History Worksheet to learn Key Terms: Jessie Whitmore
1: The first representative assembly in the colonies was:
Virginia House of Burgesses
2: Define mercantilism:
A economic and political policy by which goods can be purchased in a free
market
3: What did the Proclamation of 1763 order?
Enforcement of the Tea Act
4. What was the reason The Sons of Liberty were organized?
To opposed acts passed by the British Gov't...
5. Why did Parliaent pass the Intolerable Acts of 1774
to show strength of Britain against violence
6. Who directed the Revolutionary War:
Second Continental Congress...
7. List the major purposes of the Declaration of Independence.
Formally declaring war on Great Britain
Providing reason for the break with England
Stated the rights of the people
8. What lands were given and to whom in the Treaty of Paris in 1783
US was given land from the Ohio River to the Rio Grande
9. Between 1775 and 1782, the US was known as the:
British Colonies
10. Describe the government under the Articles of Confederation:
One house Congress, ( One vote per state, Passed two major laws)
11: Who did the Maryland Toleration Act of 1649 guarantee religious freedom to?
People of all religions
12. What region of the colonies was part of the Mayflower Compact?
New England
13. Who was to be protected by the Bill of Rights?
Individuals and states
14. Which branch of government makes laws?
Legislative
15. Name the cash crops of the south:
tobacco, indigo, rice
16. The lawmaking body in England is called:
Parliament
17. The result of the Boston Massacre:
more tension between US and Britain
18. A president is impeached when
The senate accused him of a crime
19. The Articles of Confederation was
A weak form of government
20. The Federalist and Anti-Federalists differed over
the Constitution
21. Privately owned ships authorized to attack British ships during the
Revolutionary War.
Privateers
22. Americans who supported the King and Gov't of England:
Tories
23. Minute Men - militia members ready to fight on short notice.
24 The best form of protest is: (
)
25. Bill of Rights: The first ten amendments to the constitution
26. Puritans: English Protestants who wanted to break away from the Anglican
Church
27. Colony: Land settled by a people from another country that remains under
the control of that country.
28. Quakers: Religious group that is also called the Society of Friends
29. Anglican Church - The Church of England
30. Series of laws passed by Great Britain to control trade? Townshend Acts
31. Congress: Contains the House of Representative and the senate
32: Sufferage: Refer to voting, found in the 15th, 19th and 26th amendments
33. Judicial Branch:
Settled the questions and arguments of the Legislative Branch
34. Amendments: To add to the constitution
35. Passed to divide the land in the Northwest: Northwest Ordinance
36. The five rights and freedoms of the first amendments:
Bill of Rights:
Freedom of speech,
the Right to Assembly,
Freedom to worship according to choice,
Right to privacy,
Right to bear arms.
37. The war between Great Britain and France that ended in 1763:
French and Indian War
38. Tax on imported goods:
Import tax
39. Items that had to be sent to England before selling to other countries:
manufactured goods
40 First scheme for uniting the colonies to discuss the problems with the Indians
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