Review for Unit Test US History Book 1102
Which man did General Washington make the Chief Inspector of the colonial troops?
Baron von Steuben
Shay's Rebellion was an armed uprising of western farmers who were enraged over economic discontent and heavy taxation.
False
The American Navy, under the command of John Paul Jones, was no match for the British naval forces
False
The Constitution was merely a revision of the Articles of Confederation
False
Congress adopted the
Olive Branch Petition begging Parliament not to break from the colonies until a compromise could be worked out.
The Declaratory Law
Parliament allowed to pass any law.
The last state to ratify the Constitution was
Rhode Island
The Committees of Correspondence were organized by
Samuel Adams
The Federalist Papers of 1788 were a series of newspaper articles written in support of the Constitution by Hamilton, Madison, and Jay
True
Antifederalists
opposed Constitution
The Intolerable Acts were passed to
punish Boston
Virginia Resolves is the
result of the Stamp Act
Proclamation Act of 1763
settlers not permitted to move west
British commander at Vincennes was
Colonel Hamilton
Thomas Paine wrote
Common Sense
In 1776 Howe defeated
George Washington in New York.
The hero at Saratoga was
Horatio Gates
The Declaration of Independence was drawn up by
Thomas Jefferson
Another name for a Loyalist was
Tory
After crossing the Delaware on Christmas night, 1776, Washington and his troops were victorious in the Battles of Trenton and Princeton
True
During the post-Revolutionary period, most of the states passed laws forbidding the further importation of slaves.
True
England began to fax the colonies heavily to help pay for the French and Indian War
True
Three weaknesses of the Continental Army were
a) Little organization b)lack of equipment c) untrained
The "Great Compromise" of the Constitution suggested a two-part legislature consisting of __________ and _________
a) Senate b) House of Representatives
The Constitution provides for a three-branch system consisting of the _______,______ and ______ branches, which makes possible the system of _________ and _______
a) legislative b) executive c) judicial d)checks and balances
Two strengths the Continental Army possessed were
a)fighting for a common cause. b) making use of British mistakes.
Writs of Assistance
allowed British to search colonists' homes.
Passage of the Townshend Acts caused the colonists to
boycott English goods
Washington
established Fort Necessity
Federalists
favored Constitution
One weakness of the British Army was fighting on
foreign soil
The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 provided_________for the Northwest
government
First Navigation Act said
ships had to be English
Cornwallis
surrendered at Yorktown
Congress didn't provide the army with enough equipment because
they wanted foreign countries to give aid
