US History CSE 1

How did the delegates at the Constitutional Convention resolve the disagreement between large and small states?

• They created a unicameral legislature where every state gets one vote

• They added a executive branch to enforce laws.

• They added a Judicial Branch to settle disputes between states

• They created a bicameral legislature with representation based on population And equality

Which religious practice encouraged the growth of representative government in the colonies

• Protestants were used to electing church members to govern their own congregation

• Puritan ministers controlled the government of Massachusetts in early colonial times

• The colony of New York welcomed people of different faiths

• most colonists in Virginia belonged to the Church of England

The three main causes of the Civil War are ​ (a)   ​ (b)   ​ (c)  

• Slavery
• Sectionalism
• States Rights
• Seccession
• Regionalism
• Tariffs

Curiosity, Wealth, Fame, National Pride, Religion, new trade goods, and faster cheaper trade routes are reasons for...

• The Civil War

• European Exploration

• The American Revolution

• The French and Indian War

Match the following people to the colonies they founded

• John Smith

• colonial leader who said "if you don't work, you don't eat"

• James Oglethorpe

• Quaker leader who founded Pennsylvania

• Roger Williams

• Founded Georgia as a haven for debtors and as a buffer from Spanish Florida

• Piligrims

• religious group who wanted to separate from the Church of England

• William Penn

• expelled from Massachusetts and founded Rhode Island

The​ (a)   was an early form of representative government, because it was the 1st representative government in the colonies​

• Virginia House of Burgesses
• Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
• Mayflower Compact
• Town Meetings

Which territory, on the map below, was claimed by France

Match the event with its effect on the colonies

• Albany Plan for Union

• Plan to unite the colonies under one government to fight the French

• English Bill of Rights

• English document that listed the rights of Englishmen

• Th French and Indian War

• Caused the British to start taxing the colonists to pay off their war debt

• Writs of Assistance

• Allowed British officers to board American ships to look for smuggled items. led to the 4th amendment.

The first written plan for government used to govern the 13 colonies and the new United States of America, written by the 2nd Continental Congress.

• The Declaration of Independence

• The Constitution

• The Magna Carta

• The Articles of Confederation

The ​ (a)   was added to the Constitution to gain Anti-Federalists support for ratification.

• Bill of Rights
• 9th Amendment
• Articles of Confederation
• Declaration of Independence