Unit 2 Exam (ch. 4-6)
1. The author of Common Sense
a. Considered the English constitution to be the greatest problem facing the colonists
2. The Stamp Act of 1765
a. Required colonists to pay taxes on most printed documents
3. The delegates to the Constitutional Convention of 1787
a. Were well educated by the standards of their time
4. At the start of the Revolution, American advantages over the British included a
a. Greater commitment to the war
5. In early 1778, France
a. Recognized the United States as a sovereign nation to help prevent it from abandoning the war
effort
6. The 1795 Treaty of Greenville
a. Led the United States to affirm that Indian lands could be ceded only by the tribes themselves
7. The events of Lexington and Concord
a. Occurred before there was a formal American declaration of independence
8. The leading colonial figure in the Boston Massacre was
a. Samuel Adams
9. In the first national elections in 1789
a. All the presidential electors cast their votes for George Washington
10. Who did the Congress send to London as a minister in 1784 to resolve the differences between the
Confederation and the British regarding the peace treaty of 1783?
a. John Adams
11. As treasury secretary, Alexander Hamilton
a. Supported the creation of a national bank
12. Delegates to the Constitutional Convention of 1787 recommended the document be ratified by
a. State legislatures
13. By the late 1780s, dissatisfaction with the Articles of Confederation included a belief that the national
government
a. Was ineffective
14. The first clash of the French and Indian War took place near what is now
a. Pittsburgh
15. At the time of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, General Thomas Gage, the commander of the
British garrison in Boston
a. Considered his army too small to act without reinforcements
16. The Judiciary Act of 1801
a. Was an attempt by Federalists to secure their hold on the courts
17. During the American Revolution, Loyalists
a. Constituted perhaps as many as one-third of the white colonial population
18. As leaders of a tax rebellion in the 1780s, Daniel Shays and his supporters demanded
1. The author of Common Sense
a. Considered the English constitution to be the greatest problem facing the colonists
2. The Stamp Act of 1765
a. Required colonists to pay taxes on most printed documents
3. The delegates to the Constitutional Convention of 1787
a. Were well educated by the standards of their time
4. At the start of the Revolution, American advantages over the British included a
a. Greater commitment to the war
5. In early 1778, France
a. Recognized the United States as a sovereign nation to help prevent it from abandoning the war
effort
6. The 1795 Treaty of Greenville
a. Led the United States to affirm that Indian lands could be ceded only by the tribes themselves
7. The events of Lexington and Concord
a. Occurred before there was a formal American declaration of independence
8. The leading colonial figure in the Boston Massacre was
a. Samuel Adams
9. In the first national elections in 1789
a. All the presidential electors cast their votes for George Washington
10. Who did the Congress send to London as a minister in 1784 to resolve the differences between the
Confederation and the British regarding the peace treaty of 1783?
a. John Adams
11. As treasury secretary, Alexander Hamilton
a. Supported the creation of a national bank
12. Delegates to the Constitutional Convention of 1787 recommended the document be ratified by
a. State legislatures
13. By the late 1780s, dissatisfaction with the Articles of Confederation included a belief that the national
government
a. Was ineffective
14. The first clash of the French and Indian War took place near what is now
a. Pittsburgh
15. At the time of the Battles of Lexington and Concord, General Thomas Gage, the commander of the
British garrison in Boston
a. Considered his army too small to act without reinforcements
16. The Judiciary Act of 1801
a. Was an attempt by Federalists to secure their hold on the courts
17. During the American Revolution, Loyalists
a. Constituted perhaps as many as one-third of the white colonial population
18. As leaders of a tax rebellion in the 1780s, Daniel Shays and his supporters demanded
