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WorksheetsUnit 2- American Revolution and Constitution
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
The policy practiced by England during the 17th & 18th centuries of not enforcing laws and leaving the American colonies relatively free to do as they pleased was known as:
Mercantilism
Great Awakening
Salutary Neglect
Navigation Acts
Which of the following was NOT an idea that impacted the colonies?
Mercantilism
Enlightenment
Great Awakening
Socialism
The Articles of Confederation included all of the following institutional weaknesses EXCEPT…
The lack of an executive or president
The inability to tax the states
An established national currency
The provision for unanimous consent the amend the Articles
Who wrote the Constitution?
Alexander Hamilton
Thomas Jefferson
Thomas Paine
James Madison
Checks and balances refer to…
The institutional checks of power between the three branches of government
The money system used for weighing gold
The powers of the President over the states
The inability for wealthy merchants to balance their bank accounts
Supporters of the Constitution called themselves
Patriots
Federalists
Anti Federalists
Impressionists
Passed by Congress on September 25, 1789, the Bill of Rights are the
Preamble
Articles of Confederation
First 10 amendments of the Constitution
Reasons the Constitution was written
Common Sense was written to
encourage colonists to declare their independence
help fund the Lewis and Clark expedition
tell the colonists they had no sense in America
help the French win the French and Indian war
The Federalist papers written by John Jay, Alexander Hamilton and James Madison, which appeared in the New York newspapers from 1787 to 1788 were aimed to
Challenge the Constitution
Defend the Constitution
Defend the British government
Challenge the British government
Under the Articles of Confederation, each state's power in Congress was based on:
one vote per state.
the state's size.
the state's total population.
the state's voting population.
The "supreme law of the land" is:
the Constitution.
the Bill of Rights.
the Articles of Confederacy.
the Preamble.
The first version of government was ____ and the current version is ____.
Unicameral // Bicameral
Bicameral // Unicameral
Multicameral // Single-Cameral
Single-Cameral // Multicameral
All of the following were advantages of the Americans during the Revolutionary War EXCEPT:
Fighting on their own home turf
Spirit of 1776
Number of troops & supplies
Fighting for their way of life
Who was known as the great traitor of the American Revolution?
Robert Sherman
George Mason
Edmond Andros
Benedict Arnold
Which battle is known as the turning point of the American Revolutionary War?
Lexington and Concord
Saratoga
Yorktown
Bunker Hill
Which of the following European philosophers is associated with Enlightenment ideas used in colonies?
Jonathan Edwards
William Penn
Thomas Paine
John Locke
Which of the following acts limited colonists’ westward movement past the Appalachian Mountains?
Stamp Act
Intolerable Act
Declaration of Boundaries
Proclamation of 1763
Which of the following is in the correct order?
Articles of Confederation --> Constitution --> Bill of Rights
Articles of Confederation --> Bill of Rights --> Articles of Constitution
Articles of Constitution --> Bill of Rights --> Articles of Confederation
Bill of Rights --> Articles of Constitution --> Articles of Confederation
What was the name of law passed by Parliament that required colonists to pay higher prices for goods by requiring them to have the approval of the government?
Stamp Act
Intolerable Act
Townsend Act
Grenville Act
What was the name of the radical group founded by Samuel Adams in response to higher British taxes?
Ku Klux Klan
Adams’ Raiders
Freedom Fighters
Sons of Liberty
