A
At the Constitutional Convention, the Great Compromise referred to
The creation of the Senate and the House of Representatives
Who wrote Common Sense?
Thomas Paine
The first college founded in the English colonies was _______ in 1636.
Harvard
The phrase “common law” is best defined as
The part of English law that is derived from custom and judicial precedent rather than by statute or the arbitrary rule of a king
What movement most directly influenced the writing of the Declaration of Independence?
The Enlightenment
Roger Williams founded the ________ colony after he was expelled from ______________.
Rhode Island, Massachusetts
Which of the following concepts, fundamental to the English concept of liberty, were alien to the Native American populations in North America?
a. Ownership of private property
b. The rule of law
c. The Christian concept of salvation through Christ
d. All of the above
d. All of the above
The first amendment to the Constitution was intended to
protect the free exercise of religion from government interference
and allow citizens to assemble peacefully
John Winthrop referred to Massachusetts Bay Colony as “a city upon a hill” because
The colony was to serve as an example of Christian virtue and charity.
The Spanish conquistador most associated with the destruction of the Incan Empire was
Francisco Pizarro
The first state to ratify the Constitution was
Delaware
The decisive turning point of the Revolutionary War, afer which the French decided to ally with the Americans, took place at the Battle of _________
Saratoga
The Spanish conquistador most associated with the destruction of the Aztec Empire was
Hernan Cortez
The last of the thirteen English colonies founded in North America was
Georgia
In the Declaration of Independence, the phrase “life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness” was inspired by which philosopher of the Enlightenment?
John Locke
Under Article VII, how many states were required to ratify the Constitution before it became operative?
Nine
Maryland became the first proprietary colony, meaning that
The colony was under the control of a single person.
General Charles Cornwallis surrendered to General Washington at
Yorktown
The first individual to be elected president under the new Constitution was
George Washington
The first Europeans to visit the “New World” were probably
Vikings
The Boston Massacre occurred when British soldiers
fired into a mob and killed or wounded a group of rowdy colonists
Which of the following is NOT true about the Bill of Rights?
a. Most of the amendments were written by James Madison.
b. They were intended to protect states and citizens from federal overreach.
c. There were written based on the underlying assumption that the government has the authority to create rights.
d. A and B
c. There were written based on the underlying assumption that the government has the authority to create rights
The Native American peoples of North and South America shared a common culture prior to the arrival of the Europeans. (T/F)
False
What was the major purpose of the Toleration Act of 1649?
It protected Catholic rights in Maryland from the influx of Protestant colonists.
Opponents of the Constitution were known as
Anti-Federalists