Why was the Mayflower Compact called the Mayflower Compact?
Because the ship they rode on was called the Mayflower
100
What are natural rights?
rights people have since birth.
100
What are the three branches
Judicial, Legislative, executive
100
How many colonies were there (50 pts) What were they names (50 pts)
13: New Hampshire, New York, RHODE ISLAND, Virgina, MA, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Maryland, Delaware, Pennsylvania, NJ, and Conneticut
100
Who was Squanto and how did he help the early colonists
a member of the Wampanoag tribe, was earlier captured by John Smith. He lived in England so he learned how to speak English. He helped them in spring clear land and plant crops.
200
Where did the Mayflower land.
Cape-cod
200
Who wrote most of the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
200
to what branch does the supreme court belong
Judicial Branch
200
What was the proclamation of 1763
Since Pontiac’s war the British made an imaginary line across the Appalachian Mountains. No colonists could settle west of that “line”.
200
What were merchants from new England known as (hint: Gaby's least favorite sports team)
Yankees
300
Was the Mayflower Compact like the English way of government? If so how?
Yes, because they elected representatives.
300
What are the three sections of the Declaration?
Natural rights, wrongs done by the king, declaring Independence
300
What is one powers of the president (for every extra one you get five points.)
-Commander in chief of the armed forces
-making treaties and nominations
-Temporary appointments
300
What is a proprietary colony? (150) What is a royal colony? (150)
proprietary; King gave land to more people for a yearly payment
royal; a colony under the direct control of the English crown
300
in 1606 which company received a charter to settle in Virgina
The Virgina company of London
400
Why was the Mayflower Compact made?
They made a charter before hand for Virgina, but they landed in MA. The charter only applied to Virgina.
400
who is on the committee?
John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Robert Livingston, Roger Sherman, and Thomas Jefferson
400
What are the 7 basic principles
popular sovereignty, limited government, separation of powers, checks and balances, federalism, republicanism, and individual rights
400
What is the Mason- Dixon line
the boundary that divides the middle from the southern colonies
400
What is Magna Carta? (200) what is its translation? (200)
The document that proclaimed that the king could not raise taxes without consulting a great consul. It translates to great charter.
500
What day was the Mayflower compact signed?
November 11, 1620
500
When did Continental Congress vote the 13 colonies free?
July 2nd (1776)
500
Congress has eighteen powers. Name 14 of them (for every extra one you get one point if all are answered correctly 10 extra points)
Congress has eighteen powers. Name 14 of them (for every extra one you get one point if all are answered correctly 10 extra points)
- collect taxes
-Borrow money on the credit of the United States
-to trade with foreign nations, Indian tribes, and other states
-Naturalization;bankruptcy
-Coins; weights; measures
-make a punishment for copying the coin of the United States
-to make post offices and post roads
-Copyrights;patents
Federal court
-piracy
-to declare war
-to raise and support armies
-to provide and maintain a navy
-Rules for military
-Militia
-Rules for Militia
-National Capital
-Necessary laws
500
Who founded Pennsylvania and what religion were they
William Penn and Quaker
500
What was the house of Burgesses
Burgesses were representatives to the government and they met in an assembly