The first major military engagement of the American Revolution took place near
A. Saratoga.B. Boston.
C. Philadelphia.
D. Yorktown.
The Origins of American Government
- Suppose you work for a government agency that regulates the buying and selling in the country. Which main purpose of government is your agency serving?
- In England, people associate the acceptance of their Bill of Rights with the reign of
- The purpose of the petition sent to King George III by the First Continental Congress was to
- Washington’s surprise attack across the Delaware in December 1776 resulted in a victory against
- The purpose of the British Declaratory Act of 1766 was to
- In modern society, what do we mean when we refer to the division of labor?
- Probably the main reason Africans, rather than Native Americans, became slaves in America was that
- The United States Constitution delegates police powers mainly to
- The German leader who headed the Nazi party was
- Regarding the Magna Carta, which statement is false?
- Which one of the following statements is most accurate regarding the Mayflower Compact?
- Concerned about the Catholic minority in Maryland, Leonard Calvert ordered the Second Lord Baltimore to
- After General Howe’s forces defeated the Americans at Brooklyn Heights and White Plains, Washington’s strategy called for
- What did Plato critique in his book The Republic?
- Which of the following is not an authoritarian form of government?
- Imagine that you’re a member of the Virginia House of Burgesses. You’ve submitted a proposal for a law that requires colonial inspectors to place grades on different qualities of harvested tobacco. The law passes, but you know it won’t go into effect until it’s approved by
- Under the English Westminster model, the highest court of appeals is
- If you had come to America to practice your Quaker religious beliefs, chances are you would have settled in
- People who travel to a different country and settle there are called