US HISTORY, UNIT 1 QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
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Proprietary colony - ANSWER colony owned and governed by an individual who could govern it as he
wanted
Bacon's Rebellion - ANSWER A rebellion led by Nathaniel Bacon with backcountry farmers to attack
Native Americans in an attempt to gain more land
Committees of correspondence - ANSWER Organization founded by Samuel Adams consisting of a
system of communication between patriot leaders in New England and throughout the colonies
Intolerable Acts - ANSWER In response to Boston Tea Party, 4 acts passed in 1774, Port of Boston closed,
reduced power of assemblies in colonies, permitted royal officers to be tried elsewhere, provided for
quartering of troop's in barns and empty houses
Townshend Acts - ANSWER A tax that the British Parliament placed on leads, glass, paint and tea
Treaty of Paris of 1783 - ANSWER Treaty Between England and the Colonies, formally ended the
American Revolutionary War
Northwest Ordinance - ANSWER A 1787 law that set up a government for the Northwest Territory
Shay's Rebellion - ANSWER Led by Daniel Shay, was a protest against the land being taken away and the
taxes that they had just worked so hard to get rid of
Great Compromise - ANSWER Compromise made by Constitutional Convention in which states would
have equal representation in one house of the legislature and representation based on population in the
other house
, Enumerated vs. implied powers - ANSWER Enumerated powers are powers specifically mentioned in the
constitution, Implied powers are powers that are not specifically mentioned in the constitution, but are
necessary for a successful government, such as the national bank
Necessary & Proper clause - ANSWER Constitutional clause that gives congress the power to make all
laws "necessary and proper" for executing its powers
John Adams - ANSWER America's first Vice-President and second President. Sponsor of the American
Revolution in Massachusetts, and wrote the Massachusetts guarantee that freedom of press "ought not
to be restrained
Alien and Sedition Acts - ANSWER Laws passed by congress in 1798 that enabled the government to
imprison or deport aliens and to prosecute critics of the government
Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions - ANSWER Written anonymously by Jefferson and Madison in response
to the Alien and Sedition Acts, they declared that states could nullify federal laws that the states
considered unconstitutional.
Election of 1800 - ANSWER Jefferson and Burr each received 73 votes in the Electoral College, so the
House of Representatives had to decide the outcome. The House chose Jefferson as President and Burr
as Vice President.
Judicial Review - ANSWER The power of the Supreme Court to declare laws and actions of local, state, or
national governments unconstitutional
Marbury vs. Madison - ANSWER Case in which the supreme court first asserted th power of Judicial
review in finding that the congressional statue expanding the Court's original jurisdiction was
unconstitutional
Eli Whitney - ANSWER United States inventor of the mechanical cotton gin (1765-1825)
Sectionalism - ANSWER Loyalty to one's own region of the country, rather than to the nation as a whole
ANSWERS WITH VERIFIED SOLUTIONS
2024
Proprietary colony - ANSWER colony owned and governed by an individual who could govern it as he
wanted
Bacon's Rebellion - ANSWER A rebellion led by Nathaniel Bacon with backcountry farmers to attack
Native Americans in an attempt to gain more land
Committees of correspondence - ANSWER Organization founded by Samuel Adams consisting of a
system of communication between patriot leaders in New England and throughout the colonies
Intolerable Acts - ANSWER In response to Boston Tea Party, 4 acts passed in 1774, Port of Boston closed,
reduced power of assemblies in colonies, permitted royal officers to be tried elsewhere, provided for
quartering of troop's in barns and empty houses
Townshend Acts - ANSWER A tax that the British Parliament placed on leads, glass, paint and tea
Treaty of Paris of 1783 - ANSWER Treaty Between England and the Colonies, formally ended the
American Revolutionary War
Northwest Ordinance - ANSWER A 1787 law that set up a government for the Northwest Territory
Shay's Rebellion - ANSWER Led by Daniel Shay, was a protest against the land being taken away and the
taxes that they had just worked so hard to get rid of
Great Compromise - ANSWER Compromise made by Constitutional Convention in which states would
have equal representation in one house of the legislature and representation based on population in the
other house
, Enumerated vs. implied powers - ANSWER Enumerated powers are powers specifically mentioned in the
constitution, Implied powers are powers that are not specifically mentioned in the constitution, but are
necessary for a successful government, such as the national bank
Necessary & Proper clause - ANSWER Constitutional clause that gives congress the power to make all
laws "necessary and proper" for executing its powers
John Adams - ANSWER America's first Vice-President and second President. Sponsor of the American
Revolution in Massachusetts, and wrote the Massachusetts guarantee that freedom of press "ought not
to be restrained
Alien and Sedition Acts - ANSWER Laws passed by congress in 1798 that enabled the government to
imprison or deport aliens and to prosecute critics of the government
Virginia and Kentucky Resolutions - ANSWER Written anonymously by Jefferson and Madison in response
to the Alien and Sedition Acts, they declared that states could nullify federal laws that the states
considered unconstitutional.
Election of 1800 - ANSWER Jefferson and Burr each received 73 votes in the Electoral College, so the
House of Representatives had to decide the outcome. The House chose Jefferson as President and Burr
as Vice President.
Judicial Review - ANSWER The power of the Supreme Court to declare laws and actions of local, state, or
national governments unconstitutional
Marbury vs. Madison - ANSWER Case in which the supreme court first asserted th power of Judicial
review in finding that the congressional statue expanding the Court's original jurisdiction was
unconstitutional
Eli Whitney - ANSWER United States inventor of the mechanical cotton gin (1765-1825)
Sectionalism - ANSWER Loyalty to one's own region of the country, rather than to the nation as a whole
