OnRamps U.s. HistORy Unit 2 2023
QUEstiOns anD nasWERs GRaDED a+
Alexander Hamilton - ANSWER 1789-1795; First Secretary of the Treasury. He
advocated creation of a national bank, assumption of state debts by the federal
government, and a tariff system to pay off the national debt.
Federalist 10 - ANSWER An essay composed by James Madison which argues
that liberty is safest in a large republic because many interests (factions) exist.
Such diversity makes tyranny by the majority more difficult since ruling coalitions
will always be unstable.
Sedition Act - ANSWER Made it a crime to criticize the government or
government officials. Opponents claimed that it violated citizens' rights to freedom
of speech and freedom of the press, gauranteed by the First Amednment.
Articles of Confederation - ANSWER 1st Constitution of the U.S. 1781-1788
(weaknesses-no executive, no judicial, no power to tax, no power to regulate trade)
Washington's Farewell Address - ANSWER Warned Americans not to get
involved in European affairs, not to make permanent alliances, not to form political
parties and to avoid sectionalism.
Benjamin Franklin - ANSWER American intellectual, inventor, and politician He
helped to negotiate French support for the American Revolution.
Intolerable Acts - ANSWER A series of laws set up by Parliament to punish
Massachusetts for its protests against the British
Shay's Rebellion - ANSWER Rebellion led by Daniel Shays of farmers in
western Massachusetts in 1786-1787, protesting mortgage foreclosures. It
highlighted the need for a strong national government just as the call for the
Constitutional Convention went out.
, OnRamps U.s. HistORy Unit 2 2023
QUEstiOns anD nasWERs GRaDED a+
Bill of Rights - ANSWER The first ten amendments to the Constitution
James Madison - ANSWER "Father of the Constitution," Federalist leader, and
fourth President of the United States.
Stamp Act - ANSWER 1765; law that taxed printed goods, including: playing
cards, documents, newspapers, etc.
Boston Massacre - ANSWER The first bloodshed of the American Revolution
(1770), as British guards at the Boston Customs House opened fire on a crowd
killing five Americans
John Adams - ANSWER America's first Vice-President and second President.
Sponsor of the American Revolution in Massachusetts, and wrote the
Massachusetts guarantee that freedom of press "ought not to be restrained."
Sugar Act - ANSWER Law passed by the British Parliament setting taxes on
molasses and sugar imported by the colonies
Boston Tea Party - ANSWER A 1773 protest against British taxes in which
Boston colonists disguised as Mohawks dumped valuable tea into Boston Harbor.
John Marshall - ANSWER American jurist and politician who served as the chief
justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1801-1835) and helped establish the practice of
judicial review.
Thomas Paine - ANSWER American Revolutionary leader and pamphleteer
(born in England) who supported the American colonist's fight for independence
and supported the French Revolution (1737-1809)
Common Sense - ANSWER A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that claimed
the colonies had a right to be an independent nation
QUEstiOns anD nasWERs GRaDED a+
Alexander Hamilton - ANSWER 1789-1795; First Secretary of the Treasury. He
advocated creation of a national bank, assumption of state debts by the federal
government, and a tariff system to pay off the national debt.
Federalist 10 - ANSWER An essay composed by James Madison which argues
that liberty is safest in a large republic because many interests (factions) exist.
Such diversity makes tyranny by the majority more difficult since ruling coalitions
will always be unstable.
Sedition Act - ANSWER Made it a crime to criticize the government or
government officials. Opponents claimed that it violated citizens' rights to freedom
of speech and freedom of the press, gauranteed by the First Amednment.
Articles of Confederation - ANSWER 1st Constitution of the U.S. 1781-1788
(weaknesses-no executive, no judicial, no power to tax, no power to regulate trade)
Washington's Farewell Address - ANSWER Warned Americans not to get
involved in European affairs, not to make permanent alliances, not to form political
parties and to avoid sectionalism.
Benjamin Franklin - ANSWER American intellectual, inventor, and politician He
helped to negotiate French support for the American Revolution.
Intolerable Acts - ANSWER A series of laws set up by Parliament to punish
Massachusetts for its protests against the British
Shay's Rebellion - ANSWER Rebellion led by Daniel Shays of farmers in
western Massachusetts in 1786-1787, protesting mortgage foreclosures. It
highlighted the need for a strong national government just as the call for the
Constitutional Convention went out.
, OnRamps U.s. HistORy Unit 2 2023
QUEstiOns anD nasWERs GRaDED a+
Bill of Rights - ANSWER The first ten amendments to the Constitution
James Madison - ANSWER "Father of the Constitution," Federalist leader, and
fourth President of the United States.
Stamp Act - ANSWER 1765; law that taxed printed goods, including: playing
cards, documents, newspapers, etc.
Boston Massacre - ANSWER The first bloodshed of the American Revolution
(1770), as British guards at the Boston Customs House opened fire on a crowd
killing five Americans
John Adams - ANSWER America's first Vice-President and second President.
Sponsor of the American Revolution in Massachusetts, and wrote the
Massachusetts guarantee that freedom of press "ought not to be restrained."
Sugar Act - ANSWER Law passed by the British Parliament setting taxes on
molasses and sugar imported by the colonies
Boston Tea Party - ANSWER A 1773 protest against British taxes in which
Boston colonists disguised as Mohawks dumped valuable tea into Boston Harbor.
John Marshall - ANSWER American jurist and politician who served as the chief
justice of the U.S. Supreme Court (1801-1835) and helped establish the practice of
judicial review.
Thomas Paine - ANSWER American Revolutionary leader and pamphleteer
(born in England) who supported the American colonist's fight for independence
and supported the French Revolution (1737-1809)
Common Sense - ANSWER A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that claimed
the colonies had a right to be an independent nation
