SOL Review: 13 Colonies - Constitutional Convention

SOL Review: 13 Colonies - Constitutional Convention

By Samuel Mosquera

Multiple Choice

Which of the following best explains the importance of the Virginia House of Burgesses?

• 
  It was the first court system in the English colonies.

• It was the first appointed legislature in the English colonies.

• 
  It was the first democratically elected legislature in the English colonies.

• It was the named for the home that colonial politicians used for meetings.

Multiple Choice

The first permanent European settlement in North America was or is . . . ?

• Plymouth

• St Augustine

• Roanoke

• Jamestown

Categorize

Options (15)

Puritans

Mayflower Compact

Fishing, shipbuilding, and lumbering

Town Hall Meetings

Quakers

Religious Tolerance

English, Dutch, and German

Trading

Jamestown

Cavaliers

House of Burgesses

Cash Crops

Sort the following terms to the correct colonial region

New England

Middle Colonies

Southern Colonies

​The French and Indian War

• France and Great Britain had been competing for colonies around the world and in North America

• Eventually war breaks out

• The sides

  • The French and their Native American allies vs. Great Britain and their 13 Colonies

Why did the Native Americans ally with the French?

• The French had worked better with Native Americans

• Many French men had married Native American women and lived among the Native Americans

How the French and Indian War leads to the Revolutionary War

• Even though the British win the war and gain a lot of land the British are in a lot of debt and turn to the colonists to make the money back

• New Restrictions and Taxes

  • Proclamation Line of 1763 - > restricted colonial settlement in the west

  • Stamp Act, Sugar Act, Etc. -> New Taxes created to pay off war debt

Multiple Choice

Why did the colonies maintain these borders rather than expanding westward during the colonial era?

• After the French and Indian War, the British lost most of their North American land to France

• The British punished the colonists by passing the Stamp Act, which taxed the purchase of land

• The British punished the colonists by passing the Intolerable Acts, which prohibited settlement in the west

• After the French and Indian War, the British issued the Proclamation of 1763, which prohibited colonists from settling on land west of the Appalachian Mountains

Multiple Choice

How did the British government's handling of the transition away from Salutary Neglect affect the colonies?

• Britain's attempts to restrict colonial trade hurt the economy of the colonies and angered many colonists

• Britain's attempts to restrict trade with American Indians led to the French and Indian War

• Britain's renewed interest in the colonies led to a period of prosperity and population growth

• Britain's renewed interest in the colonies led to a period of increased self-governance

Multiple Choice

Why were the Battles of Lexington and Concord significant?

• They were the first military battles of the American Revolutionary War.

• They were significant for establishing the United Nations.
• They were the first naval battles in American history.
• They marked the end of the American Revolutionary War.

Multiple Choice

Which statement best describes the purpose of Thomas Paine's Common Sense?

• This pamphlet was written using religious language and imagery in order to tie the cause of American independence to Christian morals.

• Written for political leaders and wealthy merchants, this pamphlet was used to recruit the elite to the cause of American independence.

• 
  In plain language, this pamphlet attempted to persuade common people by openly promoting independence from Great Britain.

• Copies of this pamphlet were printed in multiple languages to help recruit recent immigrants to the independence movement.

Multiple Choice

Which Battle of the Revolutionary War convinced the French to help the Colonists?

• The Battle of Bunker Hill
• The Battle of Saratoga
• The Battle of Yorktown
• The Battle of Lexington

Multiple Choice

Which battle marked the end of the Revolutionary War?

• Battle of Bunker Hill
• Battle of Saratoga
• Battle of Lexington
• Battle of Yorktown

Match

Match the following battles of the Revolutionary War

• Yorktown

• Saratoga

• Lexington and Concord

British surrender

Turning point/French Alliance

First battle

• British surrender

• Turning point/French Alliance

• First battle

Multiple Choice

The Founder's of the United States feared a powerful federal government because...

• They didn't want a repeat of Great Britain and King George

• They wanted a powerful king to lead them

• They wanted a national government to take away people's rights

Multiple Choice

What led to many problems for the United States under the Articles of Confederation?

• The federal judicial branch had too much power compared to the federal executive branch.

• The federal executive branch had too much power compared to the federal legislative branch.

• The states had too much power compared to the federal government.

• The federal government had too much power compared to the states.

Match

Match the following branches of government to their role

• Executive

• Legislative

• Judicial

Enforce the laws

Write the laws

Interpret the laws

• Enforce the laws

• Write the laws

• Interpret the laws

Multiple Choice

Read this quote from Montesquieu:

"When the legislative and executive powers are united in the same person, or in the same body of magistrates, there can be no liberty; because apprehensions may arise, lest the same monarch or senate should enact tyrannical laws, to execute them in a tyrannical manner."

Which constitutional principle was inspired by Montesquieu?

• Judicial review
• Federalism
• Separation of powers and Checks and Balances