History Test 2 Part 3
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- government run by the people who live under it.
- democracy
- The act or process of setting free from slavery of any kind is called
- emancipation
- In a separate treaty, Great Britain returned Florida to
- Spain
- The number of Loyalists who left the United States is estimated
- 100,000
- American casualties may have been BLANK wounded and BLANK.
- 19,000 4,000
- The last British troops left Staten Island on what date?
- 12/4/83
- General George Washington gave his farewell address to his troops at
- Fraunces Tavern
- The first state to have suffrage for all men over twenty-one years of age was
- Vernmont
- what happens when the government cannot support an established church.
- separation of church and state
- The first state to free slaves
- Rhode Island
- Slavery was abolished in which states during the Revolutionary War?
- Penn Mass
- The slave owner who freed his slaves in his will
- Washington
- The constitution of Massachusetts required local support
- public schools
- One weakness of the Articles of Confederation was that they provided for:
- unanimous vote
- A rebellion of debt-ridden farmers was led by:
- Shays
- Under the Articles of Confederation, Congress had no power to:
- collect taxes
- The Articles of Confederation went into effect in:
- 1781
- Under the Articles of Confederation, the
- states were superior
- A serious dispute between the large and small states under the Articles was over the problem of:
- representation
- Ill feelings arose between the states because of claims to the:
- Northwest territory
- The Ordinance of 1785:
- benefited eastern speculators at the expense of western farmers
- Under the Land Ordinance of 1787, a territory could be admitted to the Union when it had
- 600,000 free inhabitants
- All of the following events were accomplishments of the Articles of Confederation except:
- dec of independance
- Why were the sessions of the Constitutional Convention held secretly?
- James Madison public opinion
- three branches, two house Congress, nationakl systme
- Virginia Plan
- three branch one house, federal judiciary
- Jew Jersey Plan
- The group that favored the Constitution was called BLANK , and those who opposed the Constitution were called BLANK.
- Fed, Anti fed
- What is the system of checks and balances?
- Pres can veto Cong. Cong can override 2/3 impeach. Court can declare unconsitutional
- Why was the system of checks and balances included in the Constitution?
- to prevent one branch of the government from becoming too powerful
- What are the three ways the Constitution can be amended?
- 2/3 of house 3/4 of states
- T or F Many of the serious problems that plagued the government under the Articles of Confederation developed because of the limited power of the central government.
- True
- T or F The Intolerable Acts caused the formation of the Continental navy.
- False
- T or F Daniel Shay's rebellion united the colonies in recognizing a need for a strong national government.
- True
- The first ten amendments to the Constitution that safeguard the rights of individuals
- Bill of Rights
- The man credited with teaching the patriots how to fight professionally
- Von Stueben
- Which TWO states abolished slavery during the Revolutionary War?
- Pennsylvania and Massachusetts
- The slave owner who freed his slaves in his will was _____.
- Washington
- The Ordinance of 1785:
- benefited eastern speculators at the expense of western farmers