Founding Documents & Government Ideas
What document was signed in 1620 by the Pilgrims?
Mayflower Compact
What does it mean to quarter troops?
To provide housing and provisions for the troops
What was the first significant tax (act) and what did it do?
The Stamp Act put an expensive tax stamp on all printed materials.
What event involved colonists dumping tea into Boston Harbor?
The Boston Tea Party
Why were the colonists being taxed?
Because King George needed the money because he was in debt after the war.
What principle means that government gets its power from the people?
Consent of the Governed
Define self government.
Self-government means to create and run the government yourself.
Which act taxed basic goods like paper, tea, lead, paint, glass, etc.?
Townshend Act
What was the popular slogan that was said during the protests?
No taxation with representation
When was the Declaration of Independence written/signed?
July 4, 1776
Put these in chronological order: Magna Carta, Mayflower Compact, English Bill of Rights, Declaration of Independence.
Magna Carta, Mayflower Compact, English Bill of Rights, and Declaration of Independence
The parent country to the colonies was?
England (Great Britain)
Why were the colonists upset about the Tea Act?
Because it forced them to only get tea from England.
What response was held in 1765 to petition the king about the Stamp Act?
The Stamp Act Congress
Who wrote "Common Sense" and what did he say was common sense?
Thomas Paine, he said it was common sense for colonists to fight their independence and break away from England.
Which founding document established the idea that no one, not even the king, is above the law?
Magna Carta
What does boycott mean, and when colonists boycotted, how did they replace those items?
Boycott means to refuse to buy something; Colonists replaced the items with items from another country.
Which TWO acts involved quartering troops?
Quartering Act and Coercive (Intolerable) Act
Which acts did the colonists respond to with boycotts?
Stamp Act, Quartering Act, Townshend Act (and technically Intolerable Act because they decided at the continental congress)
What was the social contract that England broke, AND who gave us the idea of social contract?
It was said that England was no longer protecting them. John Locke.
Which document was written because England had broken the social contract?
Declaration of Independence
What is a militia AND name two ways the colonists' militia was different than England's.
A small, untrained army of ordinary citizens.
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Which act was repealed, what does repeal mean, AND which act replaced it?
Stamp Act, repeal means to cancel, and the Declaratory Act replaced it.
How did colonists respond to the Intolerable Acts, AND what 3 decisions did they make?
First Continental Congress; ignore the Intolerable Acts, form militias, and boycott British good and stop exporting good to England