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3 HISTORY

LESSON 12

4 Answer the following questions.

1. How did the British monarchy treat the colonies and the colonists?

2. How did the colonists react to the taxes imposed by King George III?

3. What did the colonists decide in the First Continental Congress?

4. What was the system of checks and balances in the federal government?

5. What did the colonists decide in the Second Continental Congress?

5 Fill in the blanks.

1. The monarch expected the colonists to serve their homeland by
and .

2. Colonies in North America shipped most of their produce to .
3. The colonists decided that are the only way to protect
themselves.

4. The thirteen colonies prepared to fight the British.
5. wrote Common Sense.

6. The representatives in Philadelphia decided to create a for
the government.
7. The , , and are the
three branches of the federal government.

8. is one of the Founding Fathers of the United States.

9. George Washington was a general during the .
10. Thomas Jefferson was born in the colony of .

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