Quiziz

Sons of Liberty

A secret organization made up of merchants and journalists formed to protest unfair taxes was called the ____________.

settlers could not cross the Appalachian Mountains

According to the Proclamation of 1763-

Enforce laws

In the newly adopted government of the United States, it was the job of the Executive Branch of the government to do what with laws?

Yorktown

Surrounded by French and Continental armies, a large British army surrendered here.

The Intolerable Acts

The British levied punishments against the the colonist after the Boston Tea what were these punishments called

established two houses in the legislative branch

The Great Compromise-

inhibited American trade with countries that were not under English rule

The Navigation Laws passed by England in the seventeenth century had a profound impact on England's American colonies in that they

Marked an important step toward the unity of the colonies

The Stamp Act Congress was significant because it-

this was the first time that Parliament imposed a direct tax on the colonies

The Stamp Act created great fury in the colonies because...

Olive Branch Petition

The ______ was sent to King George III to ask that the king protect colonists' rights and tell him that the colonists do not want war.

Saratoga

This American victory was the turning point in the war.

Boston Massacre

This event broke tensions between the colonist and the British troops where shots were fired. Crispus Attucks was the first to be killed.

John Locke

Thomas Jefferson was inspired by a famous man of the Enlightenment. His name was...?

Quebec Act

granted political rights to Roman Catholics

The federalist papers

85 essays written by Alexander Hamilton, James Madison, and John Jay in support of the ratification of the Constitution-

they maintained their was no need for a bill of rights

All of the following are true regarding the Antifederalists EXCEPT: their important leaders included John Hancock and Patrick Henry... their political support came mostly from backcountry and agricultural areas... debtors were supporters of the Antifederalists... they maintained their was no need for a bill of rights

It resolved tensions between colonists and Native Americans

All of the following were effects of the French and Indian War on the colonists EXCEPT: It was a socializing experience for American men.... Impressment caused resentment among colonists... Colonists began to view English authority as illigitimate... It resolved tensions between colonists and Native Americans

Britain felt it necessary to abandon the practice of salutary neglect

As a result of the French and Indian War,

the Declaration of Independence

The argument that "abuses and usurpations" by King George and his government violated the social contract that had existed between Britain and its American colonies was articulated in

regulations over interstate trade.

Under the Articles of Confederation, the new Congress accomplished all of the following, EXCEPT: the Northwest Ordinance and the Land Ordinance of 1785... regulations over interstate trade... signed a favorable treaty of peace with Great Britain... finalized the war effort that resulted in American independence.

prohibited the extension of slavery in the NW territory

What did the Northwest ordinance do?

New Jersey

When developing compromises for the new Constitution, this State's plan favored a legislature with equal representation for all states, which benefited states with small populations.

The quartering act

Which Act required Colonist to house British Soldiers

the judicial branch being separate from the executive branch

Which of the following situations was NOT a compromise when it came to developing and passing the Constitution? the judicial branch being separate from the executive branch... numbers of Representatives in the House and Senate... counting a slave as 3/5 of a person... Congress' power to tax imports but not exports?

They called for a bicameral legislature

Which of the following was NOT a feature of the Articles of Confederation? Unanimity was required to amend the AOC... They called for a bicameral legislature... Nine of thirteen states were required to pass legislation... There was no national court system

Shorter supply lines

Which one of the following was NOT an advantage the British had in their war effort to suppress the American rebellion? A larger military? A shorter supply line? A larger and stronger navy? Greater financial resources?

Thomas Paine

Who wrote "Common Sense" that challenged the colonists to fight for independence?

Valley Forge

Winter encampment where soldiers suffered from cold, hunger, and disease

Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation

Worthless paper money, no power to tax, threatened by other countries, Shays' Rebellion, only 1 branch of govt.

Shay's Rebellion

convinced some political leaders of the necessity of giving more power to the central government.