US GOV 1st EXAM

The name of Britain’s imperial legislature

• Parliament of the United Kingdom

• Senate

• Assembly

• Congress

John Locke's term for the agreement that creates a government

• Social Contract

• Divine Right

• Civil Disobedience

• Natural Law

The event that vastly expanded Britain's territory in North America

• The Treaty of Paris (1763)

• The American Revolution

• The Louisina Purchase

The term that describes Britain's hands-off approach to colonial government is

• Salutary neglect

• Direct Rule

• Indirect Rule

• Imperial Control

The source of a government’s authority according to social contract theory

• The consent of the governed

• The birthright of a ruler

• The strength of the military

• The influence of foreign powers

The form of resistance that involves refusing to import goods is called:

• Embargo

• Boycott

• Sanction

• Tariff

The event that led to the Coercive Acts

• The Boston Tea Party

• The signing of the Declaration of Independence

• The Boston Massacre

• The First Continental Congress

One action taken by the Continental Congress

• Declared independence from Great Britain

• Established the US Constitution

• Signed the Treaty of Versailles

• Abolished slavery

What the Declaration of Independence meant by “they” and “them”

• The British government and King George III

• The American colonists who wanted to remain loyal to Britain

• The Native American tribes living in North America

• The French allies who supported the colonists

The type of representation that the colonies had in London

• Direct

• Virtual

• Full

• Regional