ROAD TO REVOLUTION

Question 0

Stamp act

Answer 0

Tax on all paper goods.

Question 1

What is the tea act?

Answer 1

Tax on tea for colonists.

Question 2

What is the Boston massacre.

Answer 2

British red coats fire on protesting colonists. Killed 5 of them.

Question 3

What were the Intolerable acts?

Answer 3

Punishment for the Boston tea party. Back fired and resulted in uniting colonists together.

Question 4

What is the Declaration of Independence?

Answer 4

The document that declared the colonists free from Britain. Written by Thomas Jefferson.

Question 5

What are the articles of confederation.

Answer 5

The US’s first attempt at establishing a strong central government.

Question 6

What rights should all people have?

Answer 6

Life liberty and the pursuit of happiness.

Question 7

Whose theories influenced the creation of the Declaration of Independence?

Answer 7

John Locke

Question 8

Define tyranny

Answer 8

When one or more people have supreme power.

Question 9

What were the weaknesses of the articles of confederation?

Answer 9

The states had more power than the government.

Question 10

What was the name of the group of people that supported the ratification of the constitution the way it was?

Answer 10

Federalists

Question 11

What was the name of the group that wanted a bill of rights added to the constitution?

Answer 11

Anti-federalists.

Question 12

Why was the bill of rights added to the constitution?

Answer 12

To protect our rights

Question 13

Which battle was the first shot between the colonists and Britain?

Answer 13

Lexington.

Question 14

Which battle was the Turning point in the war?

Answer 14

Saratoga

Question 15

Which battle booted in listener and moral of soldiers.

Answer 15

Trenton.

Question 16

Which country helped the us in the war?

Answer 16

France!

Question 17

What was the name of the document that ended the revolutionary war?

Answer 17

Treaty of Paris.

Question 18

What pamphlet did Thomas Paine write?

Answer 18

Common sense, to encourage people to rebel against Britain.

Question 20

What is the magna carta?

Answer 20

King is not above the law.

Question 21

What is the English bill of rights?

Answer 21

Stated rights for English, influenced our bill of rights.

Question 22

Who is montisque?

Answer 22

Believed in three parts of government.

Question 23

What role did Benjamin Franklin play in the revolutionary war?

Answer 23

He secured our alliance with France.

Question 24

What did George Washington do during the revolutionary war?

Answer 24

He was the commander of the continental army.

Question 25

What is the elastic cause?

Answer 25

Government can stretch it’s powers in time of need. (Mostly war)

Question 26

What did Washington warn us about?

Answer 26

Political party’s will tear the nation apart.

Question 27

What are checks and balances?

Answer 27

Each branch of government checks on each other.

Question 28

What does the legislative branch do?

Answer 28

Make laws?

Question 29

What does the executive branch do?

Answer 29

Enforce the law.

Question 30

What does the judicial branch do?

Answer 30

Interpret laws.

Question 31

What are reserved powers?

Answer 31

Powers left to the state.

Question 32

Why are enumerated powers?

Answer 32

Powers left to the national government.

Question 33

What are concurrent powers?

Answer 33

Powers shared by state and national government.

Question 34

What branch of gov can declare war.

Answer 34

Legislative