US History Regents Review Exam Questions
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A document written by the Pilgrims mayflower Compact
setting guidelines for self-
government
First representative government in Virginia House of Burgesses
the colonies, self-government
Economic system where the Mercantilism
mother
country benefits - raw materials
sent
from the colonies, colonists buy
finished products from the mother
country.
1776: a pamphlet written by Common Sense
Thomas
Paine that claimed the colonies
had a
right to be an independent nation
Caused the colonies to want to French and Indian War
rebel
against the British
,British say colonists can't settle Proclamation Line of 1763
past
Appalachian Mountains, don't want
conflict with Native Americans.
Enlightenment Thinker, influenced John Locke
Jefferson and Declaration of
Independence. Believed that
people
had natural rights to liberty, life
and
property
1776 statement, issued by the Declaration of Independence
Second Continental Congress,
explaining why the colonies
wanted
independence from Britain.
Caused colonists to want to rebel British Taxes
(sugar, tea, stamp etc).
1st Constitution of the U.S. Articles of Confederation
1781-1788
(weaknesses-no executive, no
judicial, no power to tax, no power
to regulate trade)
Articles of Confederation law that Northwest Ordinance
set up a government for the
Northwest Territory and a plan for
admitting new states to the Union
, A document written by delegates U.S. Constitution
at
the Constitutional Convention that
established a national government
in
the United States.
a lawmaking body with 2 houses - Bicameral Legislature
the Senate and the House of
Representatives
The idea that representation in Virginia Plan
both
houses of a bicameral Congress
should be based on population,
benefitted big states
The idea that each state was New Jersey Plan
represented equally in the
legislature, benefitted small states.
Created the House (population) Great Compromise
and
Senate (equal) while resolving the
dispute between the large and
small
states. Bicameral legislature
each slave would count for 3/5 of a 3/5 Compromise
person for taxation and
representation purposes
and Answers with Verified Solutions | Latest
Updated 2026
A document written by the Pilgrims mayflower Compact
setting guidelines for self-
government
First representative government in Virginia House of Burgesses
the colonies, self-government
Economic system where the Mercantilism
mother
country benefits - raw materials
sent
from the colonies, colonists buy
finished products from the mother
country.
1776: a pamphlet written by Common Sense
Thomas
Paine that claimed the colonies
had a
right to be an independent nation
Caused the colonies to want to French and Indian War
rebel
against the British
,British say colonists can't settle Proclamation Line of 1763
past
Appalachian Mountains, don't want
conflict with Native Americans.
Enlightenment Thinker, influenced John Locke
Jefferson and Declaration of
Independence. Believed that
people
had natural rights to liberty, life
and
property
1776 statement, issued by the Declaration of Independence
Second Continental Congress,
explaining why the colonies
wanted
independence from Britain.
Caused colonists to want to rebel British Taxes
(sugar, tea, stamp etc).
1st Constitution of the U.S. Articles of Confederation
1781-1788
(weaknesses-no executive, no
judicial, no power to tax, no power
to regulate trade)
Articles of Confederation law that Northwest Ordinance
set up a government for the
Northwest Territory and a plan for
admitting new states to the Union
, A document written by delegates U.S. Constitution
at
the Constitutional Convention that
established a national government
in
the United States.
a lawmaking body with 2 houses - Bicameral Legislature
the Senate and the House of
Representatives
The idea that representation in Virginia Plan
both
houses of a bicameral Congress
should be based on population,
benefitted big states
The idea that each state was New Jersey Plan
represented equally in the
legislature, benefitted small states.
Created the House (population) Great Compromise
and
Senate (equal) while resolving the
dispute between the large and
small
states. Bicameral legislature
each slave would count for 3/5 of a 3/5 Compromise
person for taxation and
representation purposes
