American Revolution

What was a strength of the AOC?

• allowed for the creation of new states

• made changing laws easy

• allowed more votes to states with larger numbers

• created a President to lead the country

Which constitutional principle did the AOC lack?

• Individual rights

• checks and balances

• popular sovereignty

According to the Americans the ________________ was an attempt by the British to control them by preventing land expansion.

• Stamp Act

• Intolerable Acts

• Proclamation of 1763

• Sugar Act

What came first: the Boston Tea Party or the Intolerable Acts?

• Boston Tea Party

• Intolerable Acts

The AOC allowed too little power to rest in a federal government.

• True

• False

Which event led to the Constitutional Convention of 1787?

• The Treaty of Paris

• Boston Tea Party

• Proclamation of 1763

• Shay's Rebellion

The first shots of the American Revolution were fired at...

• Bunker Hill

• Trenton

• Yorktown

• Lexington

The creation of the Declaration of Independence was accomplished at....

• First Continental Congress

• Second Continental Congress

• Third Continental Congress

• Fourth Continental Congress

One major challenge the British army faced during the American Revolution was...

• inexperienced troops

• lack of training

• lack of supplies

• long supply lines

The new boundary of the United States under the Treaty of Paris 1783 was...

• The Rocky Mountains

• The Appalachian Mountains

• The Mississippi River

• The Ohio River