(CLEP) U.S. History I

which is correct about Benjamin Franklin?

• he founded the bank of the United States

• he authored the Articles of Confederation

• he authored the Bill of Rights

• he invented electricity

• he helped negotiate Treaty of Paris of 1783

which is true about the American victory at Saratoga in October 1777 during the Revolutionary war?

• it enabled George Washington to recapture NYC

• it led Congress to declare independence

• it caused British to evacuate Boston

• it helped convince France to enter the war

• it prompted Parliament to end the war

according to the Treaty of Paris of 1783, Great Britain both recognized American independence and...

• agreed to cancel all prewar debts owed to the British by American citizens

• promised to set the western boundary of the US at the Mississippi River

• retained fishing rights off Newfoundland

• insisted that George III remain the titular head of the former thirteen colonies

• agreed to the presence of British troops in the Northwest Territories for ten years

which is NOT part of the treaty of Paris of 1783?

• the US was recognized as an independent nation by the major European powers, including Britain

• France would provide aid the the US to from a government

• Britain would retain Canada, but has to surrender Florida to Spain

• the western boundary would be set by the Mississippi River

• private British creditors would be free to collect any debts owed by US citizens

Before it was called the US Constitution, the original name of the document was known as

• Articles of

  Confederation

• The Bill of Rights

• Parliamentary Procedures

• Acts of Parliament

• Articles of New Government

The present King of Great Britain . . . has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws.

The “constitution” referred to in the quotation above from the Declaration of Independence was

• the principles common to all of the colonial charters

• the Articles of Confederation

• a constitution for the colonies written by Sir William Blackstone

• the laws passed concurrently by the several colonial legislatures

• the principles the colonists believed had traditionally regulated British government

Why did Congress feel that the Articles of Confederation was a weak document?

• Because it was missing taxation clause

• Because it did not illustrate federal powers but more state sovereignty

• Because it did not have a judicial branch

• Because it did not focus on foreign affairs

The present King of Great Britain . . . has combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution, and unacknowledged by our laws.

The protest that the king had “combined with others to subject us to a jurisdiction foreign to our constitution” referred to George III’s

• alliance with the king of France

• use of Hessian mercenaries

• reliance on his representatives in the colonies

• approval of parliamentary laws impinging on colonial self-government

• intention to place a German prince on the throne of British America

The first ten amendments to the US Constitution, adopted in 1791 to guarantee individual rights and to help secure ratification of the Constitution by the states is called:

• The Emancipation Proclamation

• The Federalist

• Kansas-Nebraska Act

• The Bill of Rights

• Stamp Act Congress

Which of the following amendment that prohibits slavery or involuntary servitude?

• 5th Amendment

• 1st Amendment

• 14th Amendment

• 2nd Amendment

• 13th Amendment