Colonial America
This was the first successful English colony in North America
What is Jamestown Virginia?
American colonists dressed up as Native Americans and threw 342 chests of tea into the sea.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
The year 1776 is significant because in that year the ____________________________ was adopted.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
Article 1 of the Constitution describes the powers of this branch of Government.
What is the Legislative Branch?
The United States has this type of legislature.
What is bicameral?
What is religious persecution?
This event involved British Redcoats firing upon a group of colonist protestors.
What is the Boston Massacre?
The shot heard around the world occurred during these battles which marked the beginning of the the American Revolution.
What are the battles of Lexington and Concord?
Article 2 of the Constitution describes the powers of this branch of Government.
What is the Executive Branch?
Government with limited powers strictly defined by by law.
What is limited government?
This colony was set up for debtors and poor people.
What is Georgia?
Acts passed by the British Parliament to "punish" American colonists for their rebellious actions.
What are the Intolerable Acts?
This African American was considered the first casualty of the American Revolution
Who is Crispus Attucks?
Article 3 of the Constitution describes the powers of this branch of Government.
What is the Judicial Branch?
The belief that government is subject to the will of the people.
What is popular sovereignty?
This term is used to describe the capture and sale of Africans to the Americas and Europe.
What is the transatlantic slave trade?
This political slogan addressed the main grievance the American Colonists had against Great Britain.
What is Taxation without Representation?
What is Valley Forge?
What is Winter at Valley Forge?
The US government struggled to pay off its war debt because the ____________________ did not allow the federal government to collect taxes.
What is the AOC?
The first 10 amendments derived much of its inspiration from this document.
This war was fought between the British and French and started in 1754
What is the French and Indian War?
What is civil disobedience?
The defeat of British General Cornwallis at the siege of ____________ in 1781 convinced the British that the war was no longer worth fighting.
What is Yorktown?
A government in which citizens rule through elected representatives, according to a plan of government.
The legal rules and procedures the government must observe before depriving a person of life, liberty, or property.
What is Due Process?