Midterm Study Guide Ch.6-7 Flashcards
What was a major accomplishment of the First Continental Congress?
They asserted the rights of the colonies to govern themselves.
What sparked the Coercive Acts
The Boston Tea Party
What was the major reason the colonist lost the Battle of Bunker Hill?
The American soldiers ran out of ammunition
What was the crucial issue behind the War for Independence?
Practical self-government
Why did George Washington attempt to defend New York?
Giving up the city without a fight would damage support for the war.
During the Boston Tea,did the angry mob attacked the crews of some British ships and stole or destroyed everything in sight?
False
What act of treason did Benedict Arnold agree to perform?
To hand over a fort
How soon after the surrender at Yorktown was the Treaty of Paris signed?
2 years later
He was the commander of the Green Mountain Boys who captured Fort Ticonderoga
Ethan Allen
What term describes the colonial supporters of the British during the War for Independence?
Tories
He was the British general who surrendered his army at Yorktown?
Charles Cornwallis
What term refers to “citizen soldiers” such as minutemen?
Militia
Who was an American negotiator for the Treaty of Paris and a member of the committee that drafted the Declaration of Independence?
John Adams
He was a resourceful American commander in the South known as the “Fighting Quaker” who kept the pressure on the British.
Nathanael Greene
Where were the first engagements for the War for Independence?
Lexington and Concord
Who was the American leader that was vital in winning the Battle of Saratoga and Cowpens ?
Daniel Morgan
What was the name of the location of the Continental Army’s winter headquarters during the dark winter of 1777-78
Valley Forge
Who was the French aristocrat who helped to corner the British in Yorktown?
Marquis de Lfayette
Of the different provisions of the Quebec Act,which provision upset the colonist the most?
The Quebec Act made Roman Catholicism a official religion
What term is applied to the introduction to the constitution?
Preamble
What was America’s single greatest contribution to political thought?
The Constitution
What constitutional principle supports the division of power between the national and state levels of government?
Federalism
What was the selling price for each acre sold in the Northwest Territory?
$1
Why did the colonist creat a weak confederation?
Because each colony was jealous of its power.
What are the three branches of the government ?
Judicial,Legislative,and Executive
What was the most important accomplishment of the Annapolis Convention?
Calling a new convention to remedy the weaknesses of the Confederation
What is the balance of power between the different branches of government?
Checks and balances
What is the concept that the belief that the ultimate source of government power is vested in the people?
Popular Sovereignty
What were opponents of ratifying the Constitution called?
Anti-Federalists
What is a change or addition to the Constitution?
Amendments
Which State refused to participate in the Constitutional Convention and was the last to ratify the Constitution?
Rhode Island
What Christian statesman presented the compromise that broke the deadlock over representation in the Constitution?
Roger Sherman
What region was most concerned about granting the federal government control over trade?
South
Was the Confederation run by unicameral Congress that elected and controlled the chief executive?
Yes
Who are the representatives who elect the president?
Electoral College
After the headed debate over ratification of the Constitution,what did Madison promise to introduce to the Constitution?
Bill of Right
What was a proposal to create ten equal states in the Northwest,to ban slavery,and to give away land to settlers?
Ordinance of 1784
What is a close alliance of states?
Confederation
How does the Constitution express the principle of popular sovereignty?
Express in the constitution through document’s provident for representation and amendment in their elected officials.Representation allow people to have a voice in their republican government through their elected officials.
