WorksheetsUnit 2: The Early American Government and Legislative Branch
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
The French and Indian War was between:
Britain and France
America and Spain
Canada and Mexico
The war ended in:
1754
1763
1787
After the war, Britain needed:
More friends
More money
More ships
To get money, Britain made colonists pay:
Taxes
Rent
Donations
Colonists had to pay taxes on:
Sugar and tea
Cars and phones
Clothes and shoes
Colonists were angry because:
They had no say in taxes
They wanted more taxes
They liked paying taxes
“No taxation without representation” means:
They wanted to vote on taxes
They wanted free tea
They liked Britain’s rules
In 1773, colonists threw tea into the harbor. This was called:
The Boston Tea Party
The Tea Act
The Sugar Protest
The Boston Tea Party was:
A protest against unfair taxes
A party with tea and cake
A fight with soldiers
Britain responded to the Tea Party by:
Making stricter rules
Giving freedom
Ignoring it
The Second Continental Congress met to:
Make peace or declare independence
Start a new war
Pick a new king
The Declaration of Independence was written in:
1776
1800
1865
The Declaration told Britain:
We wanted to be free
We wanted more taxes
We wanted to move to England
The Declaration said everyone has rights to:
Life, liberty, and happiness
Money and power
Land and gold
The Articles of Confederation were:
America’s first rules
A song
A new tax
Each state was like:
Its own little country
One big state
A family
A problem with the Articles was that the government couldn’t:
Collect taxes
Have a president
Write letters
States sometimes:
Argued with each other
Shared everything perfectly
All agreed
To fix problems, leaders wrote:
The Constitution
The Bill of Rights
The Declaration again
The Constitution helped:
Make our government stronger
End the Revolution
Create new taxes
The Constitution was written in:
1787
1776
1812
A Constitution is like:
A rule book for our country
A storybook
A map
The Virginia Plan helped:
Big states
Small states
No states
The New Jersey Plan helped:
Small states
Big states
Only one state
The Great Compromise made:
Two parts of Congress
Only one big Congress
No Congress at all
The House of Representatives is based on:
State population
Equal votes
How old a state is
The Senate gives:
Two votes for each state
Votes based on size
Votes for cities only
The Constitution created:
A President and Courts
Only Congress
Only the Army
Rules can be changed if:
Many states agree
One person wants it
The President says so alone
Compromise means:
Working together and finding a fair way
Fighting
Giving up everything
Federalists wanted:
A strong national government
No rules
Only state governments
Anti-Federalists were worried the president:
Would be too powerful
Would be too weak
Would move away
The Federalist Papers were:
Letters explaining the Constitution
Newspapers about sports
Books of laws
The Federalist Papers were written by:
Hamilton, Madison, and Jay
Washington, Jefferson, and Adams
Lincoln, Grant, and Lee
The Bill of Rights was added in:
1791
1776
1804
The Bill of Rights protects:
People’s freedoms
Government power
Only soldiers
The First Amendment gives freedom to:
Speak, believe, and meet
Eat and travel
Work and play
The Fourth Amendment protects our:
Homes and privacy
Money
Pets
The Eighth Amendment says punishments must be:
Fair, not cruel
Very harsh
Expensive
The Bill of Rights is important because it:
Keeps us free and safe
Ends all laws
Helps only Congress
