Vocab is funnnn
Having the same opportunity as someone else.
What is equality?
These young men that looked old all gathered in the OG capital to figure out America.
What is Philadelphia? (go birds)
In 1620, the pilgrims created a document to begin self government in the New World.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
Hereditary rulers who typically have absolute power.
What is a monarchy?
Collection of city-states that inspired the founding fathers.
What is Greece?
Farmer in rural Massachusetts rallied his friends and successfully rebelled against the useless government over taxes.
What is Shays' Rebellion?
The chosen leader of these men who was a war general and resident of the state of Virginia.
Who is George Washington?
The first 10 amendments of the US Constitution.
What is the Bill of Rights?
What is a dictatorship?
The main point of contention b/w the founding fathers and eventually removed in order to appease everyone.
What is slavery?
George Washington had to personally travel to Pennsylvania with federal troops to stop this revolt against taxes.
What is the Whiskey Rebellion?
The lawyer of the group who later became one half of the first father-son President duo!
Who is John Adams?
King John signed this document which effectively took away his absolute power as a monarch.
What is the Magna Carta?
What is anarchy?
The state used as the penal colony.
What is Georgia?
Colonists disguised as natives snuck onto ships and destroyed more than $1.7 million worth of the British's favorite refreshment.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
Gets credit for writing the entirety of the Declaration of Independence even thought that's false and later became our 3rd President.
The original collection of statements that protected the rights of the people from the government.
What is the English Bill of Rights?
Representatives chosen by the people who do the people's bidding.
What is a republic?
What is the French and Indian War?
What is the Boston Massacre?
Started America's first hospital and post office, invented the bifocals, lightning rod, was a newspaper publisher, cartographer, helped write the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution AND the Treaty of Paris in his spare time!
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
Provided for no federal government and no state sovereignty.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
What is a (constitutional federal) representative democracy OR republic?
Part of the Intolerable Acts, it led to the famous phrase, "no taxation without representation," and a lot of boycotts, peaceful and violent, of the men collecting fees.
What is the Stamp Act?