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US WORLD HISTORY A
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| The Navigation Acts were intended to strengthen the shaky economy of the colonies. | FALSE |
| The Navigation Acts began to be strictly enforced during the time of George III. | TRUE |
| What theory stated that a country's power was measured by the amount of gold and silver it owned? | MERCANTILISM |
| Attempting to control colonial trade, England passed the _____, declaring that the colonies could only sell certain items, such as tobacco and sugar, to England. | NAVIGATION ACTS |
| The French and Indian War broke out over claims to the: | OHIO RIVER VALLEY |
| One of the deciding battles of the French and Indian War was the capture of Quebec by General: | WOLFE |
| As a result of the Treaty of Paris of 1763, the French ceded: | Canada and the area east of the Mississippi to the English |
| One result of the French and Indian War was that England: | wanted the colonies to help pay for the war |
| The Albany Plan of Union was drawn up by: | Benjamin Franklin |
| General Braddock's greatest weakness in the French and Indian War was his lack of: | understanding of Indian fighting methods |
| The final colonial war between France and England was: | the French and Indian War |
| The Albany Plan of Union was proposed in order to: | strengthen the colonies against the French |
| What Indian tribe was allied with England? | Iroquois |
| To join together against and have nothing to do with a person, business, nation, employer, or anything else in order to coerce or punish is called a _____. | boycott |
| The Stamp Act forced the colonists to pay a tax on: | paper |
| Passage of the Townshend Acts caused the colonists to: | boycott English goods |
| The Committees of Correspondence were organized by: | Samuel Adams |
| The Boston Tea Party was: | a protest against the tea tax |
| The Intolerable Acts caused the formation of: | a continental army |
| To settle by agreeing that each will give up a part of what he demands is to _____. | compromise |
| Who did the Second Continental Congress appoint as commander-in-chief of the colonial army? | George Washington |
| The Congress adopted the________ begging Parliament not to break from the colonies until a compromise could be worked out. | The Olive Branch Petition |
| Soldiers who were paid to fight by a foreign state were called _____ | mercenaries |
| Who wrote the pamphlet Common Sense, which called for the colonies to break away from England? | Thomas Paine |
| In the Declaration of Independence, Jefferson asserts that the rights of men are: | theirs from birth |
| Weaknesses of the Patriot army were: | little organization lack of equipment untrained soldiers |
| Which battle is considered to be the major turning point of the Revolutionary War? | Saratoga |
| Loyalists supported the . | British |
| The British thought that by invading New York at Lake Champlain and proceeding down the Hudson River to New York City, they would divide the colonies and shatter American morale. | True |
| What was NOT one of the major factors of the victory of America in the Revolutionary War? | the superior training of the Continental soldiers |
| Valley Forge was a high point in the American Revolution. | false |
| Von Steuben aided the Patriots by teaching the soldiers how to: | drill with muskets march in step switch ranks fight professionally |
| The British maintained their occupation of Philadelphia because it gave them such a tremendous military advantage. | false |
| The Patriots achieved a clear victory at the Battle of Monmouth by soundly defeating the British forces. | false |
| What type of government is run by the people who live under it? | democracy |
| In a separate treaty, Great Britain returned Florida to . | spain |
| Approximately how many Loyalists left the United States? | 100,000 |
| The first state to have suffrage for all men over twenty-one years of age was . | Vermont |
| Which TWO states abolished slavery during the Revolutionary War? | Pennsylvania Massachusetts |
| The slave owner who freed his slaves in his will was _____. | Washington |
| One weakness of the Articles of Confederation was that they provided for: | a unanimous vote of the states to amend the Articles |
| A rebellion of debt-ridden farmers was led by: | Daniel Shays |
| Under the Articles of Confederation, Congress had no power to: | collect taxes |
| The Articles of Confederation went into effect in: | 1781 |
| Under the Articles of Confederation, the: | states were superior to the national government |
| A serious dispute between the large and small states under the Articles was over the problem of: | representation |
| Ill feelings arose between the states because of claims to the: | Northwest territory |
| The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 provided for the: | government of new territories |
| The Ordinance of 1785: | benefited eastern speculators at the expense of western farmers |
| Under the Land Ordinance of 1787, a territory could be admitted to the Union when it had _________ free inhabitants. | 60,000 |
| All of the following events were accomplishments of the Articles of Confederation except: | adoption of the Declaration of Independence |
| Those who favored the Constitution were called ________, and those who opposed the Constitution were called .________ | Federalists Anti-Federalists |
| What is the system of checks and balances? | The president can veto legislation passed by Congress. Congress may override a veto by a two-thirds vote or impeach the president for misconduct. The Supreme Court may declare laws unconstitutional. |
| Why was the system of checks and balances included in the Constitution? | to prevent one branch of the government from becoming too powerful |
| What are the three ways the Constitution can be amended? | amendment proposed by two-thirds of both houses and ratified by three-fourths of the states amendment ratified by special conventions in three-fourths of the states |
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