QUIZIZZ NUMBER ONE

Which phrase became popular after passage of the Stamp Act?

"No taxation without representation"

How many Branches of Government do we have in the US?

3

According to the 3/5 Compromise ____ of every _____ slaves would count.

3; 5

Why did Britain seek to tax the colonists in the 1760s?

Britain needed money to pay for the French and Indian War.

Which factor contributed most to the emergence of an independence movement in the colonies in the mid-1700s?

British attempts to impose new taxes on the colonies

During the war, Native Americans generally supported the ______________.

British because the British seemed less of a threat to their way of life.

Americans had problems funding the war because ________________________.

Congress did not have the power to raise money through taxes.

This means the sharing of power between the State and National Government

Federalism

The __________ representation was based on the population of the state.

House of Representatives

This plan called for equal representation in the legislature

New Jersey Plan

The French and Indian was was fought between the

The French and Indians against the British and the colonists.

The economic cost of the war led to which two events that created tension between the British and the colonists?

The Proclamation of 1763, and the second was a series of taxes, including the Stamp Act (1765).

what was one major problem with the articles of confederation?

all of the above

Who created this political cartoon?

benjamin franklin

What is another word for two-house?

bicameral

Which type of document usually describes the basic structure, functions, and powers of a government?

constitution

What did the Stamp Act tax?

legal documents

Where does a democratic-republic's government power come from?

people

Having more representatives in Congress gives a state more

power

What is a boycott?

refusal to buy a good or service

Shays's Rebellion led most Americans to call for a

stronger central government

What was one purpose of the Declaration of Independence?

to state the reasons for the colonies to separate from England