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- 76. The Jay Treaty of 1794 had all of the following consequences excepta. Settling the unresolved issues of the 1783 Treaty of Parisb. Withdrawal of British troops from the Northwest Territoryc. Recognition of the American right to trade with France without interferenced. Establishing commercial relations with Great Britaine. Making it possible to settle America's territorial conflicts with Spain
- 65. The Senate exercises special checks on the executive branch by having the power toa. Originate all legislation involving taxation and appropriationb. Approve presidential appointments and treaties with foreign countriesc. Override a presidential veto with a majority voted. Select the president if there is a tie in the electoral collegee. Appoint judges to the Supreme Court
- 40. The Stamp Act crisis brought the colonies to the brink of war with the British, but the crisis subsided largely becausea. Colonial leaders were unable to organize significant protestsb. England could not afford to fight another costly war in Americac. British merchants, hurt by the colonial boycott, forced Parliament to repeal the actd. The colonies were militarily too powerful for Britain to fighte. The colonial petitions persuaded the British government to rethink its constitutional position
- 63. To protect the nation from the "tyranny of the majority," the original U.S. Constitution provided that the voters would directly elect only one part of the national government, thea. Presidentb. Senatec. House of Representativesd. Supreme Courte. Cabinet
- 67. The "elastic clause" of the Constitutiona. Authorizes the president to raise taxes without Congressional approval in times of national emergencyb. Authorizes Congress to make laws "necessary and proper" for carrying out its other enumerated powersc. Gives the national government the authority to spread more money than it collects in taxes if doing so is necessary to the general welfare of the countryd. Gives Congress the authority to increase the number of judges on the Supreme Court whenever it deems it necessary to do soe. Gives Congress the power to amend the Constitution with a 23 vote of both houses
- 69. The Anti-federalists drew support from all the following groups excepta. Supporters of strong central government authorityb. States' rights supportersc. Small farmersd. Paper money advocatese. Debtors
- 68. Winning ratification of the Constitution in Virginia requireda. A compromise establishing the national capital in the southb. A promise by the Federalists to create a national bankc. A promise by the Federalists to add a bill of rights to the documentd. A compromise increasing southern representation in Congresse. A compromise allowing the national government to take responsibility for the payment of state debts
- 60. Shay's Rebelliona. Erupted because of Congress' inability to pay debts owed to Revolutionary War veteransb. Was crushed by an effective military response from the national governmentc. Reflected anger in Massachusetts over high taxes and lack of debt reliefd. Sought to force the United States into rejoining the British Empiree. Elicited considerable support for the Articles of Confederation
- 56. The Articles of Confederation were finally approved by all the states in 1781 whena. An agreement was reached on the method for electing the presidentb. States gave up their right to print and coin moneyc. All states claiming western lands surrendered control of them to the national governmentd. The states gave up their power to establish import taxese. A bicameral national legislature was created
- 44. The Tea Act of 1773a. Imposed a massive new import tax on tea in the coloniesb. Led to the summoning of the First Continental Congressc. Was created to save the British East India Company from bankruptcyd. Was created in response to the burning of the British warship HMS Gaspeee. Did not cause/generate much opposition in the colonies as it was not really a tax
- 45. In response to Boston's opposition to the Tea Act of 1773, the British Parliament decided toa. Take no action against the cityb. Suspend the Tea Actc. Arrest only those who had organized the Boston Tea Partyd. Take punitive action and make an example of Massachusettse. Hold all of the American colonies responsible for the Boston Tea Party
- 41. Americans of the 1760s and 70s based their opposition to British policies on all of the following ideas excepta. Parliament was the representative body of Englishmen in England, but not Englishmen in Americab. According to the British constitution, taxes could be levied on people only if their elected representatives approved themc. Under the British constitution, the king was superior to Parliament and Parliament was superior to the elected legislatures in the coloniesd. People should resist the government if it oppressed them, and they had the right to overthrow the government if necessarye. Englishmen in America should be accorded the same rights under the British constitutional as Englishmen in England
- 31. The primary cause of the French and Indian War wasa. The decision of the Algonquians to abandon their alliance with the Britishb. The competing desire of the French and English to control the Ohio Valleyc. George Washington's victory over the French at Ft. Duquesned. The alliance between the French and the Iroquoise. Land disputes between the different English colonies
- 36. The event that served as the primary catalyst for the creation of the Proclamation Line of 1763 wasa. King George's Warb. Pontiac's Rebellionc. The Parson's Caused. The Writs of Assistancee. The Gaspee Affair
- 43. The primary colonial argument made by the colonists against the Townshend Duties, as expressed in John Dickinson's Letters From a Pennsylvania Farmer and Sam Adams' Circular Letter wasa. The purpose of taxes, rather than their form, determined their constitutionalityb. Members of Parliament represented all British subjects and without American representatives in Parliament the body lack any legal standingc. Colonists should be able to elect their own representatives to Parliamentd. Parliament could pass virtually all types of legislation, including taxese. Because the Townshend duties were direct taxes, rather than taxes on trade, they were unconstitutional
- 42. Arrange these events in chronological order: (A) Writs of Assistance, (B) Gaspee Affair, (C) Boston Massacre, (D) 2nd Continental Congress, and (E) Intolerable Acts.a. A, B, C, D, Eb. D, B, E, C, Ac. C, E, B, D, Ad. E, B, A, C, De. A, C, B, E, D
- 50. Arguably the most important outcome of the Battle of Saratoga wasa. An alliance between the United States and Franceb. The defeat of William Howe's army and the recapture of New York Cityc. The withdrawal of Cornwallis's forces from Virginiad. Growing disenchantment over American failures on the battlefielde. The British decision to repeal the coercive acts
- 52. The American Revolution impacted American society in all of the following ways excepta. It encouraged widespread support for Republican ideals such as individual liberty and equalityb. It led meany Americans to question colonial practices such as class deferencec. It guaranteed that Indian lands west of the Appalachians would be protected from white settlementd. It prompted thousands of British loyalists to flee to Canadae. It prompted the northern states to abolish slavery
- 38. The Stamp Act of 1765 angered the colonists becausea. All of the followingb. The new tax was imposed by Parliament and was blatantly designed to produce revenue for the British governmentc. The postage rates in colonial America were already extremely highd. The revenues produced by the act were too low to provide the services demanded by the colonistse. People bought far more stamps than any other commodity in colonial America
- 46. When the Second Continental Congress first convened in May of 1775a. Its members immediately developed a strong consensus in support of American independenceb. It immediately severed communications with the British governmentc. It was hesitant to create a single Continental armyd. There was no well-defined sentiment for American independencee. So-called "radicals" greatly outnumbered "moderate" delegates