01/20/25 Day 11

To escape religious persecution, Roger Williams left Massachusetts and founded Rhode Island.

• Great Compromise

• 1st Amendment

• Religious toleration

• France

Claimed land in New World to profit from fur trading.

• Great Compromise

• 1st Amendment

• Religious toleration

• France

Decided how many representatives large and small states would send to the bicameral Congress.

• Great Compromise

• 1st Amendment

• Religious toleration

• France

Freedom of press (media), freedom of assembly (peaceful protest), freedom to petition (ask for change).

• Great Compromise

• 1st Amendment

• Religious toleration

• France

Great Britain and France were at war again. The British Royal Navy struggled to keep sailors aboard their ships due to poor conditions and low pay. To supply the manpower to fight the French, the British began the practice of _______ against American sailors. This action enraged many Americans and was one of the major causes of the War of 1812.

Disagreements between these two cabinet members led to -

• the creation of reservations for American Indians

• a struggle to ratify the Bill of Rights

• the establishment of the first U.S. political parties

• a compromise over slavery in western territories

Like many colonists, Catholics came to America to escape religious persecution. in which colony did they settle and create an Act of Toleration?

• Maryland

• New Jersey

• Pennsylvania

• Rhode Island

Which constitutional principle?

• federalism

• checks and balances

• limited government

• separation of powers

Citizens electing representatives to carry out their will and make laws is an example of which principle?

• limited government

• checks and balances

• republicanism

British "impressment" of American sailors refers to -

• British navy kidnapping American sailors
• British navy pressing their garments 
• British navy asking politiely if Americans wanted to serve in their navy
• all of the above