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A written document granting land and the authority to set up colonial governments.
Charter
Compact
Mercantilism
boycott
An agreement
Charter
Compact
Mercantilism
boycott
a group of individuals—or, in this instance, individual state governments—who band together for a common purpose. The Articles of Confederation established a system for cooperation, or “league of friendship,” among independent states.
constitution
confederation
ratify
amend
The supreme law of the land in the United States.
constitution
confederation
ratify
amend
The first written form of American Government. Explained how the 13 states would work as one nation.
Articles of Confederation
Three-Fifths Compromise
The Great Compromise
Everyone must follow the laws and the laws must be enforced fairly
Self-government
Rule of Law
Due Process
Rights
People can make decisions on how government works
Rule of Law
Self-Government
Due Process
Limited government
What is the name of the U.S. legal system that requires all citizens be treated fairly?
Separation of Powers
Bill of Rights
Due Process of Law
All of the following are successful methods to limit the power of government EXCEPT______. (7-2.1)
Following a Constitution
Letting a King or Queen do what ever they want
Separation of government powers
Allowing Citizens to vote for their leaders
What are rights?
Things citizens are allowed to do.
Things citizens have to do.
Things citizens need to do.
In 1720 a series of Letters were published arguing against the King's heavy-handed rule. They were called?
Cato's Letters
Gabe's Gazetteers
Franklin's Findings
George's Mistakes
What was the Mayflower Compact?
A set of rules for Thanksgiving
A document of laws and rules the Pilgrims used as a way they could govern themselves.
A set of rules for Native Americans to follow.
A document showing how the pilgrims were going to farm the land in the Colonies.
This writing was published during the American Revolution and paved the way for the Declaration of Independence.
Rights of man
The American Crisis
Common Sense
What document created in 1215 Ad established the rights listed below?
- Basic rights of citizens
- Rule of law
- Representative assemblies
the Constitution
Napoleonic Code
the Communist Manifesto
the Magna Carta
Which law taxed goods like legal documents, wills, newspapers, playing cards, etc.?
Navigation Acts
Pamphlet Act
Stamp Act
War Debt Act
What did the Townshend Acts do?
put a restriction on storage for the colonists
give colonists in New York, Philadelphia, and Boston a curfew
taxed all imports into the colonies
taxed products made in the colonies
Which act said that British soldiers could be housed in the barns, hotels, and homes of the colonists?
Boston Port Act
Quebec Act
The French and Indian War
The Quartering Act
This act required colonists to pay for an official seal whenever they bought paper products.
Townshend Acts
Intolerable Acts
Stamp Act
Quartering Act
What is Limited Government?
All people must follow the laws, and the laws should be enforced fairly.
A government that has been limited in power by a constitution or written agreement.
Power is divided between the federal (national) government and the states.
Rule by the people, individual participation on legislation or policy.
____________ is when all people must follow the laws, and the laws should be enforced fairly.
What is Self-Government?
People can make decisions on how their government should work.
A set of things that people believe they should be free to do without restrictions.
Rule by the people, individual participation on legislation or policy.
A government that has been limited in power by a constitution, or written agreement.
Due Process is when people have the right to _________________________ .
What is a set of things that people believe they should be free to do without restrictions?
Self-Government
Rights
Direct Democracy
Common Law
Common law is....
All people must follow the laws, and the laws should be enforced fairly.
A government that has been limited in power by a constitution, or written agreement.
Authority is delegated to elected representatives to make decisions on behalf of citizens.
Unwritten laws based on court decisions.
Rule by the people, individual participation on legislation or policy is...
Republican Form of Government
Direct Democracy
Federalism
Limited Government
During the protests, colonists brought back a popular phrase from Stamp Act protests. What was that phrase?
"Taxing sugar is not so sweet"
"No taxation without representation"
"Britain doesn't have the right to tax, so let's give the king the axe"
"Parliament's taxation is causing inflation"
What country imposed the Intolerable Acts on The American colonies?
France
Spain
Britain
Germany
The Intolerable Acts were passed as punishment for what incident?
Boston Massacre
The Declaration of Independence
Boston Tea Party
First Continental Congress
The Intolerable Acts became a rallying cry for the colonies and pushed them toward revolution.
True
False
The Intolerable Acts were laws made to punish colonies for the Boston Tea Party
True
False
What effect did 'Common Sense' have in the colonies?
It persuaded many colonists that America should be independent.
It instilled fear of war in the colonies.
It convinced the colonies to remain loyal to Great Britain.
It petitioned the king to end the quarrel between the colonies and Great Britain.
Why was the Declaration of Independence written?
to explain why the colonies were separating from Great Britain
the start the American Revolution
to offer a peace settlement to Great Britain.
to instruct how a county wins its freedom.
How do natural rights, as described in the Declaration of Independence, differ from other rights?
People are born with natural rights.
People can vote to choose natural rights
Natural rights are given only to citizens.
Natural rights come from the government.
Formal approval that had to be given by all 13 state legislatures before the Articles of Confederation could go into effect
suffrage
ratification
republic
constitution
Political philosopher who believed a social contract existed between political leaders and the people they governed
John Locke
John Lincoln
Joseph Locke
Lincoln Locke
Document that created a "firm league of friendship" among the states
Constitution
Northwest Territory
Articles of Confederation
Confederation Congress