CBA 2 Answer Key PDF

## C.B.A. #2 Review ### Unit 6: The Causes of the American Revolution 2. What are some of the reasons there was tension between Britain and the Thirteen Colonies throughout the 1760s and 1770s? * End of Salutary Neglect * Taxation without Representation * Colonial Protests 3. What role did the fo...

## C.B.A. #2 Review ### Unit 6: The Causes of the American Revolution 2. What are some of the reasons there was tension between Britain and the Thirteen Colonies throughout the 1760s and 1770s? * End of Salutary Neglect * Taxation without Representation * Colonial Protests 3. What role did the following individuals play during the Revolutionary Era: * A. Adams - "Remember the Ladies," John's wife * J. Adams - Lawyer for the British; DOI, Patriot * S. Adams - Sons of Liberty, Committees of Correspondence, Tea Party, Patriot * Warren - Playwright; "Blockheads," Propaganda * Franklin - "Join or Die, " Albany Plan of Union, DOI * Attucks - First to defy, first to die; Boston Massacre * King George III - Tyrant King of Britain * Washington - Commanding General * Patrick Henry - "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death" * Jefferson - DOI * Paine - Common Sense and The American Crisis * Revere - Midnight Rides and "Bloody Massacre" * Cheswell - Midnight Rides 6. What specifically did the colonists resent about British tax policy in the colonies (Famous Slogan)? * No Taxation Without Representation 7. What was the British justification for their colonial tax policies? * They are in debt from the French and Indian War, and Protecting the Colonies 8. How did the colonists practice what we today call "civil disobedience?" * Boston Tea Party 13. What role did free speech and free press play in the unification of colonies in the 1760s and 1770s? * Committees of Correspondence, Propaganda, Cartoons, United the Colonists ### Unit 7: The American Revolutionary War 3. What are the main parts of the Declaration of Independence? What are the main ideas of each part? Who wrote the DOI? Which well-known Patriots signed it? * Preamble * List of Grievances * Independence * Signatures (John Hancock) 5. What were the strengths and weaknesses of both sides at the start of the conflict? **British Strengths:** * Largest Army and Navy * Experience * Money **British Weaknesses:** * Foreign land * Motivation * Not good at fighting insurgents v. France, Continentals & Spain **Continental Strengths:** * Motivation * Tactics * French Allies **Continental Weaknesses:** * Money * Support * Supplies * Britain is Strong 8. What happened at Valley Forge during the winter of 1777? * Long winter without supplies, food, shelter, clothes, and lots of small pox. 9. What was agreed to in the Treaty of Paris of 1783? * United States [**Independence**] * Boundaries of the US 10. What role did the following people play during the Revolutionary War? * Abigail Adams - Remember the Ladies * John Adams - DOI * Wentworth Cheswell - Midnight Rides * James Armistead - Slave/Spy * Benjamin Franklin - French Allies; DOI * King George III - Tyrant King * Patrick Henry - Liberty or Death * Thomas Jefferson - DOI * the Marquis de Lafayette - French Nobleman/Patriot * Thomas Paine - Common Sense & American Crisis * John Paul Jones - Scottish Pirate * George Washington - Commanding General 11. What were some of the complaints (grievances) that the colonists listed in the Declaration of Independence? * Taxation without our Consent * Soldiers in homes * Limited Trade 13. What are some differences between the First and Second Continental Congresses? * **First:** * About the Intolerable Acts * Militias * **Second:** * Founding Fathers * About Lexington and Concord * About War vs. Peace * Olive Branch * DOI * **Both** * 16. What were the major events of the war and what was their significance? * **1st Battle:** Lexington & Concord * **Turning Point:** Saratoga * **Winter Camp:** Valley Forge * **Final Battle:** Yorktown * **Treaty:** Treaty of Paris 1783 ### Unit 8: The U.S. Constitution 2. What were some of the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation? * No President, No Court System, No Power to Tax, No Power to Regulate Trade 4. What is the significance of the year 1787? * Constitutional Convention 5. Why, when, and where was the Constitutional Convention called? Who attended? * To fix the AOC * 1787 * Philadelphia, Pennsylvania * The Framers: James Madison, Washington, Adams, Hamilton, etc... 6. What was the influence of the following documents on the US Constitution: * Magna Carta - Limited Government * English Bill of Rights - Individual Rights * Mayflower Compact - Popular Sovereignty * Federalist Papers - Separation of Powers, Checks & Balances, Ratification 7. What influence did the writings of French philosopher Montesquieu have on the US Constitution? * Separation of Powers, Checks and Balances; Don't have despots or Tyrants 11. What were three of the important issues debated during the convention? How were they resolved? (COMPROMISES) * **Great Compromise**: * Bicameral Legislation, House and Senate. * **3/5 Compromise**: * 3/5 of the slaves counted toward taxation & Representation. * **Electoral College**: * Electors from each state would vote for the president. * ### Create a Timeline of Major Events from 1763 - 1789 1. **1763 - French and Indian War** 2. **1765 - Stamp Act** 3. **1770 - Boston Massacre** 4. **1773 - Tea Party** 5. **1775 - Lexington & Concord** 6. **1776 - Declaration of Independence** 7. **1777-78 - Valley Forge** 8. **1781 - Yorktown** 9. **1783 - Treaty of Paris** 10. **1787 - AOC --> Constitutional Convention** 11. **1789 - Ratification of the Constitution** ### C.B.A. #2 Advanced Academics Review ### Unit 6: The Causes of the American Revolution 2. What are some of the reasons there was tension between Britain and the Thirteen Colonies throughout the 1760s and 1770s? * End of Salutary Neglect * Taxation without Representation * Colonial Protests 3. What role did the following individuals play during the Revolutionary Era: * A. Adams - "Remember the Ladies" John's wife * J. Adams - Lawyer for the British; DOI, Patriot * S. Adams - Sons of Liberty, Committees of Correspondence, Tea Party, Patriot * Warren - Playwright; "Blockheads," Propaganda * Franklin - "Join or Die, " Albany Plan of Union, DOI * Attucks - First to defy, first to die; Boston Massacre * King George III - Tyrant King of Britain * Washington - Commanding General * Patrick Henry - "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death" * Jefferson - Author of the DOI * Paine - Common Sense & The American Crisis * Revere - Midnight Rides & "Bloody Massacre" * Cheswell - Midnight Rides 5. When and how did the British apply mercantilist economic policy to the Thirteen Colonies? How did the colonists react to Britain's attempts to regulate trade? * Navigation Acts, Sugar Act * Colonial Protests and Boycotts 6. What specifically did the colonists resent about British tax policy in the colonies (Famous Slogan)? * "No Taxation Without Representation" 14. How did African Americans help create the American tradition of being willing to sacrifice for freedom? Who were some examples and what were their accomplishments? * Crispus Attucks died in the Boston Massacre * Wentworth Cheswell warned of British Troop Movement