Who formed a new code of laws for the city (bonus for when)
Who is Solon and in 594 B.C.
100
Who was elected strategos for nearly 30 years beginning in about 467 B.C.?
Who is Pericles
100
When did Jamestown colonists hold their first House of Burgesses meeting and when did the Massachusetts Pilgrims draw up the Mayflower Compact?
1619 and 1620
100
What were the 3 types of colonies? BONUS: Define the types of colonies
Royal, Proprietary and Charter
100
Who opposed Monroe when he ran for a second term?
NO ONE
200
Who divided Athens into 10 geographical tribes? And most importantly, what did this person do?
Who is Cleisthenes;he opened citizenship to all free men
200
What were the requirements to be a citizen in Ancient Greece?
Only free men of two Athenian parents could be citizens. This excluded women, slaves and immigrants.
200
Connecticut colonists drafted this in 1639 and when were the Maryland colonists guaranteed religious freedom?
What is the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut;guaranteed freedom by the Act of Toleration in 1649.
200
What "organs" made up the other colonial governments (besides Rhode Island and Connecticut) BONUS: explain why they weren't included
The governor, the council and the assembly or house of representatives ; They aren't included because they are Charter colonies
200
What two parties emerged in the election of 1828?
Democratic Republicans and Natural Republicans
300
What was the Ancient Grecian government made out of? BONUS: What did each Assembly meeting begin with and how often did they meet?
Two main houses, the Assembly and the Council of 500.
The Assembly meetings always started with a sacrifice of a pig to Zeus. They met four times a month.
300
In 1701, colonists in Pennsylvania were granted the right to elect reps to the legislative assembly through what document?
What is The Charter of Liberties
300
What were three powers that Royal Governors had?
Veto any laws, appointed judges
300
Jackson was the first president to be born in what?
A log cabin
400
What is the Greek word for democracy? BONUS: What do the separate words mean?
Demokratia; demos meaning the people and kratia meaning rule
400
When did Cleisthenes draft a constitution?
508 B.C.
400
Who led settlers to Massachusetts bay and when?
BONUS: Who was forced out of Massachusetts five years later? A year after he was forced out, who founded the town of Hartford?
What is John Winthrop and in 1630;Roger Williams in 1635;Thomas Hooker in 1636
400
What power did governors not possess?
Power of the public purse
400
Name a negative slogan used against Martin Van Buren
Martin Van Ruin or Van Van he's a used up man
500
What period started after the Persian wars? Name one of the greatest minds from the time
What is the Golden Age of Greece ; you could have said the playwright Sophocles, Socrates or Herodotus.
500
What killed Pericles and after the Peloponnesian War, who conquered the city of Athens?
A plague killed Pericles. It would finally be conquered by Philip of Macedon, Alexander the Great's father in 338 B.C.
500
Who surrendered the colony of New Amsterdam to England in 1664?
BONUS: Who then became the first town planner, when and planning what city?
Who was Peter Stuyvesant?
BONUS: William Penn, 1682, building Philly
500
How many people usually made up the colonial councils?
12
500
Which person would have been MOST opposed to the ideas expressed int he documents that refer to Jefferson's inaugural address?