Development of Constitutional Government 2
Under the system of checks and balances, the Supreme Court can check the president by vetoing legislation
False
What was Shays Rebellion?
Farmers who were against state and local enforcement of tax collections and judgements for debt
What government branch consists of the house representatives and the senate?
Legislative
Which was not a weakness of the articles of confederation?
National government was given too much power
Congress adopted the:
Olive branch petition, asking parliament not to break from the colonies until a compromise could be worked out
The federalist papers of 1787 and 1788 were a series of articles written by Hamilton, Madison, and Jay. Did they support or oppose the constitution?
Oppose
What did the declaratory law allow?
Parliament to pass any laws
What act prohibited settlers from moving west?
Proclamation act of 1763
Which state was the last state to ratify the constitution?
Rhode Island
What is another name for loyalists
Royalists
Who were the committees of correspondence organized by?
Samuel Adams
England began to tax the colonies heavily to help pay for what?
The French and Indian war
The federalists favored the constitution
True
during the post-revolutionary period, most of the states passed laws forbidding the further importation of slaves
True
What did Thomas Paine write?
Common sense
What did the anti-federalists oppose?
Constitution
Who surrendered at Yorktown?
Cornwallis
What did the writs of assistance allow?
Customs officials to search anywhere for smuggled goods (specifically the colonist's homes)
During the revolutionary war, why didn't congress provide the army with enough equipment?
Didn't have enough money
What does veto mean?
Forbid
One weakness of the British army was fighting on__________ soil
Foreign
Who was the British commander st Vincennes?
Henry Hamilton
Under the system of checks and balances, how can a law that the president vetoes STILL become a law?
If 2/3 of all members of Cong vote "yes"
Why was the American victory in the battle of Saratoga a turning point in the revolutionary war?
It dashed any hopes the British had of isolating New England from the rest of the colonies
Who wrote up the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
What did the passage of the Townshend acts cause the colonists to do?
To boycott English goods
Why were the intolerable acts passed?
To punish boston
What does ratify mean?
To sign or give formal consent to in order to make it valid
Which man did general Washington make the chief inspector of the colonial troops?
Von Steuben
Who established fort necessity?
Washington
According to the land ordinance of 1787? When could a territory be admitted to the union?
When population was large enough
Strengths of the colonial army include:
•fighting for a common cause •making use of British mistakes
Weaknesses of the continental army include:
•little organization •lack of equipment •untrained soldiers