U.S. Government: Chapter 4 Test Review

From which country did Americans borrow words like bailiff, township, and sheriff?

England

Name the last state to ratify the Constitution

Rhode Island

Why was it difficult for Britain to govern American affairs through the colonial period?

Long distance

How many years were there between the completion of the Articles of Confederation and its final approval by the states?

3

(Federalists, Anti-Federalists) support approval of the Constitution.

Federalists

Why was the South so concerned about the Federal government's control over commerce?

Tariffs

What was the goal of the Great Compromise?

To resolve a dispute over representation

(T or F) The New Jersey Plan gave more power to individual states

True

(T or F) it was nearly impossible, as much as they tried, for colonial newspapers to collect information on what was going on in the independence hall

False

How many states were represented at the Annapolis Convention?

5

Although congress authorized the building of a navy, why was this so difficult to do?

High costs, anti-military sentiment, and conditional peace clauses

Under the Articles of Confederation, the states were nearly helpless to respond to the threats of the _______________ Pirates

Barbary

The National legislature was (bicameral, unicameral) under the Articles of Confederation

unicameral

List the 2 main reasons for hesitance to ratify the Constitution?

Lack of a bill of rights and the fear a central government would take away individual state power.

List 2 main reasons why the colonial government was permitted to grow during the Colonial Period?

Vast distance and the tradition of local representation

Name the leader of the Anti-Federalist movement

Patrick Henry

Who was the uncompromising compromiser?

Roger Sherman

Name the man who originated the social contract theory of government.

John Locke

Who was the primary author of the Federalist Papers?

Alexander Hamilton

Who was the primary author of the constitution

James Madison

Name the Father of the Constitution

James Madison

Name the last state to ratify the Articles of Confederation

Marylands

Name the famous work written by John Lock that greatly influenced the Founding Fathers

social contract

Did the colonial framers adopt Federalism from the English structure of government?

no

What was significant about the year 1619?

The first representative assembly, the House of Burgesses, was formed

Who was the King of England in 1760?

King George III

In what city did the Constitutional Convention meet?

Philadelphia

List pseudonyms for those writers who opposed the constitution:

Cato, Brutus, and Sydney

What law did the 1765 Stamp Act violate?

Petition of Right

Who led an uprising of farmers in Massachusetts

Daniel Shays

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