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history 101 2315
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What did the Royal Proclamation of 1763 prohibit? | It prohibited American colonists from settling west of Appalachia. |
| What is the Stamp Act of 1765? | The act required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper produced in London, carrying an embossed revenue stamp.[1][2] These printed materials were legal documents, magazines, newspapers and many other types of paper . |
| How did the Boston Massacre start? | The Boston Massacre started when a British soldier struck a young boy with his gun. When the boy was attacked, the protesters became angry and a fight ensued. The British shot into the crowd |
| What was the major objective of the Tea Act of 1773? | To bail out the East India Company |
| How did Britain Respond to the Boston Tea party? | The British shut down the Boston Harbor and also created the Intolerable Acts |
| What was the Continental Association? | It was an agreement calling for the colonies to stop all trade with Britain until Parliament repealed the Intolerable Acts. |
| Describe the facts concerning the Declaration of Independence? | July 4, 1776, which announced that the thirteen American colonies then at war with Great Britain regarded themselves as independent states, and no longer a part of the British Empire. |
| What happened at Trenton and Prinston in late December 1776 | American historians often consider the Battle of Princeton a great victory, on par with the battle of Trenton, due to the subsequent loss of control of most of New Jersey by the Crown forces. |
| How important was the Battle of Saratoga? | The Battle of Saratoga in September and October 1777 was a decisive American victory that was to result in France entering the conflict on behalf of the Americans during the American Revolutionary War. |
| Who was Baron Von Stuben? | German officer trained US military in valley forge 1978 wrote the "regulations of for the Order and Discipline for the Troops fo the United States" aided americans fight for independence |
| Why did the British shift their efforts to the south after the french alliance? | With fewer regular troops at their disposal, the British commanders saw the "southern strategy" as a more viable plan, as the south was perceived as being more strongly Loyalist, with many slaves that could join British |
| Were the french indispensable at Yorktown? | yes |
| What was an important factor in the conclusion of peace negotiations. | Treaty of Ghent. The terms called for all occupied territory was to be returned, the prewar boundary between Canada and the United States would be restored, and the Americans were to gain fishing rights in the Gulf of Saint Lawrence. |
| How were most state Constitutions similar? | they outline the structure of the state government and establish a bill of rights, an executive branch headed by a governor, a state legislature, and state courts, including a state supreme court |
| What was the Articles of Confederation? | an agreement among the 13 founding states that legally established the United States of America as a confederation of sovereign states and served as its first constitution. |
| Did the members of the Constitutional confederation "remember The Ladies"? | yes |
| Which state led the way in ending state supported religions? | pennsulvania |
| Did the english vacate the forts on the canadian border immediately after signing the peace? | no The British were still occupying forts on U.S. territory in the Great Lakes region (the Northwest Territory). |
| What was the Virginia Plan? | bicameral legislative branch setting forth the idea of population-weighted representation in the proposed national legislature. |
| What was the Great Compromise? | The Great Compromise" was the ...er compromise...between the "New Jersey Plan" (north, smaller states wanted each state to have equal representation) and the "Virginia Plan" (south, larger states wanted representation to be based off of population |
| How many states were necessary to ratify the constitution? | 9 |
| What are the important aspects of the federalist | the three authors of The Federalist: Hamilton, Madison and Jay. Jefferson praised it highly in late 1788 in a letter to Madison written from Paris |
| What was a major objection to the constitution by Anti-federalists | lack of bill of rights |
| What was the Bill of Rights? | the collective name for the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution, which limit the power of the U.S. federal government. |
| What was Hamilton's vision for the United States | A Commercial, Urban, Manufacturing Empire |
| Why did Madison support assumption in the end? | compromise was made over the 2 issues. Hamilton would advocate for Philadelphia/Potomac for the capital; he figured that the capital would probably just end up there anyways. In return, Madison would not openly oppose Hamilton's assumption plan in House |
| How did Hamilton argue that the establishment of a national bank is constitutional? | Hamilton, then Secretary of the Treasury, argued that the Bank was an effective means to utilize the authorized powers of the government implied under the law of the Constitution. |
| How did the two political parties react to the french revolution? | The United States remained neutral, as both Federalists and Democratic-Republicans saw that war would lead to economic disaster and the possibility of invasion |
| Was Jays treaty widely supported? | Feeling against the treaty ran high, and Hamilton was stoned by an angry crowd in New York. Nevertheless, the Senate ratified the agreement with a reservation inserted regarding a provision that limited American trade in the British West Indies |
| Describe the election of 1796 | was the first contested American presidential election and the only one in which a president and vice- president were elected from opposing tickets. Ratified the Twelfth Amendment to the us Constitution Adams federalist vs Jefferson democratic-republican |
| What did the Virginia and Kentucky resolutions argue? | took the position that the federal Alien and Sedition Acts were unconstitutional. argued that the states had the right and the duty to declare unconstitutional any acts of Congress that were not authorized by the Constitution. |
| How important was Marbury vs Madison? | The decision in the case established the right of judicial review for the federal courts. |
| What did jefferson do in response to Barbary pirates? | President Thomas Jefferson, decided to call a halt to the payment of tribute, and a war between the young US Navy and the Barbary pirates ensued. |
| Did jefferson have any qualms about the Louisiana Purchase? | Jefferson believed that a U.S. President did not have the authority to make such a deal: it was not specified in the Constitution. He also thought that to do so would erode states' rights by increasing federal executive power |
| What was Jeffersons most important reason for acquiring Louisiana? | Jefferson decided to purchase Louisiana because he felt uneasy about France and Spain having the power to block American trade access to the port of New Orleans. |
| What is the 12th Amendment? | provides the procedure for electing the President and Vice President.was ratified by the required number of state legislatures on June 15, 1804. |
| What was "peaceable coercion"? | a bill signifying Jefferson's removal of the Embargo experiment (1807), which had denied trade outside of the United States. Jefferson approved this bill during his final days in office. |
| Who was the hero of the Battle of Tippecanoe? | William Henry Harrison |
| Did the united States have any advantages going into the War of 1812? | American ships that were already in operation were better suitedthan British ships for one-to-one combat American sailors were very capable, and American soldiers, when well led, were prepared to fight. |
| How successful was the British invasion of the mid-atlantic coast in 1814? | very successful The US troops were badly routed. The city of Washington was evacuated, and the British burned the Capitol and the White House, along with most of nonresidential Washington. |
| Did fort McHenry fall to the British? | no role in the War of 1812, when it successfully defended Baltimore Harbor from an attack by the British navy in Chesapeake Bay. It was during the bombardment of the fort that Francis Scott Key was inspired to write "The Star-Spangled Banner |
| What were the consequences of the war of 1812? | European nations not interfere with us trade. American manufacturing in the North increased. increase in nationalism. Made Andrew Jackson a national hero Confirmed America's independence Established standing army/navy |
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