Social Studies Midyear DA Review

What caused the French and Indian War? Colonists wanted..

• All land in North America

• The Ohio River Valley

• To not be ruled by Great Britain

• Money and supplies from the French

To help pay debt...British taxed all legal documents, newspapers, licenses, playing cards, etc.

• The Quartering Act

• The Intolerable Acts

• The Stamp Act

• The Boston Tea Party

What is not a natural right?

• Life

• Justice

• Pursuit of Happiness

• Liberty

What was NOT a weakness of the Articles of Confederation?

• Federal Government was collecting too many taxes

• No federal courts to settle disputes between states

• Federal Government had no power to raise an army

• Federal government could not collect taxes from citizens

HE was made the leader of the Constitutional Convention because Americans trusted and respected him?

• Thomas Jefferson

• James Madison

• George Washington

• Benjamin Franklin

He helped the large and small states agree to the Great Compromise?

• George Washington

• James Madison

• Thomas Jefferson

• Benjamin Franklin

What settled the dispute over how states would be represented in the Legislative Branch?

• Articles of Confederation

• Three-Fifths Compromise

• Laws of Legislature

• Great Compromise

What settled the dispute about whether or not slaves should be counted toward the population?

• Great Compromise

• Three-Fifths Compromise

• Articles of Confederation

• Slave Trade Compromise

Why did the states want the Bill of Rights added before they would ratify the Constitution?

• To give the states power over the people

• To limit the rights of the citizens

• To limit what the government can do

• To give the federal government all the power

What is income?

• Spending money

• Money set aside

• Money coming in

• a plan on how to spend your money