
Chapter 2 - Origins of Government: Review
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- Q1Why would it be difficult to settle a dispute between two states under the Articles of ConfederationEach state had only one vote in CongressThe president would not help settle disputesThere was no national court systemThe national court system was poorly trained30s
- Q2How did the Three-Fifths Compromise affect representation in Congress?Every five slaves were counted as three free menNew representatives were chosen every three to five years.Small states had three-fifths of the representatives of larger states.Every three slaves were counted as five free men30s
- Q3Benjamin Franklin felt that the Constitutionwas a perfect system of governmenthad so many faults it would prove unworkablewas the best constitution that could be made under the circumstanceswould need to be substantially revised in a few years30s
- Q4According to the Declaration of Independence, why were the colonists justified in ending their political connections with Great Britain?because Britain increased their taxes on imported goodsbecause Britain had denied their basic rightsbecause the royal governors could not keep the peacebecause Britain had declared war without their consent30s
- Q5What was the main reason that Federalists supported ratification of the Constitution?the desire for personal powerthe need to give more power to the people and the statesthe need for a stronger central governmenttheir confidence that they had created a perfect document30s
- Q6What delayed the inauguration of the new government under the Constitution?Bad weather kept many member of the new government awayCongress lacked a quorum, so it could not finish counting the votes for PresidentCongress could not agree where the temporary capital should beGeorge Washington took a long time to make the journey from Mount Vernon30s
- Q7The Stamp Act Congresswas the first attempt at confederation in the American coloniesurged a boycott of English goodswas the first time a significant number of colonies had joined to oppose the British governmentagreed with Parliament about taxation without representation30s
- Q8What was an early act of the Second Continental Congress?It organized an army to be led by George WashingtonIt wrote the Constitution for the new governmentIt wrote most of the early state constitutionsIt organized an army to help King George III30s
- Q9What thoughts are in the middle of the Declaration of Independence?a list of grievances the colonists had against the king of Englanda statement demanding due processa description of the legislative branch of a new governmenta list of colonies that wanted to break free of British rule30s
- Q10What was the main reason that the government in London exercised little control over the American coloniesThe colonists were rebellious from the very beginningThe king did not care about the colonies and ignored themThe king granted broad powers of self-government to most of the coloniesLondon was 3,000 miles away, and it took months to communicate with the colonies30s
- Q11What was the main reason that both the First and Second Continental Congresses were convened?to declare independence from Englandto oppose taxation without representation and other British policiesto write a Constitution for the new governmentto try to make peace with the British government30s
- Q12How did the English documents such as the English Bill of Rights influence American settlers?They avoided the mistakes made in those documentsThey caused anger among the settlersThe documents almost prevented the RevolutionThe government they set up in the U.S. included the same rights as the English documents30s
- Q13What pushed the American colonists toward wanting independence from Britain?The Americans felt ignored by Britain for nearly a centuryThe colonists were rebellious from the very beginningThe king granted independence to some colonies but not othersBritain put high taxes on certain goods30s
- Q14Before George III came to the throne in Englandthe American colonies were allowed a fairly wide amount of self-rulea common market for colonial trade did not existthe American colonies were largely responsible for their own defensethe colonists were heavily taxed to support British troops30s
- Q15What did the First Continental Congress do in response to the Intolerable Acts?It sent a Petition of Rights to the colonial governorsIt asked the colonies to join the Albany Plan of UnionIt called for a Stamp Act Congress to be held in New YorkIt sent a Declaration of Rights to King George30s