Declaration of Independence
Principles of Gov't
New Colonial Laws
Colonial Response
Colonial Response 2
Miscellaneous
Music
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Purpose: Lists complaints against the British Gov’t (all of the ways King George III has failed to protect the rights of colonists)
What is List of Grievances?
100
ability of each branch of gov't to stop the use of power by another branch
What is "checks and balances?"
100
purpose=stop smuggling, gave writs of assistance (search warrants) to British officials, taxed sugar and other goods
What is "the Sugar Act"?
100
Colonists dump tea from British ship into harbor, King George III respond with Intolerable Acts
What is the "Boston Tea Party"?
100
He was appointed as commander of the Continental Army.
Who is George Washington?
100
Legal document, granted land/permission to start a colony to a person/company
What is a charter?
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Purpose: Introduction - Explains why the colonies are writing the declaration. When one group wants to separate from another group, they should explain the reasons why
What is the Preamble?
200
rights that can’t be taken away, purpose of gov’t is to protect these rights (life, liberty, property)
What is "natural rights?"
200
Colonists can only buy tea from British East India Company, led to Boston Tea Party
What is the "Tea Act"?
200
Argument between colonists and British soldiers, 5 colonists killed. Colonists use it to gain support for independence
What is the Boston Massacre?
200
When was the Declaration of Independence signed?
What is July 4, 1776?
200
This battle marked the start of the Revolutionary War.
What is Lexington and Concord?
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Declares that:
people have natural rights
Gov’ts are made by people to protect those rights
When gov’t stops protecting those rights the people have the right to overthrow it
What is "the Declaration of Natural Rights"?
300
Everyone must obey the law, even kings and presidents.
What is "the Rule of Law"?
300
Innkeepers and gov’t officials must house British soldiers
What is the "Quartering Act"?
300
This group organized resistance to the new British laws by intimidating/killing tax collectors and officials, and destroying British property like tea
What is the Sons of Liberty?
300
Formed Continental Army w/ George Washington as General, Write Olive Branch Petition, Later Write+Sign Declaration of Independence
What is the Second Continental Congress?
300
Search warrants that allowed British naval officers to board and search colonial ships.
What is Writs of Assistance?
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Purpose: Formally declares that the United States are an independent nation and have severed all ties with Great Britain.
What is "Resolution of Independence"?
400
when people elect reps. to legislatures
What is "Representative Government"?
400
purpose= reduce tension w/ natives, banned settlement in western lands
What is the "Proclamation of 1763"?
400
This group organized resistance and protest to the new laws by boycotting British goods, not drinking British tea, and making their own linen
What is the Daughters of Liberty?
400
Which city did representatives of the colonists meet in to discuss their response to the British?
What is Philadelphia?
400
This war between the British and the French led to a number of new taxes and restrictions on the British colonies.
What is the French and Indian War/Seven Years' War?
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List all of the ways colonists tried to avoid separating from Great Britain
What is "the Petition for Redress/Efforts to Avoid Separation"?
500
division of responsibilities between the different branches of government
What is "separation of powers"?
500
Tax on legal docs, newspapers, pamphlets, and decks of cards
What is the "Stamp Act"?
500
Independent, voluntary groups who made sure each colony knew about events+opinions of other colonies
What is Committees of Correspondence?
500
The start of a unified American Government. 12/13 colonies meet to decide how to respond to Intolerable Acts.
Ban all trade w/ Britain, Ask colonies to train troops, Don’t want independence, want to protect rights
What is the First Continental Congress?
500
This law closed Boston harbor, appointed a military governor of MA, and forced colonists to pay for the tea they destroyed.
What is the Coercive Acts/Intolerable Acts?
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Writer of the Declaration of Independence
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
600
Pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that argued for independence and that all monarchies were inherently corrupt.
What is Common Sense?
600
This law stated that Parliament had the right to pass laws for the colonies in "all cases whatsoever"
What is the Declaratory Act?
600
This was a letter that the Continental Congress sent to King George asking him to restore peace.
What is the Olive Branch Petition?
600
This was the only colony to not send a representative to the First Continental Congress.
What is Georgia?
600
Colonial governments separated their powers into these three branches. (list all three)
What is Executive, Legislative, and Judicial?
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