Review for Unit Test US History Book 1102

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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


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