Chapter 3: The U.S. Constitution Exam
Questions and Answers 100% Solved
What was the first representative legislative institution in the colonies?
a. House of Burgesses in Virginia
b. The Senate
c. The House of Representatives
d. The Continental Congress
e. Parliament - ✔✔Correct Answer:
a. House of Burgesses in Virginia
What rights and privileges did the colonists believe they were
constitutionally entitled to as free British subjects? (select all answer
choices that apply)
a. Freedom from all taxation
b. Privilege of the writ of habeas corpus
c. Prohibitions on ex post facto laws
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,d. Women's right to vote
e. Trial by jury
f. The ability to use military force to settle land disputes with Native people
g. Right to petition government
h. Freedom of the press - ✔✔Correct Answers:
b. Privilege of the writ of habeas corpus
c. Prohibitions on ex post facto laws
e. Trial by jury
g. Right to petition government
hFreedom of the press
What happened as a result of the British and American victory in the
French and Indian War (1754-1763)?
a. France was granted land in North America under the agreement that
they would not seek to gain more
b. France could still trade with the American Colonists but under heavy
taxation
c. France was forced to pay a tax to the British government for their
continued stay in North America
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,d. France was removed from all of the mainland of North America -
✔✔Correct Answer:
d. France was removed from all of the mainland of North America
Britain's national debt almost doubled because of the borrowing needed to
fund the French and Indian War. Under pressure from the heavily taxed
wealthy British subjects, what policy did Parliament enact to move some of
the financial burden to the American colonists?
a. The Intolerable Acts
b. The Declaratory Act
c. The Stamp Act
d. Poll Taxes - ✔✔Correct Answer:
c. The Stamp Act
Why did the colonists protest the Stamp Act?
a. The imposed duty was too expensive
b. It was unconstitutional taxation without representation
c. It limited their selection of paper goods
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, d. The collected tax was not being allocated towards services that serve
the Colonies - ✔✔Correct Answer:
b. It was unconstitutional taxation without representation
The British did not relent on the basic principle that Parliament had
legitimate authority to make laws binding upon the colonies despite the fact
that the colonists lacked representation in Parliament. Which act was
passed by Parliament that stated it had the authority to make laws "in all
cases whatsoever?"
a. Declaratory Act
b. Intolerable Acts
c. Stamp Act
d. Sugar Act
e. Constitutional Act - ✔✔Correct Answer:
a. Declaratory Act
What was the British response to the Boston Tea Party? (select all answer
choices that apply)
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Questions and Answers 100% Solved
What was the first representative legislative institution in the colonies?
a. House of Burgesses in Virginia
b. The Senate
c. The House of Representatives
d. The Continental Congress
e. Parliament - ✔✔Correct Answer:
a. House of Burgesses in Virginia
What rights and privileges did the colonists believe they were
constitutionally entitled to as free British subjects? (select all answer
choices that apply)
a. Freedom from all taxation
b. Privilege of the writ of habeas corpus
c. Prohibitions on ex post facto laws
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,d. Women's right to vote
e. Trial by jury
f. The ability to use military force to settle land disputes with Native people
g. Right to petition government
h. Freedom of the press - ✔✔Correct Answers:
b. Privilege of the writ of habeas corpus
c. Prohibitions on ex post facto laws
e. Trial by jury
g. Right to petition government
hFreedom of the press
What happened as a result of the British and American victory in the
French and Indian War (1754-1763)?
a. France was granted land in North America under the agreement that
they would not seek to gain more
b. France could still trade with the American Colonists but under heavy
taxation
c. France was forced to pay a tax to the British government for their
continued stay in North America
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,d. France was removed from all of the mainland of North America -
✔✔Correct Answer:
d. France was removed from all of the mainland of North America
Britain's national debt almost doubled because of the borrowing needed to
fund the French and Indian War. Under pressure from the heavily taxed
wealthy British subjects, what policy did Parliament enact to move some of
the financial burden to the American colonists?
a. The Intolerable Acts
b. The Declaratory Act
c. The Stamp Act
d. Poll Taxes - ✔✔Correct Answer:
c. The Stamp Act
Why did the colonists protest the Stamp Act?
a. The imposed duty was too expensive
b. It was unconstitutional taxation without representation
c. It limited their selection of paper goods
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, d. The collected tax was not being allocated towards services that serve
the Colonies - ✔✔Correct Answer:
b. It was unconstitutional taxation without representation
The British did not relent on the basic principle that Parliament had
legitimate authority to make laws binding upon the colonies despite the fact
that the colonists lacked representation in Parliament. Which act was
passed by Parliament that stated it had the authority to make laws "in all
cases whatsoever?"
a. Declaratory Act
b. Intolerable Acts
c. Stamp Act
d. Sugar Act
e. Constitutional Act - ✔✔Correct Answer:
a. Declaratory Act
What was the British response to the Boston Tea Party? (select all answer
choices that apply)
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