important dates/info

Question 1

established system for selling the land west of the Appalachian Mountains to settlers

Answer 1

land ordinances 1785

Question 2

create a bicameral legislator or two house law, making body for the US
-House of reps. : number of seats each state gets based off population
-Senate: each state had two seats, no matter the population

Answer 2

The great compromise

Question 3

The English government taxed farmland too high, where owners couldn’t pay, Shay and owners went and protested against the English government

Answer 3

shay’s rebellion

Question 4

requires prisoner to be presented in court, arrestor proves a proper cause for detaining prisoner

Answer 4

writ of habeas corpus

Question 5

To propose amendments

Answer 5

Constitutional convention

Question 6

colonist destroyed shipment of English teeth shipment

Answer 6

Boston tea party

Question 7

-all printed documents had to be stamped legal
-have to pay for stamps (stamp taxes)
-colonist riot, they take away the stamps

Answer 7

The stamp act

Question 8

Signs treaty , ends war, declares independent

Answer 8

Treaty of Paris 1783

Question 9

first two battles (colonists vs. English)

Answer 9

Lexington and Concord

Question 10

Life, liberty, pursuit of happiness

Answer 10

inalienable rights