Quiz chapter 5-8 (3)

Formerly enslaved in Delaware, he lived from 1746 to 1818. In Philadelphia he became one of the most revered Black activitists, he helped form the Free African Society in 1787, and led the first Black petition to congress in 1799 to end slavery: Paul Cuffe Absolom Jones Daniel Coker John Marrant Richard Allen

Absolom Jones

He was the oldest delegate to the Philadelphia Convention, providing wisdom and perspective. He also is said to have given a speech at the end advising delegates that they might have the best solution they could make, and that they do not know what the future holds: George Washington Benjamin Franklin George Mason Alexander Hamilton James Madison

Benjamin Franklin

The first ten amendments to the Unites States Constitution, which guarantee individual rights is called: Bill of Rights Alien and Sedition Acts First Amendments Report on Individual Rights

Bill of Rights

Which of the following is true of the Gaspee Affair? Colonists believed that the British response represented an overreach of power The ship's owner, John Hancock, was a respectable merchant It was the occasion of the first official death in the war for independence It was the first time colonists attacked a revenue ship

Colonists believed that the British response represented an overreach of power

This 1776 document announced these United States as a new nation, set forth a philosophy of human freedom that would become a dynamic force throughout the world, applied Enlightenment ideas to governance, and expanded the rights of traditional Englishmen to all: Olive Branch Petition Treatise on Freedom Liberty Further Extended Declaration of Independence Common Sense

Declaration of Independence

This decree was signed by the royal governor of Virginia, which proclaimed that any slaves or indentured servants who fought on the side of the British would be rewarded with their freedom: Shot Heard 'Round the World Minuteman agreement Declaration of Independence Dunmore's Proclamation

Dunmore's Proclamation

He commanded the Continental Army on behalf of the new United States: Thomas Jefferson John Adams George Washington Samuel Adams Thomas Paine

George Washington

Which of the following was NOT one of the goals of the Townshend Acts? Greater colonial unity Greater British control over the colonies Reduced power of the colonial governments Higher taxes

Greater colonial unity

All of the following are true about Haiti, EXCEPT: Touissant l'Overture, a former slave, led the successful revolt and secured Haiti as a free nation Haiti eventually became a colony of the United States The presence of a free Black-governed republic just off the U.S. coast raised fears of a future successful slave rebellion in the U.S. In 1794, France abolished slavery within its empire, as a result the U.S. and Great Britain tried to take over Haiti

Haiti eventually became a colony of the United States

These German mercenaries were hired by Great Britain to put down the American rebellion: Minutemen Seige runners of Yorktown The Mecklenburgs Hessians

Hessians

All of the following are true about the Louisiana Purchase, EXCEPT: The Mississippi River and New Orleans were important to Western agriculture It was extraordinarily expensive and took many decades for the United States to pay for It was an expression of the expansionist desires of the United States It doubled the size of the United States

It was extraordinarily expensive and took many decades for the United States to pay for

Which of the following was NOT true of Jay's Treaty of 1794? It hardened differences between the political parties of the United States It gave American ships the right to trade in the West Indies It gave the Unites States land rights in the West Indies It stipulated that U.S. citizens would repay their debts from the Revolutionary War.

It gave the Unites States land rights in the West Indies

Born free in 1783 in New Jersey, she was traveled to Philadelphia and was certified as a preacher by Richard Allen. She spent the next 30 years traveling in the Northern states as a minister: Sojourner Truth Sarah Allen Jarena Lee Belinda Philis Wheatley

Jarena Lee

According the colonists, the greatest problem in 1776 was too strong an executive. Therefore in the new state constitutions most states responded by: Limiting Executive Powers Strengthen the Executive Powers Create stronger courts Create weaker courts Limit the Legislatures Power

Limiting Executive Powers

This landmark 1803 case established the Supreme Court's powers of judicial review, specifically the power to review and possibly nullify actions of Congress and the President: Judiciary Act Hartford v. Connecticut Marbury v. Madison Madison v. Hamilton

