TEST: DEVELOPMENT OF CONSTITUTIONAL GOVERNMENT

Under the system of checks and balances, the Supreme Court can check the President by vetoing legislation.

False

Congress adopted the:

Olive Branch Petition, asking Parliament not to break from the colonies until a compromise could be worked out

The Intolerable Acts were passed to

punish Boston

According to the Land Ordinance of 1787, when could a territory be admitted to the Union?

when its population was large enough

Matching 1.) allowed Parliament to pass any laws 2.) surrendered at Yorktown 3.) favored Constitution 4.) result of Stamp Act 5.) stated that ships had to be English 6.) established For Necessity 7.) prohibited settlers from moving west 8.) allowed British to search colonists' home 9.) opposed Constitution 10.) British commander at Vincennes

1.) Declaratory Law 2.) Cornwallis 3.) Federalists 4.) Virginia Resolves 5.) First Navigation Act 6.) Washington 7.) Proclamation Act of 1763 8.) writs of assistance 9.) Anti-Federalists 10.) Colonel Hamilton

Thomas Paine wrote:

Common sense

During the post-Revolutionary period, most of the states passed laws forbidding the further importation of slaves.

True

Why was the American victory in the Battle of Saratoga a turning point in the Revolutionary War?

It dashed any hopes the British had of isolating New England from the rest of the colonies.

England began to tax the colonies heavily to help pay for the French and Indian War.

True

Which was NOT a weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

National government was given too much power.

Shays' Rebellion was an armed uprising of western farmers who were enraged over economic discontent and heavy taxation.

True

The last state to ratify the Constitution was:

Rhode Island

The Committees of Correspondence were organized by:

Samuel Adams

The Federalist Papers of 1787 and 1788 were a series of newspaper articles written by Hamilton, Madison, and Jay in support of the Constitution.

True

The Declaration of Independence was drawn up by:

Thomas Jefferson

Another name for a Loyalist was:

Tory

Passage of the Townshend Acts caused the colonists to:

boycott English goods

Strengths of the Continental army included:

fighting for a common cause making use of British mistakes

One weakness of the British army was fighting on

foreign soil

Congress didn't provide the army with enough equipment because:

it didn't have enough money

What government branch consists of the House of Representatives and the Senate?

legislative

Weaknesses of the Continental army were:

little organization lack of equipment untrained soldiers

Which man did General Washington make the chief inspector of the colonial troops?

von Steuben