Colonial Influences
What type of government did ancient Athens (in Greece) practice?
A direct democracy
The Enlightenment idea that people agree to follow a government's laws and the government agrees to protect people's rights is called:
Social Contract
This war caused the British government to raise taxes on the 13 colonies:
What event revealed that the Articles of Confederation government was too weak?
Shays' Rebellion
What group wanted the Bill of Rights added to the Constitution?
Anti-Federalists
What type of government did ancient Rome have/practice that was influential to the American colonists?
An indirect democracy (or a Republic)
This enlightenment thinker promoted the idea of separation of power in government:
Montesquieu
This British act raised taxes on several paper goods in the colonies and led to many colonial protests:
The Stamp Act
What group favored a strong central/national/federal government?
Federalists
What is an Amendment?
A change or addition to the Constitution
The group of thinkers that was MOST influential on the 13 colonies was from this era:
The Enlightenment Era
John Locke argued that people are born with Natural Rights. What are those 3 Natural Rights?
Life, Liberty, and Property
This violent event shocked the 13 colonies and was used as propaganda (as famously seen in a drawing by Paul Revere) to support the independence movement:
The Boston Massacre (or The Bloody Massacre)
What part of the government did Anti-Federalists NOT want to be too strong?
The Central/Federal/National Government
What are the five freedoms listed in the first amendment?
This was the economic policy between Britain and the 13 colonies:
Mercantilism
These three words in the preamble of the Constitution show an Enlightenment idea about government power based on consent of the governed:
"We the People"
In one of the most famous acts of protest in American history, this event was carried out by the Sons of Liberty in response to a British tax on tea:
The Boston Tea Party
Under the Great Compromise, Congress would be divided into two houses or chambers. What are they called?
The Senate and the House of Representatives
What does the fourth amendment sometimes called?
The 'search and seizure' amendment (without a warrant)
This British policy/approach toward the colonies was adapted because the colonies were so far away:
Salutary Neglect
This Enlightenment thinker challenged people to use their own reason; "Have courage to use your own understanding!"
Immanuel Kant
The British responded to Colonial acts of protest (including the Boston Tea Party) by passing a series of harsh new laws or acts that were given this name by the colonies:
The Intolerable Acts
REPRESENTATION (in the House of Representatives)
What is the third amendment sometimes called?
The "Quartering" Amendment