Progress Learning Unit 1 Flashcards
Why did American colonists resent British taxes?
Americans did not elect representatives to Parliament as people who lived in Great Britain did
Decide if the description is referring to the Articles of Confederation or the U.S. Constitution.
Articles of Confederation:
1. All states must agree to amend governing document
2.No power to tax
3. No power to create national military force
Equal representation in the national legislature
U.S. Constitution
1. Federal courts handles disputes between states
2. The document is the SUpreme Law of the Land
3. Power to regulate interstate commerce
A colonist who supported Great Britain and wanted the colonies to remain part of Britain.
loyalist
colonist who supported American independence from Great Britain.
Patriot
The idea that political power should rest with the citizens instead of the government.
Consent of the Governed
This cartoon was published by Benjamin Franklin in 1754. The snake segments represent
American colonies
Which is the BEST description of the economic crisis facing the United States under the Articles of Confederation?
America piled up a huge national debt during the Revolutionary War, but the Federal government was unable to collect taxes to pay off the debt.
Which is true regarding the structure of the national government under the Articles of Confederation?
The only Federal institution was Congress, and there was no president or national court system.
Which statement BEST describes an effect of the British policy of salutary neglect?
The colonies developed an aptitude for self-governing.
Mercantilism was the principle that
The purpose of colonies was to economically benefit the mother country.
Man being born with a title to perfect freedom, and enjoyment of all the rights and privileges of the law of nature, equally with any other man, hath by nature a power, not only to preserve his life, liberty and estate, against the injuries and attempts of other men; but to judge of, and punish the breaches of that law in others.
- from Two Treatises of Government, John Locke, 1690
John Locke’s writing MOST LIKELY reflects the ideals of which movement?
Enlightenment
The battles of Lexington and Concord signaled
the beginning of the Revolutionary War in the North American British colonies.
Preachers of the Great Awakening in 18th century America would have been most likely to give a sermon focusing on
Responses
repenting of one’s sins in order to be saved from eternal damnation.
The Virginia Plan would have granted more power to
States with larger population
