Vocabulary
What do you call a person who wanted to end slavery?
What is an abolitionist?
I wrote most of the Declaration of Independence. Who am I?
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
What document said the colonies were free from Britain?
What is the Declaration of Independence?
What are the rights people are born with?
What are natural rights?
Cause: Britain taxed the colonists
Effect: what did the colonists do?
What is protested?
What was the law that made escaped enslaved people go back to their owners?
What is the Fugitive Slave Act?
My ideas about natural rights helped inspire the Declaration. Who am I?
Who is John Locke?
What protest involved dumping tea into the harbor?
What is the Boston Tea Party?
What idea says people give up some freedom to be protected?
What is the social contract?
cause: Britain made unfair laws
effect: what did the colonists want?
What is independence?
What is it called when the government must follow fair rules before taking away someone’s rights?
What is due process?
I was the king of Britain during the American Revolution. Who am I?
Who is King George III?
What meeting in 1774 brought the colonies together?
What is the First Continental Congress?
What idea says the government gets its power from the people?
What is consent of the governed?
Cause: Colonists had no say in government
Effect: what slogan did they use?
What is “No taxation without representation”?
What group wanted to stop slavery from spreading to new lands?
What is the Free Soil Party?
I helped support independence and worked as a diplomat. Who am I?
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
What law taxed paper items like newspapers and documents?
What is the Stamp Act?
What should people do if their government is unfair or abusive?
What is resist or overthrow it?
Cause: Britain kept controlling the colonies
Effect: what groups did colonists start forming?
What are militias and Congress?
What was the agreement in 1850 that tried to fix problems about slavery?
What is the Compromise of 1850?
I wrote the Declaration and later became president. Who am I?
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
Why was the Declaration of Independence important?
What is it said the colonies were free and explained why?
How did these ideas help the colonies decide to become independent?
What is they showed people have rights and can choose their government?
Cause: Britain took away colonists rights
Effect: why did colonists think it was okay to break away?
What is, their rights were being violated?