America’s Founding Ideas
This principle protects individuals from being unfairly punished without procedures and trials
Due Process
Colonists protested this tax on newspapers, legal documents and playing cards.
Stamp Act
The D.O.I. outlined colonial grievances against the King... what is a grievance?
A complaint
How many branches of government were there in the Articles of Confederation?
One (legislative)
This group supported a strong national government
Federalists
The Founders sought to guard against tyranny by ensuring that government powers were divided and restrained under this concept
limited government
The colonists said: No taxation without ____________
Representation
Which Enlightenment thinker influenced the Declaration of Independence?
John Locke
Congress did not have the power to do this important thing to raise money
Collect taxes
They feared a new Constitution would give the national government too much power
Anti-Federalists
All people are created with the same inherent worth and rights
Equality of mankind
This law made the colonists house British soldiers in their homes
Quartering Act
Unalienable rights include life, liberty, and the pursuit of ________
happiness
The Articles of Confederation gave more power to the _____ than to the national government
States
Anti-Federalsts agreed to support this Constitution if it came with this list of basic freedoms
The Bill of Rights
The Constitution guarantees freedom of belief through this idea, which prevents the establishment of a national church.
Religious Liberty
The King took away colonists right of due process by denying them trial by _______
Jury
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
The Articles of Confederation were later replaced by
The U.S. Constitution
Federalists wanted a new Constitution with how many branches of government
3 (Legislative, Executive, and Judicial)
This concept ensures that NO ONE that even leaders is above the law
Rule of Law
The British taxed the colonists to pay for the _________
French and Indian War
Written by Thomas Paine, this pamphlet written in 1776 encouraged the colonists to declare independence.
Common Sense
___________ was an event that convinced many people that the Articles of Confederation were too weak
Shay's Rebellion
Federalists wrote these famous essays to support the new Constitution
Federalist Papers