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WorksheetsEarly Government
Total questions: 15
Worksheet time: 11mins
The phrase used to protest against the imposing of taxes on goods
"The British are coming"
"No taxation without representation"
"Give me liberty or give me death"
"Join or die"
Who was the author of the book "Common Sense" ?
John Locke
Thomas Jefferson
George Washington
Thomas Paine
What was the first constitution of the United States ?
The Articles of Confederation
Declaration of Independence
The Constitution
Albany Plan
Who was Shay's rebellion led by ?
(a)
What year did the Boston Tea Party occur ?
1988
1773
1829
1777
The Mayflower Compact was a set of rules for...
self government
absolute monarchy
the stamp act
dictatorship
Which of the following is the definition of Mercantilism ?
A intellectual movement of the late 18th centuries emphasizing reason
A plan to place the British colonies under a more centralized government
The theory that trade generates wealth
The colonial representative assembly of Virginia.
The battle of Lexington and Concord did not kick off the start of the revolutionary war
True
False
What is the stamp act ?
a revival that impacted the English colonies in America during the 1740s.
punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774
Act prohibiting trade with the Royalist colonies
the first internal tax levied on American colonists by the British
Who were the leaders of The Great Awakening ?
John Locke and Thomas Jefferson
Jonathan Edwards and George Whitefield
George Washington and Abraham Lincoln
Thomas Paine and John Adams
The Anti-Federalists feared that the new government would be too powerful
true
false
What did the Virginia Plan outline ?
a strong national government with three branches.
a unicameral legislature
A direct democracy
A weak national government
Which of the following is not a reason why the Constitutional Convention was held private ?
They didn't any interruptions
To discourage mob action in the city
They didn't want the public to judge their ideas
They were scared of being attacked
Name the compromise that only counted 3/5 of the slave population
(a)
How many colonists were killed in the Boston Massacre ?
10
45
5
24
