Types of Government
In a ____, a king acts as the ruler.
Monarchy
In this ancient city, male citizens voted directly on every issue
Ancient Athens
The group of religious extremists that saw the Church of England as corrupt and left to praise God by their own choice.
The Pilgrims
This group of people demanded that the colonies leave Great Britain and rule themselves.
Patriots
This is the document that made the Thirteen Colonies free of English rule.
Declaration of Independence
This type of government is ruled by an evil ruler and passed onto their children.
Dictatorship
This ancient country had two consuls rule on behalf of the Senate.
This colony was the first permanent English colony in America. They mostly got rich from lumber and tobacco.
Jamestown
During this event, American colonists dumped a drinkable leaf into the Boston Harbor
Boston Tea Party
This document holds the first ten amendments that guarantees the rights of all Americans.
The Bill of Rights
In this type of government, the government through workers, owns all businesses and production.
communism
In Ancient Rome, a consul had the right to ___ laws with which he did not agree was good for Rome.
veto
These colonies got rich by a mix of farming, fishing, and trade. They're also called the "Breadbasket Colonies"
Middle Colonies
The governing body formed to protect the colonies during the American Revolution
The Continental Congress
This document is the supreme law of the land in today's America
The U.S. Constitution
In a _____, the people directly vote on all laws.
direct democracy
By 1215, the nobles rebelled and forced King John to sign the _________ (Great Charter).
Magna Carta
These group of Indigenous people practiced democracy in today's New York and Eastern Canada in the form of the Great Law of Peace.
The Iroquois/Haudenosaunee
The slogan shouted by the colonists that demanded equal treatment in Parliament
"No taxation without representation"
Under the ___, state governments had more power than the federal government.
Articles of Confederation
In this type of government, leaders are chosen directly by a god. The people must also follow that god's rules.
Theocracy
This person believed that all people started as blank slates that can be taught how to behave from birth.
John Locke
This was the unofficial British policy that let colonists self-rule, in exchange for sole trade with the motherland
Salutary neglect
This law from King George III forbade colonists from settling west of the Appalachians
Proclamation of 1763
The process by which laws are changed in the Constitution.
Amendments