Historical Documents and Their Impact on Colonists' views of government
One of the first colonial charters is Mayflower Compact. This charter served as an example of two things. List one of them. List both for an additional 50 points.
Self-Government and Consent of the Governed.
What is the Rule of Law?
No one is above the law.
What is a Preamble?
An Introduction.
What is the first ever U.S. Constitution?
Articles of Confederation.
What did the Federalists want out of the government?
A stronger national Government and the ratification of the Constitution.
What did the Magna Carta provide for the Colonists' view on government? List two of them. Additional 25 points each extra.
Established Due process, right to justice, rule of law, right to a fair trial and limited government.
What is Due Process?
An right to a fair and public procedure or hearing.
Why did the colonists hate the taxes?
The taxes were passed without the consent of the taxed.
What is a Confederation?
A group or league of independent states or nations united for a common purpose.
What did the Anti-Federalists want in terms of the government?
Opposed a stronger federal movement, the ratification of the Constitution, wanted state and local governments to stay superior and a Bill of rights.
The English Bill of Rights followed up the Magna Charta four centuries afterwards. The English Bill of Rights shows another example of something and provided safeguards to some individual liberties? List 3/4 safeguards. List the final one for an additional 100 points.
Example: Limited Government
Safeguards to: No taxation without representation, Guaranteed the right to Life, Liberty and Property, right to a speedy and fair trial, and no excessive punishments.
Where did Rule of Law Originate in a written document?
The Magna Carta.
What are several Acts that the Parliament passed without consent of the colonists? List 3/4 of them. List the final one for an additional 100 points.
British imperial policies between 1763 and 1776 included new laws that were offensive to the colonists, such as the Sugar Act, Stamp Act, Townshend duties, and Coercive (Intolerable) Acts. These policies intensified colonials' resistance to British rule.
Who had most of the power under the Articles of Confederation.
The States.
What are the Federalist Papers?
A set of essays written in support of the ratification of the Constitution.
Common Sense was published slightly before the Revolutionary War. What did it Discuss other than Leaving Great Britain?
The importance of representative self-government.
Lady Justice is a deity that is a usually the symbol of Rule of Law. She has a Blindfold, Scales and a Sword. Why are they there for?
Blindfold: Equality to everyone
Scales: True balance of everything
Sword: The defense of everyone's rights
What are the Four sections of the Declaration of Independence?
Preamble, Unalienable Rights, Grievances and Declaring independence.
Which two events marked the end of the Articles of Confederation?
Shay's Rebellion and Constitutional Convention.
What are the Anti-Federalists Papers?
A set of essays explaining the dangers from tyranny not properly addressed in the Constitution
What's the combined timeline of all of the Influential Documents in chronological order? Additional 500 points for the exact years.
Magna Charta-1215
Mayflower Compact-1620
English Bill of Rights-1689
Common Sense-1776
Which two Amendments prohibits National, State, and Local governments from violating due process of law?
The 5th and 14th Amendments.
What are some Grievances? List seven of them. Additional 750 points for any added Grievances.
1. The King would not pass laws that would benefit the colonists. | 2. The King would not let the Governors pass laws in urgent matters unless suspended and he still neglected to during times of Governors' suspension. | 3. The King would not pass laws unless colonists gave up their rights to representation. | 4. He has made Legislatures in unusual, uncomfortable and distant from the place the colonists lived in for fatiguing the colonists in submission with his laws. | 5. King dissolved colonial legislatures for opposing him and his policies. | 6. After dissolving colonial legislatures, no new colonial legislatures were formed, leaving the colonies in danger and lacking laws. | 7. King restricted immigration to the colonies and raised property taxes. | 8. King has block Justice to happen in the colonies by not making laws to create them. | 9. Judges were hired, paid, and fired by the King. | 10. Soldiers were sent to harass the colonists. | 11. Standing armies in peace time without consent of colonial legislatures. | 12. Soldiers are above the law and system of Justice. | 13. King and Parliament pretended to represent the colonists. | 14. Quartering of soldiers. | 15. Mock trials for soldiers accused of murder. | 16. King cut off colonial trade with the rest of the world. | 17. Taxation without Representation. | 18. No trial by jury. | 19. Colonists accused of a crime must have their trial in England. | 20. King encouraged Canada to attack the colonies. | 21. King abolished colonial charters. | 22. The King and Parliament have legislated for colonists without their representation. | 23. King has waged war on the colonies. | 24. King authorized destruction of colonial land. | 25. King sent German Hessians to ruthlessly kill the colonists. | 26. British Navy practicing piracy on the seas; colonists taken on the seas must kill their family and friends to have their lives spared. | 27. King armed Indians to attack the colonists.
What's the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation? Name 5/6 of them. If you list all you'll have an additional 200.
1. Congress had no power to collect taxes. | 2. National Government had no power to regulate trade between states. | 3. Congress had no power to enforce its own laws in the states. | 4. There was no judicial branch, no separate national court system. | 5. There was no separate executive branch for the central government. | 6. The Articles required a unanimous vote to make changes to the Articles.
What is the Great Compromise?
The Federalists accepted the Addition of the Bill of Rights, and the Anti-Federalists accepted the ratification of the U.S. Constitution