Chapter 2 Chapter Quiz

. 1. The Declaratory Act was

a. The first main act passed by Parliament in 1764 that many colonists saw as economically oppressive.

b. The Parliamentary act that imposed the first direct tax on the colonists.

c. The act that stated that Parliament had supremacy over the colonies.

d. The act that required local governments to provide supplies and barracks for British troops.

. 2. The Sugar Act was

a. The first main act passed by Parliament in 1764 that many colonists saw as economically oppressive.

b. The Parliamentary act that imposed the first direct tax on the colonists.

c. The act that stated that Parliament had supremacy over the colonies.

d. The act that required local governments to provide supplies and barracks for British troops.

. 3. The Quartering Act was

a. The first main act passed by Parliament in 1764 that many colonists saw as economically oppressive.

b. The Parliamentary act that imposed the first direct tax on the colonists.

c. The act that stated that Parliament had supremacy over the colonies.

d. The act that required local governments to provide supplies and barracks for British troops.

. 4. The Stamp Act was

a. The first main act passed by Parliament in 1764 that many colonists saw as economically oppressive.

b. The Parliamentary act that imposed the first direct tax on the colonists.

c. The act that stated that Parliament had supremacy over the colonies.

d. The act that required local governments to provide supplies and barracks for British troops.

. 5. In response to the _________, colonial protesters disguised themselves as American Indians and threw tea chests overboard ships as a response to the

a. Sugar Act.

b. Declaratory Act.

c. Quartering Act.

d. Tea Act.

. 6. The First Continental Congress met for the first time in Philadelphia in _____?

a. 1774.

b. 1781.

c. 1787.

d. 1799.

. 7. In terms of the Articles of Confederation, which of the following was not a power granted to Congress?

a. Power to declare war.

b. Power to make treaties.

c. Power to enact taxes.

d. Power to coin money.

. 8. Congress called a convention to revise the Articles of Confederation in ________?

a. February 1787.

b. January 1789.

c. August 1791.

d. May 1793.

. 9. Which of the following was a former slave who founded the African American Freemasons?

a. Crispus Attucks.

b. Lemuel Haynes.

c. Prince Hall.

d. Frederick Douglass.

. 10. Which of the following was not a crucial procedural decision made at the beginning of the Philadelphia convention?

a. Making the decision to hold secret sessions.

b. Making George Washington the individual to preside over the sessions.

c. Making the decision to draft a new government.

d. Making the decision to revise, and not replace, the Articles of the Confederation.

. 11. The _________________ proposed a system of government that maintained a confederation with a unicameral legislature with equal representation for each state.

a. Virginia Plan

b. Connecticut Plan

c. New Jersey Plan

d. None of the above

. 12. The _________________ proposed a system of government with a strong central government with three branches and a legislature with proportional representation.

a. Virginia Plan.

b. Connecticut Plan.

c. New Jersey Plan.

d. None of the above.

. 13. The Connecticut Plan (Great Compromise)

a. Proposed a system of government with a strong central government with three branches and a legislature with proportional representation.

b. Proposed a system of government with a bicameral legislature, equal representation in the Senate, and proportional representation in the House.

c. Proposed a system of government that maintained a confederation with a unicameral legislature with equal representation for each state.

d. None of the above.

. 14. How many articles constitute The Federalist Papers?

a. 10.

b. 24.

c. 51.

d. 85.

. 15. Women were granted the right to vote by way of the _________ amendment?

a. Fifth.

b. Ninth.

c. Fifteenth.

d. Nineteenth.

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