MS Studies Chapter 10

What cause Shays' Rebellion?

• Massachusetts had the power to tax its citizens

• Massachusetts needed to pay its debts

• Daniel Shays was an angry farmer

• Massachusetts property taxes were hard on farmers

What happened when Congress pledged to add the Bill of Rights to the Constitution?

• Protests and uprisings occurred in many states.

• Many states refused to sign the Constitution

• Many people moved away so it wouldn't affect them

• Many states signed the Constitution

Which of the following was ordered by the Northwest Ordinance of 1787?

• make the territory into four states

• make the territory into one state

• make the entire territory equal to the other states

• divide the territory into smaller territories

Constitution is

• a person chosen to speak for others

• a written plan of government

• wat against Great Britain

• city where the government meets

What happened to Buffalo during the War of 1812?

• Buffalo fought on the British side.

• The British burned all of Buffalo except for one house.

• Ms. Hutton was born.

• Buffalo was larger than New York City.

When colonists did not have representatives in the British government to vote on laws, they felt this was unfair and called it_________________.

• the King's rules

• Britain's rights

• Leader's Laws

• taxation without representation

What some colonists did to show they did not like the new British laws such as the Stamp Act?

• acts

• protest

• repeal

• stomp and cry

When the British leaders realized they could not force colonists to obey the Stamp Act, it caused Parliament to ___________the law.

• strengthen

• repeal

• explain

• enforce

What did the colonists call the new laws Britain passed to punish them after the Boston Tea Party?

• the Quartering Act

• the Boston Massacre

• the Stamp Act

• the Intolerable Acts

Which of the following statements are TRUE about the Boston Tea Party?

• Colonists dressed like British soldiers and climbed aboard British ships.

• Colonists threw thousands of pounds of tea into Boston Harbor.

• It was a protest against the Tea Act.

• People in England and the King understood why the colonists dumped the tea.