USG 2.2

Multiple Choice

Which of the following helped lead to growing self-government in the colonies?

• A. The colonists no longer wished to be British citizens.

• B.  The colonists depended on Great Britain for their defense.

• C.  England was far away and travel and communication were slow.

• D.  England had recently defeated France in the French and Indian War.

Multiple Choice

Many of the colonists believed that people have the right to resist an unfair, or illegitimate, government. Which of the following actions BEST reflects this belief?

• A.  the formation of the New England Confederation and the British Board of Trade

• B.  the rejection of Benjamin Franklin's Albany Plan by the colonies and the Crown

• C.  the passage of the Stamp Act and its later repeal

• D.  the Boston Tea Party protest against British policies

Multiple Choice

Which of the following led to the meeting of the First Continental Congress?

• A.  The colonists had begun to boycott British goods.

• B.  The British refused to repeal the Stamp Act.

• C.  Parliament had passed the Intolerable Acts.

• D.  Parliament had called for a meeting of colonial legislatures.

Multiple Choice

What role did the Second Continental Congress fulfill?

• A.  It acted as the governing body of the thirteen colonies.

• B.  It urged the colonists to make peace with Great Britain.

• C.  It debated how to respond to the Intolerable Acts.

• D.  It sent a letter of protest to King George.

Multiple Choice

Once the delegates had agreed to declare independence from Great Britain, which of the following issues did they vigorously debate?

• A.  Should the Declaration criticize the king?

• B.  Was a Declaration really necessary?

• C.  Who should write the Declaration?

• D.  Should the Declaration condemn the slave trade?

Multiple Choice

Which feature of State constitutions was accomplished by creating three branches of government, each with its own powers?

• A.  popular sovereignty

• B.  limited government

• C.  checks and balances

• D.  separation of powers

Multiple Choice

Which British monarch took a tougher approach with the colonists?

• Henry VIII

• Edward the Confessor

• Queen Elizabeth II

• King George III

Multiple Choice

What war caused Britain to accumulate debt that it then asked the colonists to help pay for?

• War of 1812

• Revolutionary War

• French-Indian War

• Civil War

Multiple Choice

Which plan by Benjamin Franklin was an early attempt to deal with the emerging conflicts between Britain and the colonists?

• The Stamp Act Congress

• New England Confederation

• Albany Plan of Union

• The First Continental Congress

Multiple Choice

What 1765 act by Parliament infuriated colonists because it placed a tax on newspapers, stamps, and other paper products in the colonies?

• The Newspaper Act

• The Stamp Act

• The Intolerable Acts

• The Tea Act

Multiple Choice

What event in Massachusetts left 5 dead after conflict between colonists and British soldiers?

• The Boston Massare

• The Boston Tea Party

• The Massachusetts Malay

• The Patriot Riot

Multiple Choice

The Boston Tea Party led to the passage of what act by Parliament?

• The Stamp Act

• The Proclamation of 1763

• The Intolerable Acts

• The Sugar Act

Multiple Choice

The colonists' response to the Intolerable Acts was to call a meeting in 1774 known as the

• Stamp Act Congress

• First Continental Congress

• Second Continental Congress

• Articles of Confederation

Multiple Choice

The first government of the US was the

• Stamp Act Congress

• First Continental Congress

• Second Continental Congress

• Articles of Confederation

Match

Match the following

• Stamp Act Congress

• First Continental Congress

• Second Continental Congress

• Declaration of Independence

Only 9 or the 13 colonies attended; Declaration of Rights and Grievances was written

Response to the Intolerable Acts; urged colonists to boycott trade with England; all but Georgia

First government of the US; unicameral congress was the only branch of govt established

Officially cut ties with Britain; world's greatest breakup letter

• Only 9 or the 13 colonies attended; Declaration of Rights and Grievances was written

• Response to the Intolerable Acts; urged colonists to boycott trade with England; all but Georgia

• First government of the US; unicameral congress was the only branch of govt established

• Officially cut ties with Britain; world's greatest breakup letter

Multiple Choice

He wrote the Declaration of Independence...

• Benjamin Franklin

  (Frankie B)

• James Madison

  (Jimmy Mad-dog)

• George Washington

  (Jee Dub)

• Thomas Jefferson

  (Tee Jay)

Multiple Choice

Who wrote the Olive Branch petition during the Second Continental Congress?

• James Madison

• John Jay

• Thomas Jefferson

• Ben Franklin

Multiple Choice

Which of the following was one compromise related to the Declaration of Independence that was agreed to by the delegates of the Second Continental Congress?

• Language condemning the slave trade was removed

• Language criticizing the English people were strengthened

• A list of grievances against the King was removed

• A list of grievances against tax collectors was strengthened

Multiple Choice

Which of the following did all of the first State constitutions have in common?

• military rule, separation of power, checks and balances

• limited government, absolute power, checks and balances

• limited government, separation of power, checks and balances

• separation of power, limited government, unicameral legislatures

Multiple Choice

The colonists built their governments based on customs and ideas borrowed from England and early civilizations, including unwritten, judge-made law developed over centuries. This type of law is known as

• consitutionalism

• common law

• Hammurabi's Code

• the rule of law