British Actions
True or False: British soldiers needed a warrant and probable cause to search the colonists homes.
False
True or False: The Boston Massacre was in response to the Boston Tea Party
False (The Boston Massacre was a few years earlier)
Another word for "grievance"
Complaint, concern, problem, beef, etc.
What does the word UNALIENABLE mean in this quote: "We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness."
Rights that cannot be given up or taken away
Which document gives more authority to the national government -- the Articles of Confederation or the U.S. Constitution?
U.S. Constitution
Britain began taxing the colonies because it was in so much debt after this war.
The French and Indian War
Angry colonists threw tea into the ocean in this city's Tea Party
Boston
What were colonists protesting when they said the king quartered soldiers among them?
Housing British soldiers in colonists' homes
True or False, the Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution both responded to colonial concerns about Britain.
True
Which group did NOT want a Bill of Rights
Federalists
This tax required American colonists to pay for a stamp to put on every official piece of paper.
The Stamp Act
The colonists argued that taxes passed by Parliament were unfair because _________
(Hint: No Taxation Without ________!)
The colonists did not have representatives in Parliament.
(No Taxation Without Representation!)
Based on Locke's idea of social contract, what is the main reason people create governments?
To protect the people's natural rights
People are given unalienable natural rights from ______.
God, their Creator, nature, or birth
Why did the Anti-Federalists want a Bill of Rights?
To protect individual freedoms
As part of the Intollerable Acts, colonists accused of a crime could be sent to _______ for their trials.
England
What does it mean to boycott something (the way the colonists boycotted British goods)?
To refuse to buy something
When the colonists complained that the king was dissolving their legisltures, what did they mean?
Closing their lawmaking assemblies
If governments do not protect the people's natural rights, what can (and should) the people do?
Which document solved the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
U.S. Constitution
This treaty from the French and Indian War prohibited colonists from moving west of the Appalachain Mountains.
Proclamation of 1763
What did the British Parliament do in response to the Boston Tea Party?
Passed the Intolerable Acts/Coercive Acts
Who is "He" in this quote:
"He has plundered our seas, ravaged our Coasts, burnt our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people."
The King of England
The introduction to the Declaration of Independence is called the __________.
Preamble
What weakness of the Articles of Confederation made the national government unable to stop Shay's Rebellion?
No military