Primary Sources
Revolution
Grievances
Government
Mystery
100
1. What event is this illustration depicting?
2. Is it portrayed accurately?
1. Boston Massacre
2. No
100
The document that officially made our country independent. It contained ideas about people's natural rights, the government's responsibility, and the source of the government's power.
What is this document called?
Declaration of Independence
100
What is the black line that separates British colonial land from Indian land?
Proclamation of 1763
100
1. Our country's first attempt at creating a national government. What was it called?
2. Why did it fail?
1. The articles of confederation
2. Weak federal government
100
How were slaves represented in government under the Constitution?
3 of every 5 slaves would be counted
200
"...Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. That to secure these rights, governments are instituted among men, deriving their powers from the consent of the governed. That whenever any form of government becomes destructive to these ends, it is the right of the people to abolish it..."
What document is this quote from?
Declaration of Independence
200
What disease spread through the Continental Army?
(first attempt at vaccination)
Smallpox
200
What specific tax (or act) was the phrase "no taxation without representation" in response to?
The Stamp Act
200
1. What do anti-federalists believe? Why?
2. What do federalists believe? Why?
1. Federalists believe in a strong government to maintain order
2. Anti-Federalists believed that too much power in the hands of a central authority would lead to a loss of rights and freedom
200
Division of power/responsibility between the levels of government
What is this called?
Federalism
300
"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 to peacefully assemble, and to petition government for a redress of grievances"
What document is this quote from?
The Constitution (First Amendment)
300
Why did the British need to raise money from the colonists? What event caused them to be so broke?
The French and Indian war
300
1. What event is this illustration depicting?
2. Provide context
1. Boston Tea Party
2. Britain passed a tax on tea, and colonists protested by throwing tea overboard
300
During the Constitutional Convention, congressmen from each state argued how much representation their state should get in government. The resolution to this argument is known as the Great Compromise. How did the Great Compromise satisfy everybody?
bi-cameral legislature
300
"Let every state import what it pleases. The morality or wisdom of slavery are considerations belonging to the states themselves. What enriches a part enriches the whole and the states are the best judges of their particular interest"- Oliver Ellsworth at the Constitutional Convention
What is Oliver's argument? Who should have control over the legality of slavery?
Oliver Ellsworth is arguing that the issue of Slavery should be left up to the states
400
"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 amendment is this?
10th amendment
400
What historical event influenced Thomas Jefferson to include the natural rights of "life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness" in the deceleration of independence
The Enlightenment
400
What was the purpose of Thomas Paine's "Common Sense"?
To convince Loyalists that independence from Britain was common sense
400
"Rulers are as likely to use the power... for private purposes, and to the injury and oppression of those over whom they are placed, as individuals in a state of nature are to injure and oppress one another. It is therefore as proper that bounds (limits) should be set to their authority"
Is the writer of this quote a federalist or an antifederalist? What makes you come to this conclusion
Anti-Federalist. Because this person is stating the selfish nature of humans and calling for a limitation on government authority
400
Describe Shays Rebellion.
1. What happened?
2. Why is it significant?
1. Massachusetts Farmers were going to lose their farms because they couldn't pay taxes, and revolted
2. The last straw for the Articles of Confederation, led to the Constitutional convention
500
“Small islands, not capable of protecting themselves, are the proper objects for kingdoms to take under their care; but there is something absurd, in supposing a continent to be perpetually governed by an island.”
"Not one-third of the inhabitants, even of this province, are of English descent. Wherefore, I reprobate the phrase of Parent or Mother Country applied to England only, as being false, selfish, narrow, and ungenerous"
Where are these quotes from?
Common Sense- Thomas Paine
500
What country was the colonists biggest ally during the revolution?
The French
500
The policy the British implemented which allowed the colonies to govern themselves
What is this called?
Salutary Neglect
500
-The president vetoing a bill
-Congress Overriding a veto
-The Supreme Court Declaring a law unconstitutional
-Congress impeaching the president
1. What are these examples of?
2. Why does it exist?
1. Checks and balances
2. to prevent any one branch of government from becoming too powerful
500
"The people who are the insurgents (rebels)... see the weakness of the government.... This is a dreadful situation, for which our government have made no adequate provision (arrangements), has alarmed every man of principle and property in New England...what is to give us security against the violence of lawless men? Our government must be braced (strengthened), changed, or altered to secure our lives and property". -Henry Knox, letter to George Washington
1. What event might this letter be in response to?
2. What is Henry Knox calling for?
1. Shay's rebellion
2. Stronger federal government (constitutional convention)