French + Indian War
What are the 3 reasons the British government placed few restrictions on the colonists until the mid-1700 "s
1. The king and parliament were fighting over political power.
2. British leaders were too busy with European problems.
3. The great distance between Britain and the colonists
The British law charged duties on sugar imported by the colonies.
What is the sugar act
King or Queen.
What is Monarchy
July 4th, 1776 granted us independence.
What is the Declaration of independence
Amendment number 1.
Freedom of Religion, Speech, press, assembly, Petition.
Who fought in this war?
Great Britain, The French, Native Americans, The Colonists.
A tax on the legal recognition of documents.
What is the Stamp Act
Often a military leader, Concentrates political power in himself.
What is Dictatorship
Supreme law of the land
What is the constitution of the United States
Amendment number 5.
Due process, Eminent Domain, Double Jeopardy, Self-incrimination, Grand Jury Review.
1660- 1695 only British and colonial ships could carry on colonial.
What is Navigation Act
March 5th, 1770 British soldiers shot and killed several people while being harassed by a mob in Boston.
What is the Boston Massacre
Wealthy nobles are given power over those in lower positions.
What is Anarchy
The first ten amendments
What is Bill Of Rights
Amendment number 6.
Right to counsel, Call witnesses on your own behalf, Speedy and Public Trial, Know the charges against you.
1733 colonists were forced to pay a high tax on sugar. This led to smuggling of lower-priced sugar.
What is molasses act
Act of parliament of Great Britain.
What is the Tea Act
Easy to criticize the government.
What is Totalitarian
changed the federal legal status of more than 3.5 million enslaved African Americans in the designed area of the south from slaves to free.
What is Emancipation Proclamation
Amendment number 15.
The right to vote cannot be denied based on race.
1699 colonial export of wool cloth was forbidden
What is Woolen Act
Political and mercantile protest by the Sons Of Liberty in Boston, Massachusetts, on December 16th 1773
What is the Boston Tea Party
the supreme power is retained by the people.
What is Democracy
Louisiana territory of New France by the United States from France in 1803
What is the Louisiana Purchase Treaty
Amendment number 19.
Women's suffrage.