Lessons 1 - 3 Purpose, Basis, and Types of Government
Lessons 4 - 5 Government in the Colonies and The American Resistance
Lessons 6 - 10 Continental Congress, Independence, New System of Gov't
Lessons 11 - 15 Important Compromises, Road to Ratification
Mixed Bag (Terms & Definitions)
100
When a small group rules the government
What is an Oligarchy?
100
A legal document that allowed officials to search a building or ship for smuggled goods.
What are the Writs of Assistance?
100
He wrote a booklet called "Common Sense," which stated that the colonies should be independent.
Who is Thomas Paine?
100
A loose interpretation of the Constitution says that the Constitution is this.
What is flexible?
100
A ceremony when a person officially takes office.
What is an Inauguration?
200
It combines some economic freedom with government regulation of economy, like what we do in the United States.
What is a mixed-market economy?
200
House of Burgesses
What is the first legislature in the colonies?
200
This was created because the former colonists were AFRAID of a strong central government.
What are The Articles of Confederation?
200
A group of advisors to the President.
What is a Cabinet?
200
A tax on goods imported from another country.
What is a Tariff?
300
When the head of government is a member of a royal family that has ruled for generations.
What is a Monarchy?
300
This issue with Britain made the colonists the MOST angry.
What is taxation without representation?
300
He was unanimously elected to lead the Constitutional Convention.
Who is George Washington?
300
The year the State of Arizona was created.
What is 1912?
300
The public (government) makes economic decisions and owns economic resources.
What is Socialism?
400
A theory that people voluntarily give up some of their power to the state in exchange for order and safety.
What is a Social Contract?
400
Parliament was taxing the colonists even though they were not represented in Parliament.
What is "taxation without representation?"
400
He led a rebellion to take over a federal arsenal. This scared many Americans into thinking they needed a stronger central government to protect them and enforce the law.
Who is Daniel Shays?
400
The county in which the Phoenix state capital resides.
What is Maricopa County?
400
A legal license to search private property.
What is a Warrant?
500
To help the state or country maintain a social order; provide services; and enforce laws that apply to every person living within a state or country.
What is the purpose of government?
500
This word means to reject a new law.
What is Veto?
500
Members of this convention talked about American citizens voting, which included the three-fifths compromise for slaves, but did not deal with women's rights at all.
What is the Constitutional Convention?
500
The number of years a county elected official holds office.