APUSH SOLVED QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS SET TWO
✔✔Sons of Liberty - ✔✔A radical political organization formed by Samuel Adams after
the passage of the Stamp Act to protest various British acts; organization used both
peaceful and violent means of protest
✔✔Daughters of Liberty - ✔✔This organization supported the boycott of British goods.
They urged Americans to wear homemade fabrics and produce other goods that were
previously available only from Britain. They believed that way, the American colonies
would become economically independent.
✔✔Declaratory Act - ✔✔Act passed in 1766 after the repeal of the stamp act; stated
that Parliament had authority over the the colonies and the right to tax and pass
legislation "in all cases whatsoever."
✔✔Townshend Acts - ✔✔A tax that the British Parliament passed in 1767 that was
placed on leads, glass, paint and tea
✔✔Boston Massacre - ✔✔The first bloodshed of the American Revolution (1770), as
British guards at the Boston Customs House opened fire on a crowd killing five
Americans
✔✔Boston Tea Party - ✔✔Demonstration (1773) by citizens of Boston who (disguised
as Indians) raided three British ships in Boston harbor and dumped hundreds of chests
of tea into the harbor
✔✔Coercive/Intolerable Acts - ✔✔Acts passed in retaliation to the Boston Tea Party;
the British government closed port of Boston until tea was paid for; revised the charter if
Massachusetts (which drastically reduced their powers of self-government), forced
colonists of Massachusetts to house British soldiers and allowed British officers to be
tried in England for crimes of violence.
✔✔American Revolution (1775-1783) - ✔✔A period when 13 colonies gained
independence from England. Based on disapproval by colonists of several taxes and
other unpopular laws. Protests lead to fighting in 1775, and after two main British armies
were captured in 1777 and 1781 and an alliance of the colonists with the French, the
Treaty of Paris was signed.
✔✔Continental Congress - ✔✔The legislative assembly composed of delegates from
the rebel colonies who met during and after the American Revolution
✔✔Common sense - ✔✔A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1776 that criticized
monarchies and convinced many American colonists of the need to break away from
Britain
,✔✔Declaration of Independence - ✔✔The document recording the proclamation of the
second Continental Congress (4 July 1776) asserting the independence of the colonies
from Great Britain
✔✔General George Washington - ✔✔Commander in Chief of the Continental Army.
Brilliantly led America to victory and freedom in the American Revolution. Became 1st
US president
✔✔Battle of Saratoga - ✔✔Turning point of the American Revolution. It was very
important because it convinced the French to give the U.S. military support. It lifted
American spirits, ended the British threat in New England by taking control of the
Hudson River, and, most importantly, showed the French that the Americans had the
potential to beat their enemy, Great Britain.
✔✔French Alliance - ✔✔The French entered the war in 1778, and assisted in the victory
of the Americans seeking independence from Britain
✔✔Loyalists - ✔✔American colonists who remained loyal to Britain and opposed the
war for independence
✔✔Articles of Confederation - ✔✔This document, the nations first constitution, was
adopted by the second continental congress in 1781 during the revolution. The
document was limited because states held most of the power, and congress lacked the
power to tax, regulate trade, and control coinage
✔✔Newburgh Conspiracy - ✔✔The officers of the Continental Army had long gone
without pay, and they met in New York to address Congress about their pay, they also
considered staging a coup and seizing control of the new government, but the plotting
ceased when George Washington refused to support the plan.
✔✔Peace of Paris (1783) - ✔✔Great Britain recognized the independence of the United
States, agreed to the Mississippi boundary in the west, Florida was passed back to
Spain; Loyalist property that had been confiscated would be returned.
✔✔Republicanism - ✔✔Political movement / ideology that supports the ideas that all
power and sovereignty comes directly from the people and not from some authoritative
person and that the success of a government depends on the characters of its citizens.
✔✔Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom - ✔✔1779 - Written by Thomas Jefferson, this
statute outlawed an established church and called for separation of Church and State.
