COLONIAL GOVERNMENT & ENGLISH INFLUENCE
This King of England wanted to assert more monarchical power
George III
This 1765 law taxed printed paper goods such as newspapers, wills, deeds, contracts, and playing cards.
Stamp Act
This member of the committee was unanimously selected to write the Declaration of Independence.
Thomas Jefferson
This first national framework created a weak central government and strong independent state governments and instituted this type of government.
Articles of Confederation; Confederate
Delegates unanimously chose this person as president of the Constitutional Convention.
George Washington
This English document is an early foundation of the idea of limited government.
Magna Carta
Colonists considered this law a hidden tax because colonial governments had to provide food and housing for British soldiers.
Quartering Act
This phrase associated with Lexington and Concord described the beginning of armed conflict with Britain.
“shot heard round the world”
Under the Articles, the national legislature had how many houses, and we call this type of legislature _________.
one; unicameral
This state, fearing a strong national government, was the only state that did not participate in the Constitutional Convention.
Rhode Island
These two conditions helped the American colonies exercise greater self-government before Britain tightened its control.
British neglect caused by preoccupation with wars and 3,000 miles of ocean separation
This 1767 law taxed glass, lead, paint, paper, and tea.
Townshend Revenue Act
The Second Continental Congress selected this general to turn the volunteer militia into a Continental Army.
George Washington
Congress could request money from the states, but it lacked this important financial power.
the power to levy taxes
These were the three major issues that required compromise at the Constitutional Convention.
representation, slavery, and commerce
This British war created massive debt that led to the taxation of the Colonies.
French and Indian War
On December 16, 1773, colonists boarded ____ ships and dumped ______ chests of tea into Boston Harbor in this protest.
3, 342, The Boston Tea Party
This philosophical, intellectual movement that emphasized reason and thought influenced the Declaration of Independence.
The Age of Enlightenment
In 1786 and 1787, this former soldier led debtor farmers in Massachusetts in an uprising over high taxes, debt, and foreclosures.
Daniel Shays
This delegate kept the most detailed notes of the Constitutional Convention and became known as the “Father of the Constitution.”
James Madison
This principle means that government is restricted by laws that everyone must obey.
limited government
Britain passed these four punishments after the Boston Tea Party called _________; colonists called them the __________.
The Coercive Acts; Intolerable Acts
According to the Declaration of Independence, governments are established to secure rights and receive their just powers from this source.
Consent of the governed
This 1786 meeting attempted to develop a federal plan to regulate commerce, but only five states sent representatives.
Annapolis Convention
Instead of simply revising the Articles, delegates agreed to establish a strong national government with power over the states creating this form of government.
federal government