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A crop produced for its commercial value rather than for the use by the grower.
What is Cash Crops.
Fees for the support of government required to be paid by people and businesses.
What are taxes.
The power of the courts to declare laws unconstitutional.
What is Judicial Review.
Upper house of the U.S. Congress. Each state has 2 members.
What is the Senate.
A law passed by the British Parliament setting taxes on molasses and sugar imported by the colonies.
What is the Sugar Act.
One country taking over another area to be used for their benefit.
What is colonization.
The lawmaking body of British government.
What is the Parliament.
A forcible overthrow of a government or social order in favor of a new system.
What is a Revolution.
A system that allows each branch of government to limit the powers of the other branches in order to prevent abuse of power.
What is checks and balances.
Law passed by parliament allowing the British East India Company to sell its low-cost tea directly to the colonies-undermining colonial tea merchants; led to the Boston Tea Party.
What is the Tea Act.
Supporters of the Constitution.
Who are Federalists.
The branch of government that interprets laws (Supreme Court).
What is the Judicial Branch.
The division of power among the legislative, executive, and judicial branches of government.
What is separation of power.
The lower house of Congress, consisting of a different number of representatives from each state, depending on population (435 members).
What is the House of Representatives.
An act passed by the British parliament in 1756 that raised revenue from the American colonies by a duty (tax) in the form of a stamp required on all newspapers and legal or commercial documents.
What is the Stamp Act.
Immigrants who received passage to America in exchange for a fixed term of labor.
Who are indentured servants.
The branch of government that makes the laws (Congress).
What is the Legislative Branch.
A system in which the citizens of a country (or smaller political unit, such as a state) rule themselves and control their own affairs.
What is Self-Governance.
Incident in 1770 in which British troops fired on and killed American colonists.
What is the Boston Massacre.
Four British acts of 1774 meant to punish Massachusetts for the destruction of three shiploads of tea. Known in America as the Intolerable Acts, they led to open rebellion in the northern colonies.
What are the Coercive Acts.
Opponents of the American Constitution at the time when the states were contemplating its adoption.
Who are Anti-Federalists.
The branch of government that carries out laws (The President and his Cabinet).
What is the Executive Branch.
The legislature of the United States government.
What is Congress.
A 1773 protest against British taxes in which Boston colonists disguised as Mohawks dumped valuable tea into the Boston Harbor.
What is the Boston Tea Party.
A member of any of the indigenous peoples of the Americas.
Who are Native Americans.