Unit 2 Review

What act allowed Great Britain to impose laws on the colonies without their consent?

• Townshend Acts

• Declaratory Act

• Stamp Act

• Quartering Act

What was the outcome of the Boston Massacre?

• The colonists and British soldiers became friends.

• Colonists killed all of the soldiers and Britain pulled all of its troops out of the colonies

• It caused tensions to rise between the colonists and Great Britain.

Which one was NOT a grievance listed in the Declaration of Independence

• The king cut the colonies off from trading with the rest of the world

• The king banned colonists from drinking tea

• The colonists were taxed without having a say in Parliament

• The king refused to allow colonists to pass laws

What was the Articles of Confederation?

• A list of articles in the Confederate newspaper

• America's first Constitution

• A document that laid out how the United States government should be set up

The founding fathers wrote the Declaration of Independence to declare ___________ from Great Britain.

The biggest problem with the Articles of Confederation was that it gave very little power to the _____________ government.

What was a negative outcome of the Articles of Confederation?

• All states used a different form of currency, making it hard to trade and make transactions between states

• There was a massive purge that occurred after it was signed

• The United States had no military

• States weren't participating in the federal government

The Constitutional Convention was called to address and fix the weaknesses of the _________________.

Which of the following was NOT a problem discussed at the Constitutional Convention

• How states would be represented in the legislative branch

• How state and federal powers would be balanced

• Slavery

• How the country would interact with foreign nations

What was the Virginia Plan?

• States representation in the legislative branch would be based on population

• One house of the legislative branch would be based on population (the House of Representatives) and one house would be equal (the Senate)

• All states would have the same number of representatives in the legislative branch