The Constitution CH. 2

Question 1

1. A _________ is the fundamental law undergirding the structure of government.

Answer 1

Constitution

Question 2

The _________ established a tax on a virtually all forms of paper used by the colonists.

Answer 2

The Stamp Act of 1765

Question 3

Britain repealed the Stamp Act in 1766 and replaced it with the __________, which then imposed taxes on various imports.

Answer 3

Townshed Act

Question 4

Led by Samuel Adams, the Massachusetts legislature issues a letter declaration that the Townshend Acts were unconstitutional because they violated which principle?

Answer 4

“No taxation without representation”

Question 5

Who said “Give me liberty or give me death”?

Answer 5

Patrick Henry