Founding Docs

Prior to becoming its own nation, the thirteen colonies in what would become the United States were under the control of:

• Germany
• Britain
• Spain
• France

Choose three causes of the Declaration of Independence and American Revolution? (choose three)

• The War of 1812
• Taxation without Representation
• The Mayflower Compact
• The Boston Massacre
• The Coercive (Intolerable) Acts

What did the Proclamation of 1763 do?

• taxed colonists' tea imports
• shut down the Boston Harbor
• banned settlement beyond the Appalachian Mountains
• responded to violence of the Boston Massacre

Who did NOT sign the Declaration of Independence?

• Benjamin Franklin
• John Adams
• Thomas Jefferson
• Andrew Jackson

What did the Declaration of Independence list?

• reasons why the U.S. should take over the Louisiana territory
• grievances with the British crown
• problems with slavery
• reasons for supporting the king

What did the Declaration of Independence do?

• declared the United States as an sovereign nation, independent of Britain
• doubled the size of the American colonies
• ended the Revolutionary War
• established individual rights for all citizens of the United States

Following the Revolutionary War, what document set up the first government of the United States?

• Declaration of Independence
• Constitution
• Articles of Confederation
• Proclamation of 1763

True or False: The Articles of Confederation gave most of the governing power to the central government, not the states.

• True
• False

Which of the following were issues with the Articles of Confederation? (choose all that apply)

• it gave the central government too much power
• it did not allow for states' rights
• it did not give the federal government authority to raise taxes
• it did not give the federal government authority to raise an army
• it did not give a national currency and money lost its value

Which of the following was a reason why citizens were angry with government under the Articles of Confederation?

• the central government had too much power
• state taxes were raised and they could not afford them
• the central government limited states' rights
• the federal government issued one national currency