Living it up in the Colonies
which group of people started the Plymouth and Massachusetts colonies.
the Puritans
The Sugar act put a tax on what trade Good?
Molases and Sugar
What was the purpose of the Declaration of Independence
To sperate from England
What is the Enlightenment?
emphasized the use of reason, logic, and scientific thought instead of tradition or religious authority
What document was the first example of self governing in the colonies?
Mayflower Compact
which region of colonies where set up that was settled by the Puritans and focus on timber, fishing and ship building trade?
New England
The Stamp Act up a tax on what goods?
PAPER
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
Which Enlightenment thinker believed that man had Natural Rights like Life Liberty and property
What type of colony is ruled by a king
Royal Colony
which region of colonies were the bread basket of 13 colonies growing wheat, corn and. other eatable goods?
The middle colonies
The Declaratory Act took what righ way from the colonies?
The right to self-govern
The Declaration of Independence said that the power of a government comes from the_______
The consent of the people
Social Contrat
What type of colony did a group of investors come together to start a colony?
Joint -Stock Colony
Maryland was set up as a colony for what religious group?
Catholics
The Quartering act did what to the colonies?
I made the colonies house troops in their homes.
What are the three unalienable rights mentioned in the Declaration of Independence? What does unalienable mean?
Life liberty and Happiness
Unalienable means not able to have taken away
The idea that government should divided in to many parts to limit its power was called separation of powers was the idea of what Enlighten thinker
Montesquieu
What is the term for when a country exports more than it imports. The power of a nation is based on it wealth.
Mercantilism
what Region was mainly focused on cash crops like tobacco and Cotton?
Southern Colonies
the Townshend act and the Intolerable Acts took what rights way form the colonies (3)
protection from search and seizer, Fair trail with jury and assemble
List two of the grievances listed in the Declaration of Independence?
Taxation Without Representation, Standing Armies in Peacetime, Dissolving Colonial Legislatures, Cutting Off Trade, Transporting Colonists for Trial in Britain
What was John Lockes Natural Rights change to in the Declaration of Independence.
Life Liberty and Pursuit of happiness
Large farms that had numerous slaves that grew Tobacco and cotton where called
Plantations