(Disestablishment)
✔✔Republican Motherhood - ✔✔The idea that American women had a special
responsibility to cultivate "civic virtue" in their children
,✔✔Land ordinance and Northwest Ordinance - ✔✔Systematic survey of land, land
divided in 6 x 6 mile regions; Established a system for setting up governments in the
western territories so they could eventually join the Union on an equal footing with the
original 13 states ; laid the legal and cultural groundwork for midwestern (and
subsequently, western) development
✔✔Shay's Rebellion - ✔✔This conflict in Massachusetts caused many to criticize the
Articles of Confederation and admit the weak central government was not working;
uprising led by Daniel Shays in an effort to prevent courts from foreclosing on the farms
of those who could not pay the taxes
✔✔Philadelphia (Constitutional) Convention - ✔✔The meeting of state delegates in
1787 in Philadelphia called to revise the Articles of Confederation. It instead designed a
new plan of government, the US Constitution.
✔✔James Madison - ✔✔Strict constructionist, 4th president, father of the Constitution,
leads nation through War of 1812, author of Bill of Rights
✔✔Virginia Plan - ✔✔Virginia delegate James Madison's plan of government, in which
states got a number of representatives in Congress based on their population
✔✔New Jersey Plan - ✔✔New Jersey delegate William Paterson's plan of government,
in which states got an equal number of representatives in Congress
✔✔Great Compromise - ✔✔Compromise made by Constitutional Convention in which
states would have equal representation in one house of the legislature (Senate) and
representation based on population in the other house (House of Representatives)
✔✔3/5 Compromise - ✔✔The decision at the Constitutional convention to count slaves
as 3/5 of a person for the purpose of deciding the population and determining how many
seats each state would have in Congress
✔✔Charles Beard's Constitution thesis - ✔✔A historian who argued that the
Constitution was designed to protect the economic self-interest of its framers. Beard's
view is largely rejected by contemporary scholars
✔✔Ratification of the Constitution debate - ✔✔Opponents (anti-federalists) feared
central power and wanted Bill of Rights; Constitution ratified at conventions; ultimately
ratified b/c support of Washington and Franklin (Federalists), Federalist Papers,
promise to add Bill of Rights
✔✔Federalist Papers - ✔✔Series of essays, written by Hamilton, Madison, and Jay, that
defended the Constitution and tried to reassure Americans that the states would not be
overpowered by the federal government.
, ✔✔Bill of Rights - ✔✔A formal statement of the fundamental rights of the people of the
United States, incorporated in the Constitution as Amendments 1-10, and in all state
constitutions.
✔✔Washington's Presidency (1789-1797) - ✔✔He set the precedent for being the
President of the United States. He humbly served two terms and appointed the first
cabinet. He stayed out of Congress' way and supported the United States' isolationist
stance in world affairs.
✔✔Hamilton's financial program - ✔✔A financial plan involving the funding of national
debt at par value, the assumption of state debts, and the establishment of a national
bank
✔✔Establishment of Washington D.C as nation's capital - ✔✔Disagreements rose as to
which state it would be a part of. In 1790, Alexander Hamilton proposed a solution that
established the new permanent capital on federal land rather than in a state. President
George Washington was asked to pick the site. Both Maryland and Virginia gave up
land along the Potomac River that became the District of Columbia, established in 1791.
✔✔Neutrality Proclamation - ✔✔A 1793 statement by President Washington that the
United States would not support or aid either France or Britain in their European conflict
following the French Revolution
✔✔Jay's Treaty - ✔✔An agreement between made up by John Jay; said that Britain
was to pay for Americans ships that were seized in 1793 ; Americans had to pay British
merchants debts owed from before the revolution ; Britain had agreed to remove their
troops from the Ohio Valley
✔✔Pinckney's Treaty - ✔✔Agreement with Spain that changed Florida's border, opened
the Mississippi River to American navigation, and granted Americans the right of deposit
in New Orleans; Spain agreed to the treaty because it feared that Jay's Treaty included
an Anglo-American alliance.
✔✔Whiskey Rebellion - ✔✔A protest caused by tax on liquor; it tested the will of the
government; Washington's quick response showed the government's strength and
mercy (led an army to put down the rebellion)
✔✔First Party System: Federalists vs. Democratic-Republicans - ✔✔A term that defines
the period of time when the Federalists and Democratic-Republicans competed for the
presidency. Federalists (Hamilton): industrial society, strong central govt., loose
interpretation;Republicans(Jefferson/Madison): decentralized, agrarian society and
economy, limited central govt., belief in states rights, strict interpretation. It was ended
with the Era of Good Feelings. ,
✔✔Sons of Liberty - ✔✔A radical political organization formed by Samuel Adams after
the passage of the Stamp Act to protest various British acts; organization used both
peaceful and violent means of protest
✔✔Daughters of Liberty - ✔✔This organization supported the boycott of British goods.
