Top 99 #5 Quiz (37-45)

1. The British leader who taxed the colonies and refused the Olive Branch Petition leading to the final break with the colonies.

• King George III
• Wentworth Cheswell
• King James III
• James Armistead

2. It suggested that Congress have two 'houses' [bi-cameral]. One house based on population (House of Representatives), the other gave equal representation to each state(Senate).

• Proclamation Act of 1763
• The Great Compromise
• Northwest Ordinance
• Checks and Balances

3. The first document that limited the power of the ruler signed in 1215 by the King of England.

• Articles of Confederation
• Magna Carta
• English Bill of Rights
• Declaration of Independence

4. This is the supreme law of the land, it was written and agreed upon in 1787.

• Articles of Confederation
• Constitution
• English Bill of Rights
• Magna Carta

5. This group preferred more power to be given to the state governments than to the national government, they opposed the Constitution.

• Federalist
• Anti-Federalist
• Democrat-Republicans
• Sons of Liberty

6. This group favored a strong national government and supported the Constitution.

• Federalist
• Anti-Federalist
• Sons of Liberty
• Democrat-Republicans

7. The idea that people have the political authority in the government.

• Popular Sovereignty
• Free Enterprise
• Representative Government
• Federalism

8. A system in which each branch of government has its own powers.

• Seperation of Powers
• Checks and Balances
• Federalism
• Republicanism

9. Ended the American Revolution and forced Britain to recognize the United States as an independent nation.

• Northwest Ordinance
• Treaty of Paris 1783
• Treaty of Paris 1763
• Proclamation of 1763

10. This person supported for American independence by starting the Sons of Liberty and the Committee of Correspondence.

• John Adams
• Sam Adams
• Thomas Paine
• James Oglethorpe