The core theme of this document is self government and democracy
What is the Mayflower compact
100
Ideas of life, liberty, and property and the idea of a social contract.
What were John Locke's ideas?
100
The event that caused the Sugar and Stamp Acts.
What is the French and Indian war?
100
Core parts of the Declaration.
What are the Preamble, Declaration of Natural Rights, List of Greivences, Resolution of Independence.
100
The Ordinace of 1785
What is the only good outcome that came from the Articles of Confederation?
200
The core theme of this document is self government
What is the Magna Carta
200
Ideas of separation of powers and checks and balances.
What were Baron de Montesquieu's ideas?
200
Colonists are mad because the king taxes them, but, they have no say in government.
What is Taxation without Representation?
200
List of Greivences
What are the 27 complaints the colonists listed that the king did wrong?
200
A Bill of Rights
What had to be included to have the Anti- Federalist ratify the constitution?
300
This gave more rights to the citizens, less power to the king, ad more power to the parliment
What is the English Bill of Rights
300
Ideas that people agreed to be ruled because their ruler pledged to protect their rights.
What are Thomas Hobbs ideas?
300
Act that caused the Boston Tea Party.
What is the Tea Act.
300
Thomas Paine's Common Sense
What is the pamplet that influenced all loyalists to agree to be coming independent?
300
Shay's Rebelion
What is the big event that caused colonists that causes colonists to notice the Articles of Confederation were too weak?
400
What did the Mayflower compact allow citizens to do?
What is self government, voting, and majority rule?
400
Ideas of freedom of speech this right should be defended by everyone
What were Voltaire's ideas?
400
When the British Officers can enter homes and businesses and search without a warrent.
What is the Townshed Act.
400
When one group of people decides to separate from another they should explain why
What is an excerpt from the preamble
400
Essays in defence of the constitution. Written by A. Hamiltin, James Madison, and John Jay.
What are the federalist papers?
500
How do these documents benefit us today?
What is creating a democracy, giving all citizens the right to vote, allowing everyone to have natural rights, and assuring the government is limited fro the people.
500
Founding Father that studied John Locke's ideas and put them in the Constitution and The Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
500
The consequences for the Boston Tea Party
What are the Coercive Acts/Intoleable acts; closed the Boston Harbor, made quartering Acts, made Quebec Acts, made town meetings illegeal, send officers to Great Britin for trial?
500
States that the colonies are now free and independent states. They have the right to make war, allies, and trade.
What is the Resolution Of Independence
500
The meeting where 55 delegates came together to discuss the weaknesses of the Articles Of Confederation.