chapter 02

Question 1

The ____ limited the power of the English king

Answer 1

Magna Carta

Question 2

The ____ colonies government themselves until the king intervened in their affairs by converting them to Royal Colonies.

Answer 2

charter colonies

Question 3

Strict governors angered many colonists in ____ colonies which eventually led to several rebellions and ultimately the Revolutionary War

Answer 3

Royal Colonies

Question 4

in the mid-1700s, the British Parliament began to interfere in colonial affairs because ____

Answer 4

Parliament needed money to pay for its war debt and other expenses.

Question 5

The ______ sent a Declaration of Rights to King George III just prior to the outbreak of the Revolutionary War.

Answer 5

First Continental Congress

Question 6

In Philadelphia during the summer of 1787, the meeting to revise the Articles of Confederation changed its focus and wrote the _____.

Answer 6

Constitution

Question 7

He is the father of the Declaration of Independence.

Answer 7

Thomas Jefferson

Question 8

He is the father of the Constitution.

Answer 8

James Madison

Question 9

The ____ Compromise combined parts of the New Jersey and Virginia plans to make the modern US Congress of today.

Answer 9

Connecticut Compromise

Question 10

In ___ and ____, the new Constitution just barely was ratified after a long hard struggle between legislators.

Answer 10

Virginia and New York

Question 11

In New York City was where _____ took the oath of office as the first president of the United States.

Answer 11

George Washington

Question 12

High _____ pushed the American colonists toward independence in 1776.

Answer 12

High British taxes

Question 13

The First Continental Congress responded to the _____ Acts by sending to King George III the Declaration of Rights and Grievances.

Answer 13

Intolerable Acts

Question 14

Before the Revolutionary War, the _____ was an unsuccessful attempt to unite some of the British Colonies in America.

Answer 14

New England Confederation

Question 15

The Second Continental Congress sent George Washington to led the ____ outside Boston in 1775.

Answer 15

Continental Army

Question 16

Most of the middle portion of the _____ is a list of complaints and grievances the colonist had against the king of England.

Answer 16

Declaration of Independence

Question 17

Because Britain had denied their basic rights, the colonists justified ending their political connections with ____

Answer 17

The Declaration of Independence

Question 18

All State constitutions included the ideas of ___ and ____ so that they could guard against abuse of central governmental power

Answer 18

separation of powers and limited government

Question 19

One of the major weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation settling disputes between States was that there was no ____

Answer 19

Judiciary or National Court System

Question 20

Most of the ______ were well educated and had a record of public service as lawyers.

Answer 20

framers of the Constitution

Question 21

The _____ supported the Constitution and saw a need for a stronger central government.

Answer 21

Federalists

Question 22

The government under the _____ was too weak to survive more than 10 years.

Answer 22

Articles of Confederation

Question 23

Rebellions over unfair taxes and economic depression and the lack of central enforcement authority would lead to the failure of _____

Answer 23

The Articles of Confederation

Question 24

The Federalists compromised with the Anti-Federalist by agreeing to add _____ to gain support for the new Constitution of 1787.

Answer 24

Bill of Rights

Question 25

John Dickinson believed that the new Constitution would protect individual rights by providing for a _____.

Answer 25

strong system of checks and balances between the branches of government.

Question 26

The Senate would have equal representative by the States and the House of Representatives would base representation on population is central to the ____.

Answer 26

Great Compromise or Connecticut Compromise

Question 27

_____ colonies were basically left as self-governing colonies.

Answer 27

Charter Colonies

Question 28

The Confederation government’s biggest weakness was its lack of ____.

Answer 28

taxing power

Question 29

The Articles of Confederation required States to send _____ requested by Congress to help fight the British.

Answer 29

troops or military

Question 30

the biggest disagreement between the ___ plan and ____ plan of government was State representation in Congress.

Answer 30

Virginia Plan and New Jersey Plan

Question 31

The small and less populated States agreed to the _____ compromise because they would receive equal representation in the _____.

Answer 31

Connecticut Compromise with equality in the Senate

Question 32

The ____ believed the Articles of Confederation were too weak for a successful government.

Answer 32

Federalists

Question 33

The geography of ____ and its location between New England and the rest of the new States was vital to the ratification and success of the new Constitution.

Answer 33

New York

Question 34

A governor and council appointed by the king was the essential part of a _____ colony.

Answer 34

Royal Colony

Question 35

restrictive trading acts and new taxation policies imposed by _______ in England upset the colonists and led to the Revolutionary War.

Answer 35

King George III

Question 36

The ____ government was essentially a loose alliance of independent States.

Answer 36

Confederation Government

Question 37

The ____ provided for only a unicameral Congress and no executive branch

Answer 37

Articles of Confederation

Question 38

With the Confederation government, ___ of 13 States were required for the central government to enforce its few powers, thus making the government very ____.

Answer 38

nine of thirteen and the central government was very weak.

Question 39

The Constitutional Convention was held in _____ in 1787.

Answer 39

Philadelphia

Question 40

solving the question of Representation was the key part of the ______ compromise in Philadelphia in 1787.

Answer 40

Connecticut compromise

Question 41

The ____ believed in the necessity of a strong central government.

Answer 41

Federalists

Question 42

George Washington was delayed inauguration as president because there was not a ____ of representatives until 1790.

Answer 42

quorum or minimum number

Question 43

Most of the 13 colonies were of this type by 1775.

Answer 43

Royal Colonies

Question 44

Because the far-away British government had largely left them alone (salutary neglect) for many decades, many American Colonies came to believe in ______.

Answer 44

ideas of self government

Question 45

The First and Second Continental Congresses were fundamentally different in that the Second Continental Congress conducted the _____ while the First did not.

Answer 45

Revolutionary War

Question 46

Why did the Articles of Confederation fail?

Answer 46

The Confederation government was too weak.

Question 47

the new government under the Constitution went into effect with the inauguration of ____ as president.

Answer 47

George Washington

Question 48

A strong supporter of the Connecticut Compromise was ____.

Answer 48

John Dickinson