They urged Americans to wear homemade fabrics and produce other goods that were
previously available only from Britain. They believed that way, the American colonies
would become economically independent.
✔✔Declaratory Act - ✔✔Act passed in 1766 after the repeal of the stamp act; stated
that Parliament had authority over the the colonies and the right to tax and pass
legislation "in all cases whatsoever."
✔✔Townshend Acts - ✔✔A tax that the British Parliament passed in 1767 that was
placed on leads, glass, paint and tea
✔✔Boston Massacre - ✔✔The first bloodshed of the American Revolution (1770), as
British guards at the Boston Customs House opened fire on a crowd killing five
Americans
✔✔Boston Tea Party - ✔✔Demonstration (1773) by citizens of Boston who (disguised
as Indians) raided three British ships in Boston harbor and dumped hundreds of chests
of tea into the harbor
✔✔Coercive/Intolerable Acts - ✔✔Acts passed in retaliation to the Boston Tea Party;
the British government closed port of Boston until tea was paid for; revised the charter if
Massachusetts (which drastically reduced their powers of self-government), forced
colonists of Massachusetts to house British soldiers and allowed British officers to be
tried in England for crimes of violence.
✔✔American Revolution (1775-1783) - ✔✔A period when 13 colonies gained
independence from England. Based on disapproval by colonists of several taxes and
other unpopular laws. Protests lead to fighting in 1775, and after two main British armies
were captured in 1777 and 1781 and an alliance of the colonists with the French, the
Treaty of Paris was signed.
✔✔Continental Congress - ✔✔The legislative assembly composed of delegates from
the rebel colonies who met during and after the American Revolution
✔✔Common sense - ✔✔A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1776 that criticized
monarchies and convinced many American colonists of the need to break away from
Britain
,✔✔Declaration of Independence - ✔✔The document recording the proclamation of the
second Continental Congress (4 July 1776) asserting the independence of the colonies
from Great Britain
✔✔General George Washington - ✔✔Commander in Chief of the Continental Army.
Brilliantly led America to victory and freedom in the American Revolution. Became 1st
US president
✔✔Battle of Saratoga - ✔✔Turning point of the American Revolution. It was very
important because it convinced the French to give the U.S. military support. It lifted
American spirits, ended the British threat in New England by taking control of the
Hudson River, and, most importantly, showed the French that the Americans had the
potential to beat their enemy, Great Britain.
✔✔French Alliance - ✔✔The French entered the war in 1778, and assisted in the victory
of the Americans seeking independence from Britain
✔✔Loyalists - ✔✔American colonists who remained loyal to Britain and opposed the
war for independence
✔✔Articles of Confederation - ✔✔This document, the nations first constitution, was
adopted by the second continental congress in 1781 during the revolution. The
document was limited because states held most of the power, and congress lacked the
power to tax, regulate trade, and control coinage
✔✔Newburgh Conspiracy - ✔✔The officers of the Continental Army had long gone
without pay, and they met in New York to address Congress about their pay, they also
considered staging a coup and seizing control of the new government, but the plotting
ceased when George Washington refused to support the plan.
✔✔Peace of Paris (1783) - ✔✔Great Britain recognized the independence of the United
States, agreed to the Mississippi boundary in the west, Florida was passed back to
Spain; Loyalist property that had been confiscated would be returned.
✔✔Republicanism - ✔✔Political movement / ideology that supports the ideas that all
power and sovereignty comes directly from the people and not from some authoritative
person and that the success of a government depends on the characters of its citizens.
✔✔Virginia Statute of Religious Freedom - ✔✔1779 - Written by Thomas Jefferson, this
statute outlawed an established church and called for separation of Church and State.
