vocabulary

Question 1

intolerable acts

Answer 1

in 1774, parliament passed a series of laws to punish the colonies, they were harsh

Question 2

loyalists

Answer 2

americans who supported the british

Question 3

patriots

Answer 3

americans whi sided w. the rebels

Question 4

“taxation w. out representation”

Answer 4

colonists weren’t happy about the tax decisions so they fought the british for their independence

Question 5

boston tea party

Answer 5

colonists protested british policies by boarding british ships and throwing their cargoes of tea overboard

Question 6

boston massacre

Answer 6

british troops fired on and killed american colonists

Question 7

five executive gov. departments

Answer 7

• sec. of health and human services
• sec. of education
• sec. of labor
• sec. of state
• sec. of transportation

Question 8

roles of the president

Answer 8

• head of state
• commander in chief
• chief executive

Question 9

federalists

Answer 9

• favored ratification, wanted a strong national government
• supported the constitution
• “federalist propers”

Question 10

anti- federalists

Answer 10

• opposed ratification, wanted a weak national government
• thought the constitution gave the government too much power
• “the states should have more power”
• bill of rights

Question 11

virginia plan

Answer 11

• legislative has 2 chambers
• more states, more power
• each state gets votes depending on their population
• benefitted larger states

Question 12

new jersey plan

Answer 12

• legislative has 3 chambers
• less states, more power
• each state gets 1 vote
• gave smaller states more power

Question 13

the great compromise

Answer 13

• 2 houses

- house of representatives and house of the senate

Question 14

expressed/ implied powers

Answer 14

given to the National government through the Constitution

Question 15

concurrent powers

Answer 15

delegated to both the National and state governments

Question 16

reserved powers

Answer 16

reserved only for the states