Unit 2 Review

According to the Proclamation of 1763

• colonial militiamen were required to put down Pontiac's Rebellion
• settlers were prohibited from crossing the Appalachians
• contact between colonials and Indians was strictly forbidden
• colonial paper money could not be printed

Which of the following was the reaction of the English government to the colonial protests against the Stamp Act? 

• Parliament sent troops to Boston
• Parliament repealed the Stamp Act
• Parliament ignored colonial protests
• Parliament negotiated a compromise tax

Which of the following is the correct chronology?

• French & Indian War, Lexington & Concord, Declaration of Independence, Boston Massacre
• Boston Massacre, Declaration of Independence, Lexington & Concord, French & Indian War
• French & Indian War, Boston Massacre, Lexington & Concord, Declaration of Independence
• Lexington & Concord, French & Indian War, Declaration of Independence, Boston Massacre

Which of the following was the reaction of the British government to the Boston Tea Party? 

• the Coercive Acts
• Troops were sent to Lexington & Concord
• the Declaratory Acts
• repealed the Tea Act

The colonists learned that their strongest weapon against unpopular British tax measures was

• violent demonstrations
• tarring & feathering of customs officials 
• boycotting British goods
• petitioning Parliament

The Declaratory Act defined

• Parliament's right to legislate colonial affairs
• the rights of the American colonists
• the king's relationship to the colonies
• the colonial's rights to representation in Parliament

The purpose of the Committees of Correspondence was to

• enforce the boycott of British goods
• invite delegates to the First Continental Congress
• keep colonial leaders in contact with each other
• inform the British public about colonial grievances

Thomas Paine's Common Sense 

• insisted that the British allow colonists to have representation in Parliament
• criticized the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation
• demanded that a strong executive be included in the Constitution
• blamed British King for colonists problems and promoted independence

How did the Articles of Confederation create a weak national government?

• The national government controlled the admission of states
• The Articles of Confederation gave the national government powers it no longer needed
• The national government could regulate the western land claims of the original 13 colonies
• The Articles of Confederation created a national government with few powers to manage the economy

We, whose names are underwritten, . . . Do by these Presents, solemnly and mutually, in the Presence of God and one another, . . . covenant and combine ourselves together into a civil Body Politick, for our better Ordering and Preservation, and Furtherance of the Ends aforesaid: And by Virtue hereof do enact, constitute, and frame, such just and equal Laws, Ordinances, Acts, Constitutions, and Officers, from time to time, as shall be thought most meet and convenient for the general Good of the Colony; unto which we promise all due Submission and Obedience.
—Mayflower Compact, 1620 
What best explains the purpose of this document? 

• to convince people to settle in Massachusetts
• to organize a government for the Plymouth colony
• to establish religious toleration in the Virginia colony
• to promote good relations with Native Americans in Pennsylvania