Review of 8th Semester 1 US History

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What were the 3 regions of the 13 colonies?

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New England, Middle, and Southern

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Whose labor was depended on for the prosperity of the Southern colonies plantations?

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enslaved African people

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What is the Middle Passage?

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Enslaved Africans journey from Africa to the Americas

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Which answer best explains what the image means? (its message) Options: The British colonies are like sneaky snakes and should be cut up and destroyed., This image warns British colonist they must unite together to defeat the French during the French and Indian War., The British colonies were actually divided into 10 different sections., This is how parts of a snake are labeled. 

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This image warns British colonist they must unite together to defeat the French during the French and Indian War.

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How did Great Britain pay for the expenses of the French and Indian War in which they won the Ohio River Valley from France and its Native American allies?

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Taxed the citizens of Britain including the colonists

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How did the colonists respond to the Sugar Act, then Stamp Act, then the Townshend Acts and then Tea Act?

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they boycotted British goods and protested in the streets saying "no taxation without representation"

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What was the Boston Tea Party?

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When Colonists dressed up as Native Americans and dumped merchants tea into the Boston Harbor.

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After Britain sent more troops to the colonies this clash between rioters and British Troops that left five colonists dead.

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Boston Massacre

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What were the Coercive Acts?

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a ban on town meetings, a closing of the port until colonists paid for the ruined tea, a requirement they quarter (housing and board)

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Which phrase did Jefferson include in the Declaration of Independence that he borrowed from Enlightenment Thinker John Locke? Options: "To Promote the General Welfare", "All Men are created Equal.", "We the People," "Life, Liberty and Happiness."

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"Life, Liberty and Happiness."