vocabulary
This part of the government makes the laws.
What is the legislature?
This happened when the colonists starting expanding westward and the French didn't want them on their land.
What is the french and Indian War?
The second part of the Declaration Of Independence talks about this.
What are natural rights?
The first continental congress met because of taxes given to them without their consent. They came up with this famous slogan......
What is "Taxation without Representation!"
Mr. S is a Yankee or Mets fan?
Yankees!
This is a tax on imported goods
What is a tariff?
The king made this act to help the colonists pay for the war dept. They had to put them on papers.
What is stamp act?
The complaints in the Declaration fo Independence are called this
What are grievances?
The second continental congress wrote this
What is the declaration of independence?
What is Mr. S's favorite historical subject?
What is the Roman Empire
To refuse to purchase certain products
What is a boycott?
This act put a new tax on tea, glass, lead, paints and paper but all were repealed except for the tax on tea.
What are the townshend acts?
The last part of the Declaration of Independence is known as this.
What is the Resolution of Independence?
Congress sent this to King George, in another attempt to make peace and avoid war.
What is an olive branch petition.
What town did I grow up in?
What is Huntington
unjust uses of power is.....
What is despotism.
This event had colonists dressing up as Native Americans and dumping a massive amount of British Tea into Boston Harbor.
What is the Boston Tea Party.
The beginning part of the constitution is called this
What is the preamble?
The Congress had a big problem with the King forcing colonists to let British soldiers live in their homes. This was also known as.....
What is quartering.
What European country did I used to live in?
What is Germany
Colonists felt their right to representation was inestimable, or......
What is priceless.
This was not a tax on tea but required colonists to buy tea only from the British East India Company.
What is the tea act?
Thomas Jefferson said in the declaration of independence that the role of the government was this.
What is to secure our inalienable rights.
Thomas Paine wrote this to help the colonists understand why it was important to become independent of Britain.
What is common sense?
Who am I going to call first for pizza tomorrow?!?
What is 7th Grade!