History 1102
Proclamation Act of 1763
Act passed by England prohibiting colonists from settling west of the Appalachian Mountainside
Which man did General Washington make the Chief Inspector of the colonial troops?
Baron von Steuben
True
England began to tax the colonies heavily to help pay for the French and Indian war. True False
Washington
Established fort necessity
Federalists
Favored the constitution
Two strengths of the continental army
Fighting for common cause, making use of British mistakes
The constitution provides for a three branch gov. System consisting of
Legislative, judicial, and executive
Three weaknesses of the continental army
Little organization, lack of equipment, untrained
Congress adopted the
Olive branch petition
Intolerable Acts were passed to
Punish Boston
Virginia Resolves
Result of stamp act
The last state to ratify the constitution
Rhode Island
The committees of Correspondence were organized by
Samuel Adams
The "great compromise" of the constitution suggested a two part legislature consisting of a
Senate and House of Representatives
True
Shays's Rebellion was an armed uprising of western farmers who were enraged over economic discontent and heavy taxation True False
First navigation act
Stated that only English ships could be used:
False
The American navy, under the command of John Paul Jones, was no match for the British naval forces. True False
False
The constitution was merely a revision of the Articles of Confederation True False
True
The federalist papers of 1788 were a newspaper articles written in support of the constitution by Hamilton, Madison, and Jay. True False
Thomas Paine wrote
common sense
Congress didnt provide the army with enough equipment because
it didn't have enough money
Writs of Assistance
legal document that enabled officers to search homes and warehouses for goods that might be smuggled
Antifederalists
people who opposed the Constitution
True
After crossing the Delaware on Christmas night, 1776, Washington and his troops were victorious in the battles of Trenton and Princeton True False
Colonel Hamilton
British commander at Vincennes
Cornwallis
British general who surrendered at Yorktown
The three branches of gov. Make possible
Checks and balances
True
During the post-Revolutionary period, most of the states passed laws forbidding the further importation of slaves. True False
In 1776 Howe defeated
George Washington in New York
The northwest ordinance of 1787 provided
Government
The hero of Saratoga was
Horatio Gates
The declaration of independence was drawn up by
Thomas Jefferson
Another name for a loyalist was a
Tory
Declaratory Law
allowed Parliament to pass any laws
Passage of the Townshend Acts caused the colonists to:
boycott English goods
One weakness of the British army was fighting on
foreign soil