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What type of government did England have during the time of colonial development?
Monarch
Who developed Parliament?
King Henry III
gave the British East India Company the right to ship tea to the colonies without paying taxes placed on tea
Tea Act
Definition: To sell more than you buy
Mercantilism
What was the name of the ship that transported the Pilgrims to America in 1620?
Mayflower
What was the first English settlement in America and who founded it?
Jamestown, Virginia
Virginia Company
The Battles at __________________________ and __________________ marked the beginning of open conflict between the colonies and Britain.
Lexington; Concord
What event did the colonists' protest against the Tea Act lead to?
Boston Tea Party
Definition: a written plan for government
Constitution
Who is the Mayor of Grove Hill?
Mayor Ross Woods
What document declared America's independence from Britain?
Declaration of Independence
Why were the American colonies established?
People wanted to break away from the British Monarchs
How many colonies had ratified the Articles of Confederation in 1781?
13
Definition: a self-governing document that laid a foundation for a constitutional self-government in the new world
Mayflower Compact
Who was the first President to live in the White House?
President John Adams
What important agreement decreased the power of the monarchs and changed the power of Parliament?
English Bill of Rights
Detailed plan for a union of the states and first constitution of USA
Articles of Confederation
The House of Burgesses was the first representative assembly to help establish _____________________________ in colonial America.
Self government
Definition: group of people in one place who are ruled by another country elsewhere
Colony
What landmark Supreme Court case ended racial segregation in U.S. public schools?
Brown vs Board of Education
What treaty ended the Revolutionary War?
Treaty of Paris of 1783.
an uprising of 1200 Massachusetts’s farmers on a rebellion to attack the national government led by Daniel Shay
Shay's Rebellion
What was the goal of the First Continental Congress?
Develop a set of universal laws
a group of individuals or individual states who band together for a common purpose.
Confederation
What famous protest took place in 1963 where Martin Luther King Jr. gave his “I Have a Dream” speech?
The March on Washington