Key People
Vocabulary
The Colonies
Decl. of Ind./Colonial Acts
Other
100
He was the main author of the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
100
A government based on a representative democracy
Republic
100
Maryland, Virginia, and Georgia were part of which colonial region?
Southern Colonies
100
The 1776 publication of Thomas Paine’s pamphlet, Common Sense, had what effect on the colonists?
moved the colonies closer to declaring independence.
100
City-state that created the worlds first democracy
Athens, Greece
200
These THREE enlightenment thinkers supported the idea of the social contract **Daily Triple**
Thomas Hobbes, John Locke, and Rousseau
200
The principle that no one person is above the law.
Rule of Law
200
The site of the colonial protest against the 1773 Tea Act
Boston Harbor, Mass.
200
The Tea Act of 1773 required colonists to
Buy tea only from the East India Tea Company
200
Enlightenment thinkers wanted to apply the laws that ruled nature to A. Europe and the Americas. B. People and Society C. King John. D. Indentured Servants.
B. People and Society
300
His ENLIGHTENMENT IDEAS can be found through out the Decl. of Independence. The ideas include: Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness
John Locke
300
The principle that a ruler or government is not all-powerful
Limited Government
300
Which of the following played an important role in the New England economy? A. shipbuilding B. ironworks C. plantations D. agriculture
A. shipbuilding
300
Which group was responsible for the Declaration of Independence?
Second Continental Congress
300
What are two differences between a direct democracy and representative democracy
1. Size: DD- Small population RD- Large Population 2. Involvement: DD- everyone has a voice in the decision making process and RD- people elect leaders who make decision for them 3. Origins- DD- Greece RD-Romans
400
This ENLIGHTENMENT THINKER supported the ideas of freedom of speech, religion, and trade.
Voltaire
400
The religious movement stressing the value of developing a personal relationship with God
The Great Awakening
400
American colonists had A. little knowledge of their rights as citizens of Britain. B. more rights than citizens living in Britain. C. fewer rights than citizens living in Britain. D. the same rights as citizens living in Britain.
C. fewer rights than citizens living in Britain.
400
Which law was meant to punish Massachusetts, and especially Boston, for resisting British rule?
The Coercive Acts "Intolerable Acts"
400
A document signed by Charles I that further limited the king’s power
Petition of Rights
500
He was an ENLIGHTENMENT THINKER who believed in the ideas of seperation of powers and checks and balances
Montesquieu
500
Jamestown had an assembly of elected representatives called the ......
House of Burgesses
500
How did the French and Indian War worsen the relationship between Great Britain and the colonists? (Give at least two specific answers)
After the war, colonists were not allowed to move west and were forced to pay new taxes to help Britain pay off its heavy war debts.
500
What was the Stamp Act and how did the colonists respond to the Stamp Act?
Pt. 1:Stamp Act- A Stamp tax imposed on the colonists in order to pay for the French and Indian War Pt. 2: They boycotted British goods and formed a Stamp Act Congress to send a written protest to Parliament and the king. Colonists believed only their elected representatives had the right to tax them.
500
Protections provided in the United States Constitution against “unreasonable searches and seizures” were in response to which previous actions of the British government? HINT: Think about the colonial "Acts"
Townshend Acts
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