WorksheetsUnits 3 & 4 Review
Total questions: 28
Worksheet time: 28mins
How did James Madison want the new government to be set up in the Virginia Plan?
Two branches of government.
Three branches of government. (Legislative, Executive,& Judicial
One branch of government.
No branches of government.
Why did the Proclamation of 1763 anger English colonists?
Limited expansion past the Appalachian Mountains
Allowed the French to make land claims after losing the Revolutionary War.
Limited the movement of Native Americans east of the Mississippi River.
Allowed the colonists to move west of the Mississippi River.
Which act / tax did the British impose on the colonist led to their cry of “No Taxation Without Representation?"
Sugar Act
Tea Act
Townshend Acts
Stamp Act
What war did Britain impose taxes on American colonist, to help pay the expenses?
CivilWar
Revolutionary War
French & Indian War
War of 1812
Who was James Armistead?
African American who spied for the Americans.
Enslaved African who spied for the British.
Fought at the Battle of Long Island.
Helped to fund the Continental Congress during the Revolutionary War.
How did the Framers of the Constitution create the US government to protect both the large and small states in Congress?
Set up a government with three branches of government.
House of Representatives (Representation By Population) Senate (2 Votes per State)
Set up the judicial branch.
Created a system of checks and balances.
Name the French aristocrat who was in command of colonial troops during the Revolutionary War.
Marquis de LaFayette
John Paul Jones
George Mason
Patrick Henry
What do republicanism and popular sovereignty have in common?
Sets up a system of checks and balances.
Adds a Bill of Rights to the US Constitution.
The people choose who their Representatives in government are (who represent them).
Puts limits on government.
Who was the first colonist to give his life for the revolutionary cause? Hint: Boston Massacre
Crispus Attucks
James Madison
John Adams
George Washington
Who wrote “Common Sense”?
Thomas Jefferson
Benjamin Franklin
King George III
Thomas Paine
What did the delegates of the Second Continental Congress write to set up a government separate from England?
US Constitution
Albany Plan of Union
Articles of Confederation
Declaration of Independence
What does the 3rd amendment in the Bill of Rights of the Constitution protect against?
No unreasonable searches or seizures
Quartering of Troops
Nor cruel or unusual punishment
Freedom of expression
In what place did General George Washington train his troops during the winter of 1777-1778?
New York City
Phildelphia
Trenton
Valley Forge
Where were the first shots of the Revolutionary War? (Shot Heard Round The World)
Bunker Hill
Lexington
Saratoga
Yorktown
What important document did the Second Continental Congress write in 1776?
Declaration of Independence
Articles of Confederation
US Constitution
Monroe Doctrine
What document made the newly formed United States independent from British rule?
Declaration of Independence
US Constitution
Albany Plan of Union
Treaty of Paris of 1783
Articles I, II, and III demonstrate which of the following principles of the Constitution?
Checks and balances
Separation of powers
Limited government
Popular Sovereignty
What battle was the turning point of the Revolutionary War?
Lexington and Concord
Yorktown
Saratoga
Bunker Hill
The 10th amendment of the Bill of Rights is an example of which principle of the Constitution?
Limited government
Individual Rights
Separation of Powers
Federalism
What was the main concern the delegates had about the Virginia Plan?
No executive branch
Legislative Branch based on a states population
Federal Courts
No way to set up a militia.
What was the name of the compromise that delegates came up with during the Constitutional Convention, when accounting for slaves when calculating representation in Congress?
Great Compromise
Connecticut Compromise
Kansas-Nebraska Act
3/5 Compromise
Anti-Federalist did not want to ratify the Constitution because they believed that states' _____________ were not being protected.
borders
boundaries
money
rights
The President vetoing a proposed law or bill is an example of ____________.
Checks and Balances
Separation of Powers
Limited Government
Separation of powers
Why did many delegates want to replace the Articles of Confederation?
The AOC was too strong.
It made the government too weak and the states too strong.
The AOC could collect taxes.
The AOC set up a court system to settle disputes between states.
Why did George Mason object to the Constitution?
No Declaration of Rights (Bill of Rights)
James Madison was the "Father of the Constitution.
George Washington was chosen to lead the Constitutional Convention.
Rhode Island refused to send delegates to the Constitutional Convention.
How did the Founding Fathers protect America from having an absolute authority or king?
Set up a system of checks and balances.
Believed in the principle of separation of powers.
Limited the powers of the branches of government.
Setting up a judicial branch.
The Bill of Rights would fall under which of the 7 Principles of the Constitution?
Checks and balances
Separation of Powers
Individual Rights
Republicanism
Anti-Federalist were against _____________.
a strong central government (aka The Constitution)
individual rights
strong state governments
a strong executive branch.
