Test 2 Questions Flashcards
What did the 2nd continental congress do?
Wrote the Declaration of Independence and assumed power
What was the catalyst for the revolutionary war?
The stamp act & French and Indian war
The first battle of the revolutionary war was…
At Lexington and Concord in Massachusetts
What caused the battles of Lexington and Concord
When delegates agreed on imposing an embargo on Britain.
Magna Carta vs. Petition of Right
Magna Carta was pretty general on the limits of the monarch where as the petition of right was more specific.
Who wrote the rough draft of the Declaration of Indepence?
Thomas Jefferson
Why were the colonists upset with the British parliament?
Because of the stamp act and French and Indian war
What was the first colonial legislature in America?
The Virginia House of Burgesses
What event caused British Parliament passing the coercive acts (intolerable acts)?
The Boston tea party, dumping 342 chests of tea at the Boston harbor
The intolerable acts prompted Massachusetts and Virginia to do what?
Organize the First Continental Congress
What was an accomplishment of the Articles of Confederation?
Gave us a form of government that enabled us to defeat Britain and come together to make a treaty to end the war.
