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Each branch can limit the power of the other two in certain ways to prevent any one branch from getting too much power. For example, the President can veto a bill passed by Congress, but then the Congress can override the President’s veto with ⅔ vote
a) Popular Sovereignty
b) Limited Government
c) Checks and Balances
d) Separation of Powers

Which SC battle was a turning point during the American Revolution?
a) Saratoga
b) King's Mountain
c) Eutaw Springs
d) Cowpens

What were Francis Marion, Thomas Sumter, and Andrew Pickens famous for during the American Revolution?
a) using guerrilla warfare tactics that operated in small, independent groups
b) their leadership style in the Continental Army
c) their leadership style in the British Army
d) their surrender to the British at the end of the revolution

Created to conduct buisness when the General Committee is not in session
a) Committee of 99
b) Provincial Congress
c) SC Constitution
d) Articles of Confederation

Adopted by the Continental Congress in the middle of the war, but was weak. It gave too much power to the states, and the national government was weak.
a) Committee of 99
b) Provincial Congress
c) SC Constitution
d) Articles of Confederation

Which group of people sided with Britain during the American Revolution?
a) colonists from the Lowcountry
b) Loyalists
c) Patriots
d) French

Which group did many Native Americans tribes (including the Cherokee) support in the American Revolution?
a) Lowcountry
b) stayed neutral
c) Patriots
d) British

What contribution did SC delegates have at the Continental Congress?
a) None, no one went to the Continental Congress
b) They all signed the declaration of independence
c) They argued for rice to be traded in their colony.
d) They fought for a military to be formed

What was passed that taxes all paper goods?
a) Sugar Act
b) Stamp Act
c) Tea Act
d) Intolerable Act

Why did the British impose taxes on the colonists?
a) to repay the debt they owed from the French and Indian War
b) to buy more land in the colonies
c) to pay for more people's passage to the colonies from their mother country
d) to buy slaves from Africa to work on plantations

What was the purpose of gathering in Philadelphia for the Second Continental Congress?
a) to organize and supply a military
b) to protest the British taxes
c) to sign the Declaration of Independence
d) to organize the Boston Tea Party

What group was created to protest the Stamp Act?
a) Patriots
b) Continental Congress
c) Loyalists
d) Sons of Liberty

Which was a result of the Cherokee War in SC?
a) Cherokee were forced to give up much of their land
b) Cherokee and colonists were forced to live together
c) Cherokee won their land back from the colonists
d) Everything ended peacefully and no one was killed

Which was NOT a result of the British winning the French and Indian War?
a) France lost possessions in North America
b) Spain lost control of Florida
c) British lost their foothold in the colonies
d) British controlled Florida and could trade more

Which is NOT something Alexander Hamilton proposes in his policy for the national government's economy?
a) Popular Sovereignty
b) Representative Democracy (republicanism)
c) Federalism
d) Individual Rights

The authority of the government to govern comes from the people.
a) Separation of Powers
b) Federalism
c) Checks and Balances
d) Limited Government

Powers of the government are limited by the Constitution and the Bill of Rights.
a) Popular Sovereignty
b) Representative Democracy (republicanism)
c) Limited Government
d) Federalism

The powers of the government are divided between the national and state governments.
a) The federal government pay the debt incurred as a result of the American Revolutionary War and assume the debt of the states
b) Lower the taxes on all imported and exported goods
c) Pass a high protective tariff on imported goods
d) Establish a National Bank to issue bank notes and collect taxes

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