Taxes on goods such as glass, lead, paint, paper and tea
What is Townsend Acts
A way for power to be shared evenly within the government.
What are the Checks and Balances
A tax on molasses and prohibited foreign sugars
What is the Sugar Act
This was the event in which many Patriots boarded a British ship and destroyed all of the product on board.
What is the Boston Tea Party
The branch of government that is responsible for making laws
What is the Legislative branch.
A founding document written by James Madison. It makes up the first ten amendments to the Constitution
What is the Bill of Rights
A law that allowed British soldiers to live in colonists homes when they needed to.
What is the Quartering Act
A deadly riot that occurred on March 5, 1770, on King Street in Boston.
What is the Boston Massacre.
An official document that contains the Bill of Rights
What is the U.S. Constitution.
A series of four laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 to punish Massachusetts for the Boston Tea Party.
What is the Intolerable Acts.
A series of religious revivals
What is the Great Awakening
The process outlined in the constitution that allows for changes or additions to be made to its original text, typically requiring a specific majority vote in the legislative body and ratification by a certain number of states to become official
What is the amendment system
The Legislative branch of the United States government, made up of the Senate and the House of Representatives
What is the Congress of the United States
2 Answers: A person who sides with a strong central authority and a person who sides with a weak central authoriy
What is Federalists and Anti Federalists
Also known as the Seven Years' War
What is the French and Indian war.
The branch that consists of the President, his or her advisors and various departments and agencies. This branch is responsible for enforcing the laws of the land.
What is the Executive branch
The first constitution of the United States, establishing the country's national government after the American Revolution.
What are Articles of Confederation.