Road to Revolution
This law required every official document, newspaper or pamphlet in the colonies to have an expensive government stamp.
The Stamp Act
Name the 4 parts in order of the Declaration of Independence.
Preamble
Natural Rights
Grievances
Declare Independence
What document solved the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
US Constitution
Which group opposed a stronger central government, opposed ratifying the new Constitution and wanted a Bill of Rights included in the document?
Anti-Federalist
Put the following events in order:
Boston Tea Party
Coercive Acts
Boston Massacre
1.Boston Massacre
2.Boston Tea Party
3.Coercive Acts
What did the Proclamation of 1763 entail?
It was a law created by Britain's Parliament stating that no settlers would be allowed west of the Appalachian Mountains.
Describe the Grievances section of the Declaration of Independence.
Lists the complaints of the colonists against the British Parliament.
What system of government is represented in the Articles of Confederation?
Confederal
Which document delegates more authority to the national government?
Constitution
What document was created to outline the colonist concerns about Great Britain's Policies?
The Declaration of Independence
What was Britain's reaction to the Boston Tea Party?
The Coercive/Intolerable Acts- strict legislation to further punish the colonists
According to the Declaration of Independence, what is given to people by their creator?
Unalienable rights: Life, Liberty, and Pursuit of Happiness
What did Anti-Federalist want to include in the Constitution? Why?
A bill of rights to make sure the national government did not become tyrannical.
"The Constitution gives the federal government just a few powers that are very well defined."
Which group would most likely support this statement?
Federalist
What was the Boston Massacre?
A mob of angry townspeople encircled a British sentry shouting insults and throwing rocks and sticks. Nervous Redcoats opened fire into the crowd, killing five colonists and wounding several others.
Why were the colonists upset that they had to pay high taxes?
They did not have representation in Parliament.
In what part of the Declaration of Independence do the colonists list out their complaints about Great Britain?
Grievances
What weakness of the Articles of Confederation best explains why Shays rebellion occurred?
The national government did not have the power to create an army
What was the Anti-Federalists plan to protect people’s freedoms from government abuse of power at the constitutional convention?
Include the Bill of Rights
According to the Declaration of Independence what is the government's role regarding natural rights?
Protect the people's natural rights.
This act forced certain colonists to let British troops live in their houses.
The Quartering Act
Translate 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.--That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, --
It is obvious that all men are created equal and they are given by God rights that cannot be denied which are life liberty and the pursuit of happiness- The government must protect these rights, and governments are chosen by the people's permission.
How did the founders address the weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation?
Delegating more authority to the central government in the constitution
Double Jeopardy!!!!
Translate this quote
"This government is to possess absolute and uncontrollable power, legislative, executive and judicial, with respect to every object to which it extends... —The government then, so far as it extends, is a complete one, and not a confederation... that it should be so framed as to secure the liberty of the citizens of America..."
A government with the 3 branches would possess absolute power. The government should be securing the liberty of its citizens.
"People are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights."
What are people's natural rights according to John Locke? According to the Declaration of Independence?
Life, Liberty, and Property
Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness