Fall Final Review

Fall Final Review

Question • What is the treaty ending the Revolutionary war, confirming the independence of the US and settling the boundaries of the new nation?

Answer • Treaty of Paris

Question • What is the document, written by Thomas Jefferson in 1776, in which the delegates of the Continental Congress declared the colonies’ independence from Britain?

Answer • Declaration of Independence

Question • It is a 1765 law in which Parliament established the first direct taxation of goods and services within the British colonies in North America

Answer • Stamp Act

Question • Political party known for its support of strong state governments, founded by Thomas Jefferson in 1792 in opposition to the Federalist Party.

Answer • Democratic-Republican

Question • What is the group of department heads who serve as the president’s chief advisers?

Answer • Cabinet

Question • What is the name of the people who are opponent of a strong central government?

Answer • Antifederalists

Question • What are the provisions in the U.S. Constitution that prevents any branch of the U.S. government from dominating the other two branches?

Answer • Checks and balances

Question • This is a document adopted by the Second Continental Congress in 1777 and finally approved by the states in 1781, that outlined the form of government of the new United States, what is it?

Answer • Articles of Confederation

Question • What 2 out of the three events after 1789 helped to unify the nation?

Answer • The Judiciary Act of 1789, Whiskey Rebellion of 1794, XYZ Affair

Question • What issues led to the development of a two-party system?

Answer • Questions about governmental sharing of power, interpretation of the constitution, payment of national debt.

Question • What was the Great Compromise?

Answer • The Great Compromise offered a two-house congress that resolved the problem of big-state, small state representation.

Question • How did the first Continental Congress prepare the way for an armed uprising against Britain?

Answer • Drew up a Declaration of Rights that defended the colonies’ right to run their own affairs and suggests that, if Britain continued to use force, the colonies had the right to fight back.

Question • How did the victory at Saratoga affect the course of the war?

Answer • Victory boosted morale and impressed the French, who signed an alliance with the Americans in February 1778.

Question • This man was aide to General Washington, and was intensely ambitions. He had little faith in common citizens and sided with the interests of upper-class Americans.

Answer • Alexander Hamilton

Question • What is the name of the uprising of debt-ridden Massachusetts farmers protesting increased state taxes in 1787?

Answer Shay’s Rebellion

Question • What was created in 1787 that established a procedure for the admission of new states to the Union?

Answer • Northwest Ordinance

Question • What are 3 weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?

AnswerYou Could Pick • Congress could not enact and collect taxes. • Each state has only one vote in Congress, regardless of population • Nine out of thirteen states needed to agree to pass any law. • Articles could be amended only if all states approved. • There was no executive branch to enforce laws of congress • There was no national court system to settle legal disputes • There were thirteen separate states that lacked national unity.

Question • Name 2 ways women assisted in the protest against Britain

AnswerYou could have picked • Homemakers boycotted tea • Boycotted British made clothing • Spins own thread instead of using British.

Question • A foreign military leader that offered help to the American troops who lobbied France for French reinforcements in 1779 and led a command in Virginia in the last years of the war.

Answer • Marquis de Lafayette

Question • This is where American troops finally surrounded Burgoyne and turned out to be one of the most important events of the war!

Answer • Saratoga

Question • This is a colonist who supported the British government during the American Revolution…

Answer • Loyalists

Question • These are colonists who supported American independence from Britain…

Answer • Patriots

Question • Name 1 military strength for the United States during the war for independence?

AnswerYou could have picked • Familiarity of home ground • Leadership of George Washington • Inspiring cause-independence

Question • Name 1 military weakness for the United States during the war for independence?

AnswerYou could have picked • Most soldiers were untrained and undisciplined • Shortage of food and ammunition • Inferior navy • No central Government to enforce wartime policies

Question • Name 1 military weakness for Great Britain during the war for independence?

Fall Final Review