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US HISTORY REGENTS Exam Questions with 100% Correct Answers During the colonial period, goods were most commonly transported on ? - Rivers John Peter Zenger - freedom of the press In the publication Common Sense, Thomas Paine argued that - the American colonies should break away from England Shays' Rebellion (1786) became a concern for many national leaders because it - exposed fundamental weakness of the government under the Articles of Confederation What do you know about Shay's R...

CHAPTER 3 MULTIPLE CHOICE 1. Which colony's legal code became the basic penal code for blacks in the South until the end of the Civil War? a. Virginia b. South Carolina* c. Georgia d. Maryland 2. Which colony instituted martial discipline that some have historians have called draconian? a. Virginia* b. Massachusetts c. New York d. Pennsylvania 3. All of the following offenses were regarded as gender specific (female) crimes except a. witchcraft b. larceny* c. fornication d. infan...

AMSCO APUSH Chapter 2 and 3 Study guide with complete solutions Great Awakening - Answer️️ -An 18th century movement of religious feelings John Edwards - Answer️️ --Initiated the Great Awakening -Spread the "sinners in the hands of an angry God" sermon around the colonies George Whitefield - Answer️️ --ignited the Great Awakening -traveled to all the colonies to spread his words Georgian Style - Answer️️ --new type of architecture (modern) -brick houses Benjamin West a...

Law and Ethics Exam 1 Questions with complete Answers How does the English legal system relate to U.S. law today? What are the different sources of law? What is the First Amendment?. What is the difference between law and policy? The FCC is an __________. How does the FCC enact and enforce policy? Where would one party appeal an FCC ruling? ***Know the different court systems in the United States and what the function of each level of the court system is How could the med...

Navigation Acts A series of British regulations which taxed goods imported by the colonies from places other than Britain, or otherwise sought to control and regulate colonial trade. Increased British-colonial trade and tax revenues. The Navigation Acts were reinstated after the French and Indian War because Britain needed to pay off debts incurred during the war, and to pay the costs of maintaining a standing army in the colonies. Great Awakening Puritanism had declined by the 1730s, a...

APUSH 5new light/old light old lights were simply orthodox members of the clergy who believed that the new ways of revivals and emotional preaching were unnecessary; new lights were the more modern-thinking members of the clergy who strongly believed in the Great Awakening "Sinners in the Hands of and Angry God" famous speech given by Jonathan Edwards reflective of the Great Awakening, you-are-doomed-for-hell attitude yeoman farmers small farmers; owned their land and, maybe, ...

APUSH Unit 1 Review (2023/2024) Rated A+ Conquistadors explored the Americas and conquered natives; include people like Desoto, Pizzaro, Cortez, and Coronado St. Augustine, FL first permanent settlement made by the Spanish in the Americas Pueblo Revolt Spanish begin to demand labor and tribute from the natives, 1680 the Pueblos become frustrated with this and rise in revolt, succeed for a while but are put down Mestizos people that are mixed European and natives mercantilism economic institu...

Which of these was a common reaction by Indians to Europeans and represented a rejection of Chief Johnson's suggestions? Migrating westward Which of the following factors best explains why Native American efforts to unite were rare? Tribes had traditions of independence Which of the following best explains the underlying cause of the Spanish actions described by Las Casas? Racism The primary audience that Las Casas hoped to influence by his writing was the monarchs of S...

John Locke's vision of the role of the government - Answer- Whose ideas most influenced Thomas Jefferson in writing the Declaration of Independence? The Trial of John Peter Zenger - Answer- What was the means through which the issue of the Freedom of Press was first brought to the attention of American revolutionaries? It guarantees personal liberties of freedom of speech, religion, and due process of law in the Bill of Rights - Answer- How does the United States government preserve the f...

The case of John Peter Zenger helped establish ____________________ as a defense against libel. - Truth New York Times v Sullivan established ________ as a new standardfor libel. - actual malice This law, passed after the attacks of September 11, 2001, increased surveillance and severely curtailed the freedom of the press - USA Patriot Act The free speech case of Phelps v Snyder involved this religious group - Westboro Baptist Church While the public can view a court trial, there has been ...