APUSH Midterm Review

What was the purpose of the First Continental Congress

• To declare independence from Britian

• To organize a response to British Taxes and Intolerable Acts

• To organize the defense of the colonies and draft a response to the king

• To revamp the Articles of Confederation and write the Constitution

What was the purpose of the Second Continental Congress

• To declare independence from Britian

• To organize a response to British Taxes and Intolerable Acts

• To organize the defense of the colonies and draft a response to the king

• To revamp the Articles of Confederation and write the Constitution

Thomas Jefferson and the Founding Fathers borrowed ideas from what author

• Thomas Paine

• John Locke

• Thomas Hobbs

• Karl Marx

The central arguments in the Declaration of Independence is that the king violated the colonists...

• Civil Rights

• Right of Self Governance

• Their right to Representation as Englishmen

• Their inalienable rights as men

Which treaty ended the American Revolution?

• Treaty of Paris

• Treaty of Ghent

• The Jay Treaty

• The Adams-Onis Treaty

Which treaty ended the War of 1812?

• Treaty of Paris

• Treaty of Ghent

• The Jay Treaty

• The Adams-Onis Treaty

Why were the Peace terms offered by Britan after the Revolution so favorable to the US?

• They saw the benefit of the US as a trade partner

• They wanted to loosen the relationship between the US and France

• They saw no way to continue to control Canada otherwise

• They were concerned about US treatment of their Native allies

Why did most soldiers choose to fight with the militia during the Revolution?

• It allowed them to stay closer to home

• They had shorter terms of enlistment

• Many men ties to their state were stronger then the idea of country

• The spirit of independence made many resent the order of the army

Who wrote the Federalist Papers

• Thomas Jefferson

• Alexander Hamilton

• John Jay

• James Madison

The rivalry between what two members of Washington's Cabinet Created the first political parties

• Alexander Hamilton

• Thomas Jefferson

• John Adams

• Aaron Burr