Texas Tech History 2300 Exam 2
Questions and All Correct Answers.
1st Continental Congress - Answer Meeting of delegates from colonies at the start of the
American Revolution, in response to the Intolerable Acts. They listed their rights and grievances
and petitioned King George III
Lexington Concord - Answer First wars of the American Revolution known as "The shot heard
around the world", the British retreated and Americans fought using Gorilla Warfare
Captain John Parker - Answer American colonial who lead the militia in the Battle at
Lexington
George Washington - Answer 1st President, who set precedence for the job. He did not want
any sort of formal title which showed that anyone can become President, set up a cabinet, and
set the standard of only serving for 2 terms
Bunker Hill - Answer Battle during the Revolutionary War in Massachusetts, the British
defeated the Americans even though we inflicted many casualties, which boosted out
confidence
Boston Evacuation - Answer Opening phase of the Revolutionary War, New England militia
stopped the British attempt at entering and so after 10 months they retreated
Common Sense - Answer -Written by Thomas Paine
-Criticized the monarchy
-Thought that it was ridiculous for a continent(America) to be ruled by an island(England)
Battles of Trenton and Princeton - Answer Washington's first successful battles which put
new life into the American cause and instilled confidence in the troops
Yorktown - Answer Washington surrounds the British and wins a decisive victory. De Grasse
defeats the British navy resulting in Cornwallis running out of options, so the British surrender
which grants peace and independence
Treaty of Paris - Answer Treaty that ended the Revolutionary War and set boundaries
between the British and Americans
, Articles of Confederation - Answer The "original" constitution, weak central government(no
right to tax), military was in the hands of the states, no power to regulate trade(set up tariffs),
and economically weak
Land Ordinance of 1785 - Answer Split land into a grid/squares, when one of those "squares"
obtains more than 60,000 people they can become a state
Northwest Ordinance of 1787 - Answer Created the Northwest territory:
-Ohio
-Indiana
-Illinois
-Michigan
-Wisconsin
-Minnesota
Shay's Rebellion - Answer Armed uprising in Massachusetts led by Daniel Shays against
economic and civil rights injustices, served as a cause for the Constitutional Convention
Philadelphia Convention of 1787 - Answer Participants were important political figures who
met in order to create the new constitution, which was a bundle of compromises
Liberal vs Conservative - Answer Liberal:
-Change
-Making things better
-Human rights
-Democratic Republicans
-Want more government involvement
-Okay with taxes
Conservatives:
-Law and Order
-Not a fan of revolutions
-Property rights
-Federalists
-Want less government involvement
-Do not like taxes
Questions and All Correct Answers.
1st Continental Congress - Answer Meeting of delegates from colonies at the start of the
American Revolution, in response to the Intolerable Acts. They listed their rights and grievances
and petitioned King George III
Lexington Concord - Answer First wars of the American Revolution known as "The shot heard
around the world", the British retreated and Americans fought using Gorilla Warfare
Captain John Parker - Answer American colonial who lead the militia in the Battle at
Lexington
George Washington - Answer 1st President, who set precedence for the job. He did not want
any sort of formal title which showed that anyone can become President, set up a cabinet, and
set the standard of only serving for 2 terms
Bunker Hill - Answer Battle during the Revolutionary War in Massachusetts, the British
defeated the Americans even though we inflicted many casualties, which boosted out
confidence
Boston Evacuation - Answer Opening phase of the Revolutionary War, New England militia
stopped the British attempt at entering and so after 10 months they retreated
Common Sense - Answer -Written by Thomas Paine
-Criticized the monarchy
-Thought that it was ridiculous for a continent(America) to be ruled by an island(England)
Battles of Trenton and Princeton - Answer Washington's first successful battles which put
new life into the American cause and instilled confidence in the troops
Yorktown - Answer Washington surrounds the British and wins a decisive victory. De Grasse
defeats the British navy resulting in Cornwallis running out of options, so the British surrender
which grants peace and independence
Treaty of Paris - Answer Treaty that ended the Revolutionary War and set boundaries
between the British and Americans
, Articles of Confederation - Answer The "original" constitution, weak central government(no
right to tax), military was in the hands of the states, no power to regulate trade(set up tariffs),
and economically weak
Land Ordinance of 1785 - Answer Split land into a grid/squares, when one of those "squares"
obtains more than 60,000 people they can become a state
Northwest Ordinance of 1787 - Answer Created the Northwest territory:
-Ohio
-Indiana
-Illinois
-Michigan
-Wisconsin
-Minnesota
Shay's Rebellion - Answer Armed uprising in Massachusetts led by Daniel Shays against
economic and civil rights injustices, served as a cause for the Constitutional Convention
Philadelphia Convention of 1787 - Answer Participants were important political figures who
met in order to create the new constitution, which was a bundle of compromises
Liberal vs Conservative - Answer Liberal:
-Change
-Making things better
-Human rights
-Democratic Republicans
-Want more government involvement
-Okay with taxes
Conservatives:
-Law and Order
-Not a fan of revolutions
-Property rights
-Federalists
-Want less government involvement
-Do not like taxes
