American Revolution 17.4

The First Continental Congress was held in which city?

• Philadelphia
• Chicago
• New York
• Lexington

The British surrendered in which city?

• Philadelphia
• Yorktown
• Lexington
• New York

Fighting began between colonists and the British army in April, 1775

• Philadelphia
• Yorktown
• Lexington
• New York

The British tax on certain printed materials

• Stamp Act
• Intolerable Act
• Tea Tax
• Port Act

The sharing of power between national and state governments

• the federal system
• the Intolerable Acts
• the Stamp Acts
• Democracy

The first American constitution was the

• Bill of Rights
• Articles of Confederation
• Stamp Act
• Congress

The three branches of the national government were the

• judicial, executive, and legislative
• Senate, House of Representatives, and the Supreme Court
• president, Senate, and judiciary
• executive, Sentate, and state government

The first constitution gave the national government

• too much power
• too little power
• the right amount of power
• the Bill of Rights

The second Continental Congress gave the national government

• tax on printed documents
• declaration of allegiance to Britain
• new colonies
• the Declaration of Independence

The union of England and Scotland in 1707 created which of the following?

• the United States
• an independent parliament
• Canada
• the United Kingdom of Great Britan