- King George’s war occurred because:
the king of Prussia wanted Austrian territory
- A major goal of the French in wanting to maintain control over the Ohio Valley was to :
link its landholdings from Canada to the Mississippi valley
- The French and Indian war eventually became part of the larger world conflict know as:
the seven Years War
- During the French and Indian war, George Washington confronted the French at fort Duquesne. He saw that this for was too strong so he was forced to retreat and built fort:
necessity
- Benjamin Franklin’s attempt to created inter colonial unity at the Albany congress resulted in:
rejection of the congress’s proposal for fear that colonists options would become less important
- The British forces suffered early defeats in the French and Indian war under the overall command of:
General Braddock
- The argument that abuses and usurpations by king George and his gov. violated the social contract that had existed between Britain and its American colonies was articulated in:
the declaration of independence
- In the revolutionary war, African Americans:
fought in both the American patriot and British loyalist military forces
- The 1783 treaty of Paris stated that:
Britain formally and unconditionally recognized the independence of the U.S., American fishing ships would be given unlimited access to the waters of Newfoundland, and the U.S. would compensate loyalists whose property had been confiscated during the war
- A major new political innovation that emerged in the Revolutionary era was:
the idea of a written constitution drafted by a convention and ratified by direct vote of the people
- In the new state constitutions written after the Revolution, the most powerful branch of gov. was:
the legislative branch
- Which one of the following was a major success of the Articles of Confederation:
they devised land policies that would allow for the systematic incorporation of new states
- The greatest weakness of the gov. under the Articles of Confederation was that:
it had no power to regulate commerce or collect taxes from the sovereign states
- The northwest ordinance provided that :
after sufficient population growth, western territories could be organized and then join the union as states
- Of the following list of political leaders, which one was strongly opposed to the plan of government created by the delegates at the Philadelphia convention
: Patrick Henry
- Which of the following was not a feature of the AOC
: they called for a bicameral legislature
- Quebec was of importance because:
it was a natural fortress
- The Blank compromise states that 3/5th of a states slave population would be counted for purposes of taxation and representation:
3/5ths Compromise
- All of the following are true regarding the anti-feds except
: they maintained there was no need for a bill of rights
- The federalist papers:
attempted to claim the anxieties many had about the powers granted to the central gov. under the constitution
- London officials adopted a scheme for capturing the Hudson River valley. who was involved in this plan?
: General Burgoyne, General Howe, and Colonel St. Leger
- As a result of the Commerce Compromise:
the federal gov. was given authority to collect import taxes, but there would be no duties on exports
- Who introduced a resolution in congress that declared free and independent states?:
Richard Henry Lee
- Which of the following was a negative (for natives) during the fur trade
: religious beliefs were shattered when they killed the beavers
