Manifest Destiny — Cumulative exam Answers

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Which philosopher was the first to argue that government holds its authority only with the consent of the people?

Thomas Jefferson

Baron de Montesquieu

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Voltaire

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Why was the colony of Georgia established?

to create an alliance with New Spain

to give debtors from Britain a fresh start

to make money from cash crops

to make money from the timber trade

People who opposed Alexander Hamilton’s plans to improve the economy

wanted weak state governments.

lived in states with a lot of war debt.

did not want a strong federal government.

wanted the nation’s capital to be in the North.

A reason that English writer Richard Hakluyt encouraged the creation of an English colony in North America was

to spread the American Indians’ religion.

to make England stronger and richer.

to explore the Pacific Ocean.

to conquer the American Indians.

How did the Missouri Compromise of 1820 maintain the balance of free and slave states?

Maine entered as a slave state and Missouri as a free state.

Maine entered as a free state and Missouri as a slave state.

Both Maine and Missouri entered as slave states.

Both Maine and Missouri entered as free states.

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