chapter 2

Which of the following statements about the income tax is most accurate?

Although the income tax is currently one of the most important sources of government revenue, it had not yet developed during British rule over the colonies in the eighteenth century

Who orchestrated the Boston Tea Party?

Samuel Adams

The United States' first written constitution was called the ________

articles of confederation

Colonial protesters of the Stamp Act and the Sugar Act rallied around which slogan?

"no taxation without representation

The Articles of Confederation were ratified in ________.

1781

The First Continental Congress was

A group of colonial delegates assembled in 1774 that called for a total boycott of all British goods

The Boston Tea Party was largely a response to the

British government's decision to grant the East India Company a monopoly on the export of tea from Britain.

The Boston Massacre occurred when

Five colonists were killed by British soldiers outside of the seat of the colonial government in boston

_______ defended the British soldiers involved in the Boston Massacre.

John Adams

The events that led to the Revolutionary War were triggered by which of the following?

The British raised revenue by increasing the tax rate of the colonies.

Which of the following statements best describes British rule of the American colonies during the first half of the eighteenth century?

The British ruled with a light hand and exerted a strong influence only in the largest colonial cities.

Under the Articles of Confederation, the

The Continental Congress had no power to lay taxes.

Which of the following statements about national defense under the Articles of Confederation is FALSE?

The president served as commander in chief of the nation's armed forces.

A ________ is a system of government in which member states retain almost all of their sovereign authority and delegate limited powers to a weak central body.

confederation

How was political power in the Continental Congress divided under the Articles of Confederation?

each state had an equal vote

According to the preamble of the U.S. Constitution, one of the purposes of government is to

promote justice and secure the "blessings of liberty"

Which of the following sectional interests was considered unimportant in the politics of the colonial period?

slaves

Under the Articles of Confederation, it was left to the ________ to execute laws passed by the Continental Congress

states

What was the most common form of taxation during the colonial era?

tariffs, duties, and taxes on commerce

The Stamp Act was a

tax on commerce