American History Unit 1 Study Guide

9. What were the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?

• Lacked power to collect taxes, regulate trade, and execute laws

• Shipping/ ports

• It limits the federal government by giving power to the states

• It led to resentment of British taxation

22. What was the position of the Kentucky and Virginia Resolutions?

• the authority of the state governments included the power to decide whether or not an act of Congress was constitutional

• Great Britain removed forts from Northwest and tensions eased.

• It was too weak and there was a need for a constitutional convention.

• First attempt at self-government in the colonies by making laws in Virginia

1. How did the Quaker faith affect the colony of Pennsylvania?

• Religious tolerance and diversity

• It limits the federal government by giving power to the states.

• Led to a French Alliance that led to French troops, supplies, and ships to support Continental Army

• Printing press, newspapers, Committees of Correspondence

17. How did the Enlightenment inspire the Founding Fathers?

• Consent of the governed, natural rights, checks and balances, separation of powers

• Cash crop agriculture

• Necessary and Proper Clause used by Federalists for the National Bank

• It led the Federalists to call for a war against France.

6. What is an effect of the Great Awakening on religion and government in the colonies?

• New faiths had a more democratic structure that challenged traditional church authorities.

• First attempt at self-government in the colonies by making laws in Virginia

• It led to resentment of British taxation

• Cash crop agriculture

24b. What did the Whiskey Rebellion show about the federal government?

• The power of the Constitution to handle domestic issues.

• It led the Federalists to call for a war against France.

• It led to strict restrictions in Boston that limited the power of colonists to govern themselves (Coercive Acts)

• It was too weak and there was a need for a constitutional convention.

4c What type of colonist would seek passage on a ship to Southern colonies?

• farmers seeking economic opportunity

• The power of the Constitution to handle domestic issues.

• It was too weak and there was a need for a constitutional convention.

• Religious freedoms (PURITANS)

24a. What did Shay's Rebellion show about the federal government:

• It was too weak and there was a need for a constitutional convention.

• France built forts in area British settlers wanted in Ohio River Valley

• Three-Fifths Compromise

• Disunity, political parties, and foreign alliances

16. How was information spread throughout the colonies in the 1770s?

• Printing press, newspapers, Committees of Correspondence

• Countries with profited from a favorable balance of trade with colonies, who send raw materials and agricultural goods

• It led the Federalists to call for a war against France.

• It led to resentment of British taxation

23. How did the Navigation Acts influence colonial trade?

• All goods from the colonies had to pass through British ports, helping English merchants

• Disunity, political parties, and foreign alliances

• It led the Federalists to call for a war against France.

• Great Britain removed forts from Northwest and tensions eased.