Influences Types of Government

Reasons for Independence

Continental Congress

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C1 100 Democracy, the form of government in the United

States had its roots in ancient…

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answer Greece

C 1 200 Our trial-by-jury system is similar to the system who

used in England

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answer Henry II

C1 300 The colonist used whose ideas of a senate and a

representative form of government

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answer Roman

C1 400 The greatest influences on colonial government came

from what country?

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answer Greece

C1 500 Three political ideas from the original thirteen

colonies that influenced American government were…

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answer 1. Freedom of Religion 2. Freedom of Press 3. The right to choose a leader or the right to vote

C2 100 What type of government is “ruled by the people”?

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answer Democracy

C2 200 What type of government is ruled by one person?

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answer A Dictatorship

C2 300 What type of government is ruled by one person or

family?

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answer A Monarchy

C2 400 Which part of Parliament is made up of knights and

common people?

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answer House of Commons

C2 500 What part of Parliament is made up of nobles and

church leaders?

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answer House of Lords

C3 100 What is one reason that the colonists formed their

own government?

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answer They felt England was taxing them unfairly

C3 200 Another reason colonists formed their own

government was to choose their own….

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answer leaders

C3 300 Did all Americans support the Revolutionary war?

True or False

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answer False

C3 400 What document stated that the colonies were free

and independent?

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answer The Declaration of Independence

C3 500 What led the colonists to fight for independence

from England?

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answer Religion The United States felt Britain was controlling them

with taxes. The United States also refused to buy British goods

and products

C4 100 Which Continental Congress asked Thomas Jefferson

to write the Declaration of Independence?

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answer Second

C4 200 The First Continental Congress sent the king of

England a list of taxes they demanded…

True or False

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answer False

C4 300 What did the First Continental Congress do?

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answer It helped the colonist decide to take action against

England

C4 400 What did the Second Continental Congress do?

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answer It helped to organize an army

C4 500 Who led the Army created by the Second

Continental Congress?

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answer George Washington

C 5 100 What act taxed newspapers and other printed

materials?

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answer The Stamp Act

C5 200 What is the name of the group of people that make

decisions in a court of law?

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answer A jury

C5 300 A combination of laws and customs that people live

by is….

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answer Government

C 5 400 The U.S. Congress and state __________ are based on

the English system of Parliment

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answer Representatives

C5 500 What document gives people the basic rights of “life,

liberty and the pursuit of happiness”?

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answer Declaration of Independence