US History Unit 2 Practice

The US Constitution replaced ________________ as the national government

• Declaration of Independence
• Articles of Confederation
• Magna Carta
• George Washington

Who served as the leader during the Constitutional Convention?

• Adams
• Hancock
• Jefferson
• Washington

Who is known as the "Father of the Constitution"?

• George Washington
• John Adams
• Alexander Hamilton
• James Madison

What was NOT a weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

• Congress could not impose taxes
• A strong central government
• Congress could not settle disputes between states

Why was Shay's Rebellion important?

• Shay's Rebellion started the American Revolution
• Shay's Rebellion caused a new war with England
• Shay's Rebellion shocked Congress into calling a convention to revise the Articles of Confederation

What was the greatest challenge for the delegates at the Constitutional Convention?

• The greatest challenge at the convention was how to balance the interests of the large states with the interests of the small states
• The greatest challenge at the convention was issue of women's rights
• The greatest challenge at the convention was the issue of taxes 

We have this to make sure no branch has power over the others

• Checks & Balances
• Weights & Measures
• President & Cabinet
• Military & Votes

*Sugar Act
*Quartering Act
*Stamp Act
These acts contributed to the start of the Revolutionary War by...

• Restricting colonial trade with American Indians
• Imposing regulations on colonial agriculture.
• Angering colonists who believed that their civil liberties had been violated.
• Punishing colonists for resisting the authority of Parliament. 

British colonists objected to the Proclamation of 1763 because they...

• Feared it would provoke attacks from American Indians.
• Did not want to share control of the fur trade with France.
• Resented the limits it imposed on Westward Expansion.
• Wanted to be able to trade freely with foreign nations. 

What was one result of the Treaty of Paris of 1783?

• Great Britain recognized the United States as an independent country.
• Competing Seminole and Spanish claims in West Florida were resolved.
• The British navy agreed to stop pressing American sailors into service.
• British territory in eastern Canada was ceded to France.