US Midterm Review

The Virginia House of Burgess's and the Mayflower Compact are all examples of what?

• beginnings of self government

• Parliamentary Sovereignty

• Federalism

• Checks and Balences

How did the colonists respond when the British created the Stamp Act?

• Colonists used boycotts and protested these new taxes

• Colonists supported these new taxes to help pay for the French and Indian War

• Colonists protested by participating in the Boston Massacre

• Colonists formed militias called minutemen to fight British troops

Which document was most crucial in changing the minds of Americans to support independence from Britain in 1776?

• the Olive Branch Petition

• John Locke's Two Treatises on Government

• Thomas Paine's Common Sense

During the Constitutional Convention in 1787, delegates agreed to the “Great Compromise” which did which of the following?

• Allowed states to count every three of their five slaves towards population

• Created a Bill of Rights that protected liberty from a new, powerful national government

• Settled a dispute between large states like Virginia and small states like New Jersey

• Delayed any decision on the issue of slavery for 20 years in order to appease the South

During the Constitutional Convention, the Three-Fifths Compromise settled the debate over which of the following?

• Northern and Southern states over how to count states’ populations

• Large and small states over representation in Congress

• Religious Americans who wanted to outlaw slavery in America

• Federalists and Anti-Federalists over the issue of ratifying the Constitution

Which of the following best describes the Anti-Federalists?

• They were in favor of the constitution

• They were against ratifying the Constitution

How did the Federalists get the Anti-Federalists to agree to ratify the Constitution?

• They added a president to the Executive Branch

• They added a Bill of Rights

• They limited Senators to six-year terms

• They agreed to the Articles of Confederation

The Mayflower Compact was the first agreement for self - government to be created and enforced in america  

• true
• fasle

During American colonization who were the colonies ruled by?

• colonists

• English kings

• the president

The House of Burgesses gave the colonists in Virginia the opportunity to control _______________

• their own government
• the First Americans
• the Royal Governor
• the King of England