AMERICAN GOVERNMENT ROOTS AND REFORM CERTIFICATION EVALUATION PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS COMPLETE REVIEW SHEET.pdf

AMERICAN GOVERNMENT ROOTS AND
REFORM CERTIFICATION EVALUATION
PRACTICE QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS
COMPLETE REVIEW SHEET

●● What major protest did American colonists initiate in 1765?
Answer: The Stamp Act.


●● What did colonial leaders form to facilitate communication among
independence-minded colonists?
Answer: Committees of Correspondence.


●● True or False: The Committees of Correspondence were established
to communicate ideas among the colonies in 1772.
Answer: True


●● Who were among the leaders of the Sons of Liberty?
Answer: Patrick Henry and Samuel Adams.


●● What was the first official meeting of the thirteen colonies?
Answer: The Stamp Act Congress.

, ●● What was the purpose of the First Continental Congress?
Answer: To iron out differences with the king.


●● Who wrote Common Sense to argue for American independence
from Great Britain?
Answer: Thomas Paine.


●● True or False: The words and ideas of John Locke flow through the
Declaration of Independence.
Answer: True


●● What did the Declaration of Independence proclaim?
Answer: The right of the American colonies to separate from Great
Britain.


●● In what year did the thirteen colonies adopt the Articles of
Confederation?
Answer: 1781.


●● What type of government is characterized by a national government
that is weaker than the sum of its parts?
Answer: Confederation.