Different Name, Same Game
People living in the in United States 1770-Present Day.
Who are colonists, patriots/loyalists, citizens?
This act required colonists to house British soldiers, first in barracks, later in their own homes, if space was unavailable.
What is the Quartering Act?
This document says "...all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights..." and stands on the idea that the consent of the governed grants authority to the government.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
Leader of the executive branch, commander in chief of the military, and person who appoints the Secretaries of State, Treasury, and other cabinet members.
Who is the President?
This time period in history stands on the idea that freedom is worth fighting for! "Give me liberty or give me death"!
A representative government, elected by its citizens.
What is a Democratic Republic?
The 4 acts that directly resulted from the Boston Tea Party.
What are the Intolerable Acts?
The three unalienable rights listed in the Declaration of Independence.
What are the rights to life, liberty and pursuit of happiness?
Served by a committee of one chief and eight associate justices who are appointed for life.
What is the Supreme Court?
The phrase "no taxation without representation" stands on which foundational idea of America?
What is the consent of the governed?
These are given to each person by their creator and should be protected by their government.
What are Natural or Unalienable Rights?
Rights protected by the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Amendments.
Freedom of Speech, Press, Assembly, and Religion. Freedom to bear arms. Freedom from forced housing of soldiers. Freedom for unlawful search or seizure.
This group, consisting of two parts, writes bills which need to be approved by the President.
What is Congress comprised of the House of Representatives and the Senate
The limitation of power between three branches of government stands on these two principles.
What are separation of powers and checks & balances?
A fee imposed by the government to generate wealth for the country.
What is a tax or tariff?
The first act passed by Parliament that created resentment in the colonists because the lack of representation in government.
What is the Stamp Act?
The rights protected when saying "I plead the 5th".
What is the right to avoid self-incrimination and to due process of law (fair procedures and trial).
What is veto?
This overexertion of power by a king or ruling body stands on this idea.
The mother country who developed a colony in North America.
Who is Great Britain or England?
This act was implemented to stop criticism of the President, Congress, and the laws they passed.
What are the Sedition Acts?
The supreme law of the land that protects the rights of all its citizens.
What is the US constitution?
Before becoming the supreme law of the land, 9 of the 13 states had to do this to the Constitution.
What is ratify?
This idea is what the US constitution did for the 13 independent states.
What is unify?