Magna Carta
The year the Magna Carta was written
When was 1215?
People who make laws for the citizens of England
What is Parliament?
1st significant tax on printed materials
What is the Stamp Act?
A reason the colonists were unhappy with Britain
What are unfair taxes?
The person who people call the "Author" of the Declaration
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
The thing the Magna Carta gave
What was giving Englishmen basic rights and freedoms?
The people who chose the people in Parliament
Who are Englishmen?
Established "self-government"
What is The Mayflower Compact?
This is something the colonists didn't have
Representation
The opening line of the Constitution
What is: "We the people, in order to form a more perfect union..."
What is everyone including the king must follow the law?
Our version of Parliament
What is Congress?
Something that started popping up all throughout the 13 American colonies
What are Representative Governments?
The even where Colonists dumped tea into the ocean
What is the Boston Tea party?
The year the constitution was written
When was 1787
What is above the law?
The year the English Bill of Rights was written
When was 1689?
First permanent English settlement.
What is Jamestown?
Something Parliament made the colonists follow
What are unfair laws?
The document that was basically the pre-constitution
What are the Articles of Confederation?
The person the Magna Carta was originally written to
Who is King John?
A document passed by Parliament in 1689
What is the English Bill of Rights?
This document was signed by 41 Englishmen after they were forced out of England due to religious beliefs
What is the Mayflower Compact?
The date when the Deceleration of Independence was completed.
When was July fourth, 1776?
The three branches of government
What are legislative (Article I), executive (Article II), and judicial (Article III)?