Levied taxes on basic goods imported to the colonies from Great Britain
What is Townshend Acts
100
Lawmaking body is known as?
What is Parliament
100
Meeting that was formed in response to the Intolerable Acts.
What is 1st continental congress
100
Written plan of government.
What is constitution.
100
Led an armed uprising of about 1,200 Massachusetts farmers on a federal arsenal
Who is Daniel Shays
200
Stated that Parliament had the right to tax and make decisions for the American colonies in "All Cases"
What is Declaratory Act
200
Ruling based on an earlier, similar case.
What is precedent
200
Refuse to buy; to cancel
What is boycott;repeal
200
Most of the state legislatures was divided into two parts. This meant the were?
What is bicameral.
200
Peaceful transfer of power that changed the idea of government in England
What is Glorious Revolution
300
Act which allowed British East India Company to bypass the middle man and make a higher profit.
What is Tea Act
300
System of law based on precedent and customs
What is common law
300
Document that stated why the colonies should become a free nation.
What is Declaration of Independence.
300
1st constitution of the U.S
What is Articles of Confederation
300
Name of the war that was ended in 1763
What is French and Indian War
400
Act that taxed colonist on newspapers and legal documents.
What is Stamp Act
400
Document that served as a contract that limited the power of the king or the queen.
What is Magna Carta
400
We hold these truths to be self evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed to their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and ????????
What is Pursuit of Happiness.
400
to approve; to change
What is ratify;amend
400
Name of the first battle of the Revolutionary War
What is battles of lexington and concord
500
Act that restricted colonial rights and allowed British soldiers to search and even move into colonist homes.
What is Coercive (Intolerable) Acts.
500
Type of Democracy in which the Mayflower Compact was an example of.
What is Direct Democracy.
500
Name of the person who wrote most of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson.
500
a group of individuals who band together for a common purpose.
What is confederation
500
Name of the treaty that ended the Revolutionary War