Social Studies Quiz 2

Question 1

Stamp Act

Answer 1

a 1765 law passed by Parliament that required all legal and commercial documents to carry an official stamp showing a tax had been paid

Question 2

Quartering Act

Answer 2

a law passed by Parliament in 1765 that required the colonies to house and supply British soldiers

Question 3

sugar act

Answer 3

a law that placed a tax on sugar, molasses, and other products shipped to the colonies; also called for harsh punishment of smugglers

Question 4

boycott

Answer 4

a refusal to buy certain goods

Question 5

Boston Massacre

Answer 5

a clash between British soldiers and Boston colonists in 1770

Question 6

Sons of Liberty

Answer 6

colonists who formed a secret society to oppose British policies during the American Revolution.

Question 7

Boston Tea Party

Answer 7

the dumping of 342 chests of tea into Boston Harbor by colonists in 1773 to protest the tea act.

Question 8

Intolerable Acts

Answer 8

a series of laws by Parliament to punish Massachusetts colonists for the Boston Tea Party

Question 9

Militia

Answer 9

a force of armed civilians who defend their community during the American Revolution; and emergency military force that is not part of the regular army

Question 10

Lexington and Concord

Answer 10

sites in Massachusetts of the first battles of the American Revolution

Question 11

loyalist

Answer 11

an american colonist who supported the british in the american revolution

Question 12

Patriot

Answer 12

an American colonist who sided with the rebels in the American Revolution

Question 13

First Continental Congress

Answer 13

a meeting of delegates in 1774 from all the colonies except Georgia to uphold colonial rights

Question 14

Second Continental Congress

Answer 14

a governing body whose delegates agreed to form the Continental Army and approve the Declaration of Independence

Question 15

Declaration of Independence

Answer 15

the document written in 1776, in which the colonies declare their independence from Britain.

Question 16

Thomas Jefferson

Answer 16

The person who wrote the declaration of independence.

Question 17

Tea Act

Answer 17

an act of the British Parliament (1773) that created a monopoly unfair to American tea merchants: the chief cause of the Boston Tea Party.

Question 18

What did the colonists say in response to Britain’s taxes?

Answer 18

“No taxation without representation.”

Question 19

What did the intolerable acts do?

Answer 19

The intolerable acts finally united the colonists against British rule.

Question 20

The colonists found ways to get around the taxes, How?

Answer 20

boycotts, smuggling, and refusing to pay the taxes.

Question 21

The First Continental Congress banned what with Britain? and called on each colony to begin doing what.

Answer 21

The First Continental Congress banned trade with Britain and called on each colony to begin training troops.

Question 22

The First Continental Congress called on each colony to do what?

Answer 22

to begin training troops. banned trade with britain

Question 23

The first shots of the Revolutionary War were fired at?

Answer 23

lexington and Concord on April 18,1775.

Question 24

What did the second continental congress do?

Answer 24

formed the Continental Army and adopted the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776.

Question 25

George Washington

Answer 25

In June 1775 George Washington became the commander of the continental army.

Question 26

Battle of Saratoga

Answer 26

a series of conflicts between british soldiers and the continental army that proved to be a turning point in the revolutionary war

Question 26

Ally

Answer 26

a country that helps another country achieve a common goal

Question 27

bayonet

Answer 27

a long steel knife attached to the end of a gun

Question 28

Battle of Yorktown

Answer 28

the last major battle of the revolutionary war, which resulted in the surrender of British forces

Question 29

Treaty of Paris of 1783

Answer 29

- it ended the revolutionary war, - gave the colonists their independence - and setting the boundaries of the new nation

Question 30

Republicanism

Answer 30

the belief that government should be based on the consent of the people

Question 31

How many of the americans were loyal to britain?

Answer 31

as many as 1/3's

Question 32

How did the battle of Saratoga mark a turning point in the war?

Answer 32

because the American victory let other countries in Europe believe that the British could be defeated.

Question 33

Which two countries helped the american colonists?

Answer 33

France and Germany

Question 34

_________ surrounded ____________ at ____________, and with the help and aid of the ___________ ships and soldiers, defeated ___________ and forced him to surrender.

Answer 34

Washington, Cornwallis, Yorktown, French, Cornwallis

Question 34

What was the famous quote by John Paul Jones?

Answer 34

I have not yet begun to fight

Question 35

Why did the americans win the war?

Answer 35

-better leaders, -they received help from France, -they knew the land better - they were better motivated because they had more to fight for.

Question 36

What did the treaty of paris give america?

Answer 36

Its freedom, and extended its borders from the atlantic ocean to the mississippi.

Question 37

Wilderness Road

Answer 37

The trail into Kentucky that woodsman Daniel Boone - helped to build.

Question 38

Articles of Confederation OTG

Answer 38

A document, adopted by the Continental Congress and finally approved , that outlined the government of the United States.

Question 38

Northwest Ordinance

Answer 38

it described how the Northwest Territory was to be governed and set conditions for settlement and settlers’ rights.

Question 39

Shay's Rebellion

Answer 39

an uprising of debt-ridden Massachusetts farmers 1787.

Question 40

Constitutional Convention

Answer 40

a meeting held to consider changes to the Articles of Confederation*** * -resulted in the drafting of the constitution.

Question 41

James Madison

Answer 41

one of the ablest delegates, read more than 100 books on government in preparation for the meeting, called the Constitutional Convention.

Question 42

Great Compromise

Answer 42

the Constitutional Convention’s agreement to establish a two-house national legislature, with all states having equal representation in one house and each state having representation based on its population in the other house

Question 43

Federalists

Answer 43

supporters of the Constitution.

Question 44

Anti- Federalists

Answer 44

a person who opposed the ratification of the U.S constitution.

Question 45

George Mason

Answer 45

perhaps the most influential Virginian besides washington

Question 46

Bill of Rights

Answer 46

the first ten amendments to the U.S constitution and consisting of a formal list of citizens rights and freedoms.

Question 47

American were moving which way on what?

Answer 47

West, wilderness road

Question 48

The articles of Confederation gave the americans what?

Answer 48

Strong Leadership, the federal government needed more power

Question 49

What are the first ten amendments called?

Answer 49

The bill of Rights

Question 49

What did the great compromise allow?

Answer 49

The Great Compromise allowed the House of Representatives to be filled according to state population and allowed each state to have two representatives in the senate.

Question 50

Amendment 13

Answer 50

Abolished Slavery

Question 51

Amendment 18

Answer 51

Outlawed alcohol------ was later repealed by amendment 21

Question 52

Amendment 19

Answer 52

gave women the right to vote

Question 53

Marquis de Lafayette

Answer 53

French aristocrat, freemason, and military officer who volunteered to join the Continental Army,

Question 54

John Paul Jones

Answer 54

I have not yet begun to fight