Chapter 2

Question 1

What did the town shed acts place import taxes on

Answer 1

Glass lead paint tea and paper

Question 2

How many years passed between the French and Indian war and the revolutionary war

Answer 2

12 years

Question 3

How long after the passage of the stamp act did the colonist dump British tea into the Boston Harbor

Answer 3

8 years

Question 4

Who was the father of the constitution a Virginian an advocate for a strong national government

Answer 4

James Madison

Question 5

What are the 3 branches of the national government

Answer 5

Executive legislative judicial

Question 6

Which plan or compromise was based on the articles of Confederation

Answer 6

The New Jersey plan

Question 7

What happened after the 1786 economic depression that led to the Annapolis convention

Answer 7

Shays rebellion

Question 8

What were the 3 sections of the Declaration of Independence

Answer 8

Propose and human rights, complaint to king, separation

Question 9

What did the delegates decide to do after Britain past the coercive acts and before Britain declared the colonies in a state of rebellion

Answer 9

Have First Continental Congress

Question 10

What did anti-Federalist believe needed to be added to the constitution

Answer 10

Bill of rights

Question 11

Federalist believed that without a strong national government ________ would triumph

Answer 11

Anarchy

Question 12

What did states have to do to establish the Northwest territory

Answer 12

Secede western territories

Question 13

Who wrote the original draft of the declaration of independence

Answer 13

Thomas Jefferson

Question 14

This led to the Boston tea party

Answer 14

New British taxes

Question 15

What began as a struggle over lands in western Pennsylvania and Ohio

Answer 15

French and Indian war

Question 16

What was the first formal constitution in the colonies

Answer 16

Fundamental orders of Connecticut

Question 17

Why was the Magna Carta important

Answer 17

First to limit government

Question 18

What issue did the delegates compromise on at the Constitutional convention that left a terrible burden on future generations

Answer 18

Slavery

Question 19

What is trade among states known as

Answer 19

Interstate commerce

Question 20

The articles of confederation went into affect in 1781 after all 13 states did what

Answer 20

Ratify

Question 21

What happened that led to many Americans believing a strong national government was necessary

Answer 21

Shays rebellion

Question 22

What power did Congress have under the articles of Confederation

Answer 22

Make war and peace

Question 23

What actions by the colonist was prompt by the intolerable act

Answer 23

Import embargoes

Question 24

Where were the first battles of the Revolutionary war fought

Answer 24

Lexington and Concorde

Question 25

What was the first legislature in the American colonies

Answer 25

Virginia House of burgesses

Question 26

What was the colonial plan for self-rule signed in 1620 by the pilgrims called

Answer 26

The Mayflower compact

Question 27

This political philosopher wrote that people had a natural right to life liberty and property

Answer 27

John Locke