As Great Britain increased its demands and restrictions on the colonies, dissent continued to grow. Passage of the Coercive Acts of 1774 was a breaking point for many Patriots. Just a few months later, representatives from the colonies met at the First Continental Congress to determine next steps against Great Britain. The colonists ultimately decided to stop trade with Great Britain and prepared themselves to defend their cause. What does the word "Patriot" mean in the text?

What was different about warfare in the early 1800s and early 1900s?

Which statement best completes the diagram of the ways the different branches of government can limit each other's powers?

Mankiw attributes – chapter 1 and his 10 principles – differences in living standards within a countryover time and across countries at a moment in time to: a. the presence or absence of inflation and unemployment. b. the allocation of resources between private markets and the public sector. c. those that have dealt successfully with the efficiency v. equality tradeoff and those that haven’t. d. differences in productivity. e. ones that think at the margin and respond to incentives and those that don’t.