Most missed Midterm 2022

Why is Thomas Jefferson’s writing of the Declaration of Independence considered to be one of his greatest contributions to American history?

• He showed responsibility by outlining the structure for a new government.

• He helped define rights that would defeat tyranny.

• He developed a military plan to defeat the British.

• He outlined a strategy for acquiring the Louisiana Territory.

The Great Compromise addressed disagreements over federal representation by —

• creating a bicameral legislature.

  House of Representatives and Senate

• enumerating the powers of the central government

• giving veto power to the executive

• establishing three branches of government

The British were angry with the Boston Tea Party, so King George III issues the __

Why did the members of this colony agree to this compact

• to declare independence from all European nations

• To form a social contract among themselves

• to demonstrate goodwill toward local American Indians

• To establish trade relations with other colonies

Circle the present day state that Spain possessed, and England feared they would one day invade their colonial land claims.

Answer explanation

Florida was once a Spanish colony and Georgia was founded by James Oglethorpe as a debtor's prison as well as a place to construct forts

Why is John Paul Jones remembered as the "Father of the American Navy"?

• He won naval victories against the British during the Revolutionary War.

• He commanded the first steam-powered warship in the U.S. Navy.

An immigrant sails to North America in the early 1700s hoping to start a tobacco farm. He has done some research on the best environment for tobacco farming. What region is the immigrant most likely to settle?

Answer explanation

Which statement best explains why this resolution was adopted?

Question simplified: How did the colonists react to the STAMP ACT

• Colonists were upset by the punishment imposed after the Boston Tea Party

• Colonists created this in order to address the causes of the Boston Massacre.

• Colonists were opposed to colonial laws being created only by Parliament.

• Son's of liberty began to organize boycotts of BrItish goods

Thomas Hooker's Fundamental Orders of Connecticut is important in U.S. political history because it was an early colonial document that —

Question simplified:

Fundamental Orders of Conn. allowed for non church members the right to vote. Which answer best describes that

• outlawed protected tariffs

• extended suffrage to women

• provided for the election of representatives

• proposed the creation of an independent country

Why was the Third Amendment prohibiting the quartering of troops added to the U.S. Constitution?

• To address colonial treatment by the British military

• To ensure the national government could pay for the U.S. military

• To reinforce the need for state militias in the United States