(Disestablishment)
✔✔Republican Motherhood - ✔✔The idea that American women had a special
responsibility to cultivate "civic virtue" in their children
,✔✔Land ordinance and Northwest Ordinance - ✔✔Systematic survey of land, land
divided in 6 x 6 mile regions; Established a system for setting up governments in the
western territories so they could eventually join the Union on an equal footing with the
original 13 states ; laid the legal and cultural groundwork for midwestern (and
subsequently, western) development
✔✔Shay's Rebellion - ✔✔This conflict in Massachusetts caused many to criticize the
Articles of Confederation and admit the weak central government was not working;
uprising led by Daniel Shays in an effort to prevent courts from foreclosing on the farms
of those who could not pay the taxes
✔✔Philadelphia (Constitutional) Convention - ✔✔The meeting of state delegates in
1787 in Philadelphia called to revise the Articles of Confederation. It instead designed a
new plan of government, the US Constitution.
✔✔James Madison - ✔✔Strict constructionist, 4th president, father of the Constitution,
leads nation through War of 1812, author of Bill of Rights
✔✔Virginia Plan - ✔✔Virginia delegate James Madison's plan of government, in which
states got a number of representatives in Congress based on their population
✔✔New Jersey Plan - ✔✔New Jersey delegate William Paterson's plan of government,
in which states got an equal number of representatives in Congress
✔✔Great Compromise - ✔✔Compromise made by Constitutional Convention in which
states would have equal representation in one house of the legislature (Senate) and
representation based on population in the other house (House of Representatives)
✔✔3/5 Compromise - ✔✔The decision at the Constitutional convention to count slaves
as 3/5 of a person for the purpose of deciding the population and determining how many
seats each state would have in Congress
✔✔Charles Beard's Constitution thesis - ✔✔A historian who argued that the
Constitution was designed to protect the economic self-interest of its framers. Beard's
view is largely rejected by contemporary scholars
✔✔Ratification of the Constitution debate - ✔✔Opponents (anti-federalists) feared
central power and wanted Bill of Rights; Constitution ratified at conventions; ultimately
ratified b/c support of Washington and Franklin (Federalists), Federalist Papers,
promise to add Bill of Rights
✔✔Federalist Papers - ✔✔Series of essays, written by Hamilton, Madison, and Jay, that
defended the Constitution and tried to reassure Americans that the states would not be
overpowered by the federal government.
, ✔✔Bill of Rights - ✔✔A formal statement of the fundamental rights of the people of the
United States, incorporated in the Constitution as Amendments 1-10, and in all state
constitutions.
✔✔Washington's Presidency (1789-1797) - ✔✔He set the precedent for being the
President of the United States. He humbly served two terms and appointed the first
cabinet. He stayed out of Congress' way and supported the United States' isolationist
stance in world affairs.
✔✔Hamilton's financial program - ✔✔A financial plan involving the funding of national
debt at par value, the assumption of state debts, and the establishment of a national
bank
✔✔Establishment of Washington D.C as nation's capital - ✔✔Disagreements rose as to
which state it would be a part of. In 1790, Alexander Hamilton proposed a solution that
established the new permanent capital on federal land rather than in a state. President
George Washington was asked to pick the site. Both Maryland and Virginia gave up
land along the Potomac River that became the District of Columbia, established in 1791.
✔✔Neutrality Proclamation - ✔✔A 1793 statement by President Washington that the
United States would not support or aid either France or Britain in their European conflict
following the French Revolution
✔✔Jay's Treaty - ✔✔An agreement between made up by John Jay; said that Britain
was to pay for Americans ships that were seized in 1793 ; Americans had to pay British
merchants debts owed from before the revolution ; Britain had agreed to remove their
troops from the Ohio Valley
✔✔Pinckney's Treaty - ✔✔Agreement with Spain that changed Florida's border, opened
the Mississippi River to American navigation, and granted Americans the right of deposit
in New Orleans; Spain agreed to the treaty because it feared that Jay's Treaty included
an Anglo-American alliance.
✔✔Whiskey Rebellion - ✔✔A protest caused by tax on liquor; it tested the will of the
government; Washington's quick response showed the government's strength and
mercy (led an army to put down the rebellion)
✔✔First Party System: Federalists vs. Democratic-Republicans - ✔✔A term that defines
the period of time when the Federalists and Democratic-Republicans competed for the
presidency. Federalists (Hamilton): industrial society, strong central govt., loose
interpretation;Republicans(Jefferson/Madison): decentralized, agrarian society and
economy, limited central govt., belief in states rights, strict interpretation. It was ended
with the Era of Good Feelings. ,
