and India and Sp. Florida.

Question 19: Continental Association

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Created by the First Continental Congress, it enforced the non-importation of Brit goods by empowering local Committees of Vigilance in each colony to fine or arrest violators. Meant to pressure Britain to repeal the Coercive Acts.

Question 20: Anne Hutchinson

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Preached the idea that God communicated directly to individuals instead of through church elders. She was forced to leave Massachusetts in 1637.

Question 21: John Paul Jones (1747-1792)

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Revolutionary War naval officer. His ship, the Bonhomme Richard, was sunk in a battle with the British ship Serapis, but he managed to board and gain control of the Serapis.

Question 22: Benedict Arnold

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He was an American General during the Revolutionary War (1776). He prevented the British from reaching Ticonderoga. Later, in 1778, he tried to help the British take West Point and the Hudson River but he was found out and declared a traitor.Question 23: Articles of Confederation: powers, weaknesses, successes

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the AoC delegated most of the powers to the individual states, but left the fed govt the power over war, foreign policy, and issuing money. Weakness was that they gave the fed govt so little power it couldn't keep the country united. *Northwest Ordinance.