The Great Britain Effect
This document was issued by King George III to establish a basis of government administration in the North American territories ceded by France to Britain following the Seven Years War. This legal touchstone has played a major role in shaping the political landscape of North America, and continues to serve as a foundational document for historic and modern treaties, unresolved land claims and self government negotiations.
What is the Proclamation of 1763
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.
What is the pursuit of happiness.
Made up of the introduction, the preamble, the body and a conclusion.
What is the Declaration of Independence.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
What is the First Amendment.
July 13, 1787 under the Articles of Confederation, the creation of this region was the first organized territory of the United States out of the region south of the Great Lakes north and west of the Ohio River, and east of the Mississippi River.
What is the Northwest Territory Ordinance.
Also called Plantation Act or Revenue Act, (1764), in U.S. colonial history, British legislation aimed at ending the smuggling trade in sugar and molasses from the French and Dutch West Indies and at providing increased revenues to fund enlarged British Empire responsibilities following the French and Indian War.
What is the Sugar Act.
The place where the first Continental Congress met for this document.
What is the Pennsylvania House (will accept Independence Hall)
Established America’s national government and fundamental laws and guaranteed certain basic rights for its citizens.
What is the United States Constitution.
No person shall be held to answer for a capital, or otherwise infamous crime, unless on a presentment or indictment of a grand jury, except in cases arising in the land or naval forces, or in the militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger; nor shall any person be subject, for the same offense, to be twice put in jeopardy of life or limb; nor shall be compelled, in any criminal case, to be a witness against himself, nor be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation.
What is the Fifth Amendment
Acquired by Great Britain from France following the 1763 Treaty of Paris, this region had been closed to white settlement by the Proclamation of 1763. The United States claimed the region after the 1783 Treaty of Paris that ended the American Revolutionary War.
What is Ohio Country
An Act of the Parliament of Great Britain which imposed a direct tax on the British colonies in America and required that many printed materials in the colonies be produced on stamped paper produced in London, carrying an embossed revenue stamp. Printed materials included legal documents, magazines, playing cards, newspapers, and many other types of paper used throughout the colonies, and it had to be paid in British currency, not in colonial paper money.
What is the Stamp Act.
He stated, "Resolved: That these United Colonies are, and of right ought to be, free and independent States, that they are absolved from all allegiance to the British Crown, and that all political connection between them and the State of Great Britain is, and ought to be, totally dissolved."
Who is Richard Henry Lee.
At the 1787 convention, delegates devised a plan for a stronger federal government with three branches—executive, legislative and _______
What is the judicial branch.
A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.
What is the Second Amendment.
He proposed that the states should relinquish their particular claims to all the territory west of the Appalachians, and the area should be divided into new states of the Union.
Who is Thomas Jefferson.
A tax passed by the British, named after the British Prime Minister at the time. It taxed all imported goods such as tea and food.
What is the Townshend Acts.
Parliament passed this act which made all American vessels and cargoes forfeit to the British Crown.
What is the American Prohibitory Act.
Gave Congress the power to govern foreign affairs, conduct war and regulate currency; however, in reality these powers were sharply limited because Congress had no authority to enforce its requests to the states for money or troops.
What is the Articles of Confederation.
In suits at common law, where the value in controversy shall exceed twenty dollars, the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury shall be otherwise reexamined in any court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law.
What is the Seventh Amendment.
In 1789 Congress made minor changes, such that the this political position, with the advice and consent of the U.S. Senate, had the power to appoint and remove the governor and officers of the territory instead of Congress.
What is the President of the United States.
Punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 that were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in the Tea Party protest in reaction to changes in taxation by the British to the detriment of colonial goods.
What is the Intolerable Acts.
Thomas Paine published this book in January of 1776.
What is Common Sense.
In 1786, this lawyer and politician from New York, called for a constitutional convention to discuss the Confederation Congress, which in February 1787 endorsed the idea, invited all 13 states to send delegates to a meeting in Philadelphia.
Who is Alexander Hamilton.
The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively or to the people.
What is the Tenth Amendment.
The ordinance prohibited ________ in the region, at a time when northeastern states such as New York and New Jersey still permitted it. Most of these people were illegally kept in parts of the territory, and the practice of indentured servitude was tacitly permitted.
What is slavery.