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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


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