Before Declaration of Independence
Before the Declaration of Independence
Who is Who
Vocabulary
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Why did people move to America?
What is adventure, new life, escape persecution (religious)--obtain the freedom to practice any religion they wished, land.
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What is the Mayflower Compact and why was it important?
What is a formal agreement between two or more parties, states or a contract that was signed on the boat called the Mayflower where the people who signed it promised to make ever attempt to govern themselves --THIS WAS A CLEAR STEP TOWARD SELF-GOVERNMENT!!!!
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Who is John Locke and why is he important to US History?
Who is an enlightenment thinker who said all people have the natural rights of life, liberty and land, and the people have the right to overthrow the government if they don't like what the government is doing. This is the basic premise of the US Constitution
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What is salutary neglect?
What is an American history term that refers to the seventeenth- and eighteenth-century British policy of avoiding strict enforcement of parliamentary laws meant to keep American colonies obedient to England.
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Did Canada have anything to do with the American colonists and their quest for independence?
What is NO!
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What is salutary neglect?
What is the idea that a country "neglects" (ignores) a territory.
200
What kind of government did the colonists want?
What is a government that represented the ideas of the people; where the people had a say in their government.
200
Who is John Peter Zenger?
What is the person who had a trial and whose name established the right to free press. More specifically, he was a New York printer and journalist whose famous acquittal in a libel suit (1735) established the first important victory for freedom of the press in the English colonies of North America
200
Manifest Destiny--what is it?
What is the 19th-century belief that the expansion of the US all the way from the east coast to the west coast (the whole North American continent) was both justified and inevitable. "it is our destiny to own all this land in the name of the 'United States of America'"
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Were their factories during colonial times?
What is NO! Most people farmed.
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What is mercantilism and why were the colonists opposed to British mercantilism?
What is a policy where the "mother" country controlled the trade policies. The colonists didn't like this because they couldn't trade with whoever they wished and therefore Britain placed restrictions on trading. Mercantilism was dominant in Europe from the 16th to the 18th centuries. It promoted governmental regulation of a nation's economy for the purpose of augmenting state power at the expense of rival national powers.
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A major argument for American independence found in the Declaration of Independence was that the British...
What is ....deprived the colonists (American) of their natural rights.
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Who was George Washington?
Who is the first president of the United States.
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What does "taxation without representation" mean? "taxation without representation."
What is the Colonies believed that their rights were being impeded (prevented) by the British, who were levying (imposing) taxes upon them without their consent (approval--their "okay").
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When you think of first attempts at self government what words should you think of?
What is Mayflower Compact, and the Virginia House of Burgesses.
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Did the colonists have a "say", or vote in Britain's parliament (government)?
What is no, one at all, but they still had to pay taxes. Hence the argument--"No taxation without representation" meaning you (Britain) need to give us (the colonists) a say or a chance to be represented in your government (parliament) so we can vote on whether or not you should tax us.
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Why did colonists settle near rivers and harbors?
What is better for trade.
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What is he opposed to? "I challenge the warmest advocate (supporter) for reconciliation, to show a single advantage that his continent can gain by being connected with Great Britain I repeat the challenge, not a single advantage is derived (acquired). Our corn will fetch its price in any markets in Europe, and our importaed goods must be paid for, buy them, where we will...." Thomas Paine
What is Britain's policy of mercantilism.
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What is representative government?
What is where citizens vote to elect people to represent their interests and concerns. Those elected meet to debate and make laws on behalf of the whole community or society, instead of the people voting directly on laws and other debates.
500
Who was Thomas Paine and why was his book important?
What is Thomas Paine is an author who wrote Common Sense, a book that spelled out all the reasons why the 13 colonies should form their own country and separate from Britain--hence declare their independence from Britain and fight for it, if need be. This book convinced many who were loyal to the British to support independence from Britain.
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What was the main reason why Great Britain established the Proclamation Line of 1763?
What is to avoid conflicts between American colonists and the Native American Indians.
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Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Who is Thomas Jefferson, but he had guidance from four others appointed by the Continental Congress.
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What is democracy?
What is a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.
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What fundamental political idea is expressed in the Declaration of Independence?
What is if the government denies its people certain basic rights, the government can be overthrown.
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