Marbury v. Madison

This member of the Virginia House of Burgesses passed a set of resolutions in response to the Stamp Act declaring that Virginians had the rights of Englishmen and could only be taxed with their consent Patrick Henry John Adams Ben Franklin James Otis Samuel Adams

Patrick Henry

Born in Africa in approximately 1753, she was enslaved in Boston. She gained an education and began writing poetry. In 1773 her collection, Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral was published: Sojourner Truth Sarah Allen Philis Wheatley Belinda Jarena Lee

Philis Wheatley

This practice of allowing the citizens of a state or territory to decide issues based on the principle of majority rule: Popular sovereignty Republicanism Common Sense Mecklenburg Resolves

Popular sovereignty

This political philosophy held that states should be governed by representatives, not a monarch; as a social philosophy it required civic virtues of its citizens: Mecklenburg Governance Republicanism Popular Sovereignty Common Sense

Republicanism

Formerly enslaved, he lived from 1760 to 1831. He settled in Philadelphia in 1786 and co-founded the Free African Society, organized a national convention of black activists, and wrote the first autobiography of a Black Founder: Richard Allen Paul Cuffe James Forten Jacob Oson Daniel Coker

Richard Allen

ormerly enslaved, she arrived in Philadelphia by 1793. She was a nurse in the yellow fever outbreak, attended Richard Allen's Bethel church, and helped found both the Daughters of Conference and the Bethel Benevolent Society: Belinda Jarena Lee Sarah Allen Phillis Wheatley Harriet Tubman

Sarah Allen

In 1765 the Massachusetts Assembly invited other colonial representatives to meet to organize plans in opposition to the Stamp Act: Stamp Act Congress Committees of Correspondence Boston Town Meeting Virtual Representation Sons of Liberty

Stamp Act Congress

In March 1770, amidst growing tensions, some Bostonians began to throw snowballs filled with sharp sticks and rocks at British soldiers. The British fired into the crowd killing 5 colonists. This event is referred to as: Boston Tea Party Boston Town Meeting Sons of Liberty The Boston Massacre Pontiac's Rebellion

The Boston Massacre

North Carolina's declaration of rebellion against Great Britain was called: The Mecklenburg Resolves Common Sense The Dunmore Proclamation The Confiscation Agreement

The Mecklenburg Resolves

In 1775 colonists met in Philadelphia to coordinate their war effort. They voted to go to war, inducted the colonial militia, appointed George Washington as the commander of the continental army, and governed the new nation throughout the war. This meeting is called: The First Continental Congress The Continental Association Constitutional Convention Intolerable Committee The Second Continental Congress

The Second Continental Congress

In 1797, during this event, John Adams sent a peace commission to Paris. The French Foreign Minister, Charles Talleyrand, refused to meet with them unless the United States provided France with $250,000 in cash and a $12 million loan: Judiciary Act of 1789 The Virginia Resolution The Alien Act The Kentucky Resolution The XYZ Affair

The XYZ Affair

The agreement at the Constitutional Convention that each slave would count as a part of a person for purposes of representation was called: Republicanism Three-fifths compromise Proportional representation Great compromise

Three-fifths compromise

All of the following are true about the Federalists, EXCEPT: They support more power for the states than the central government They believed that attempts to impose equality would destroy the republic They felt that political participation should be linked to property rights They believed that women, blacks, and natives had to know their place as secondary to white males

They support more power for the states than the central government

This Virginian led the committee to draft the Declaration of Independence: Roger Sherman Thomas Jefferson Robert Livingston John Adams Benjamin Franklin

Thomas Jefferson

All of the following were goals of the Stamp Act, EXCEPT: To raise revenue to pay off British debt from the French and Indian War To raise revenue for British troops stationed in the colonies To gain control of the colonists To declare null and void any laws the colonies has passed to govern and tax themselves

To declare null and void any laws the colonies has passed to govern and tax themselves