Colonial Complaints
Colonists were angry about paying these without representation.
Answer: Taxes
This act taxed newspapers and printed materials.
Answer: Stamp Act
These are basic rights people are born with.
Answer: Natural rights
This was America’s first national government.
Answer: Articles of Confederation
This rebellion showed the national government was too weak.
Answer: Shays’ Rebellion
Colonists wanted a voice in the government that made their laws.
Answer: Representation
This act involved housing or supporting British soldiers.
Answer: Quartering Acts
Name ONE natural right listed in the Declaration.
Answer: Life, liberty, or pursuit of happiness
Congress could not directly collect these.
Answer: Taxes
Shays’ Rebellion showed the need for a ______ central government.
Answer: Stronger
Complete the phrase: “No taxation without ______.”
Answer: Representation
These acts punished Massachusetts after the Boston Tea Party.
Answer: Intolerable Acts
Government gets its power from these people.
Answer: consent of the governed
Congress could not regulate this between the states.
Answer: Trade / commerce
The government had trouble responding to a major ______.
Answer: Crisis / rebellion
Colonial resistance eventually helped lead to this.
Answer: Independence
The Intolerable Acts helped lead to this meeting of colonial leaders.
Answer: First Continental Congress
What is the main purpose of government according to the Declaration?
Answer: Protect people’s natural rights
The Articles did not create a national ______ system.
Answer: Court
Why did the Articles make the national government weak?
Answer: It gave the national government limited powers
Why did colonists reject “virtual representation”?
Answer: They wanted representatives they could actually elect
Which British act would you connect with newspapers and legal documents?
Answer: Stamp Act
What can people do if government do not protect their rights?
Answer: Alter or abolish it and create a new government
How many states had to agree to amend the Articles?
Answer: All 13 states
Give TWO weaknesses of the Articles.
Answer: could not collect taxes,
regulate trade,
no national court system,
amendments required all 13 states