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18-21 year olds received the right to vote with the ratification of the _____ amendment.
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Twenty-sixth amendment
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By the early 1760's, all colonies had done this:
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Drafted their own constitutions
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The British used the principle of mercantilism to justify these controls on the colonies
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Strict import/export controls
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In 1765 the American colonists initiated a major protest against what act?
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Stamp Act
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Patrick Henry and Samuel Adams were leaders of what group?
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The Sons of Liberty
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The first official meeting of the 13 colonies was which group?
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Stamp Act Congress
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To facilitate communication and the flow of information among independence-minded colonists, colonial leaders formed which group?
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Committees of Correspondence
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The first continental congress was called in response to:
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Iron out differences with the king
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The "shot heard round the world" was fired at where?
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Lexington and Concord, Massachusetts
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In 1776, Thomas Paine authored a pamphlet arguing for colonial independence from Britain called:
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Common Sense
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The words and ideas of John Locke are conveyed in which document?
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The Declaration of Independence
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A type of government in which the national government is weaker than the sum of all its parts is called a:
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Confederation
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What was the relationship between the states like under the Articles of Confederation?
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A loose league of friendship
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Under the Articles of Confederation, what was the executive branch like?
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Nonexistant.
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One of the Articles greatest weaknesses was:
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It had no strong central government
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