Causes of the War
After the French and Indian War, which was won by the English, The British told American colonists not to settle in the Ohio River Valley that had been won in the War, declaring that they should not go past this boundary that runs along the Appalachian Mountain range.
What are the 3 unalienable rights contained in the Declaration of Independence.
life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
How did the British Government attempt to recruit African American Slaves to join the War on the side of the British.
The offered them freedom from slavery if they joined and the British won.
The Legislative Branch of Government under the Articles of Confederation had only 1 House of Congress. How many votes did each of the original 13 states get in this system?
One Vote per State
This principle of the constitution means "power from people"
Popular Sovereignty
This law taxed all paper goods including pamphlets, books, newspapers and more.
The Stamp Act
This Enlightenment Philosopher and his ideas around Natural Rights inspired Thomas Jeffersons ideas of around Unalienable Rights found the Declaration of Independence.
John Locke
This group of women supported war efforts by participating in Boycotts of British goods producing homespun clothing, and even participating in protests and espionage.
The Daughters of Liberty
The Articles of Confederation had only 1 Branch of Government? What Branch did it have, and which 2 was it missing that were later added by the Constitution?
The Articles had the Legislative Branch, The Constitution added the Executive Branch and the Judicial Branch.
This principle of the Constitution involves the divison of power between powers delegated to the federal government, powers reserved for the states, and concurrent powers shared by both.
Federalism
A series of British parliamentary measures that taxed American colonists on imported goods like glass, lead, paper, and tea, with the intent to raise revenue and assert British authority. Colonists, without representation in Parliament, viewed these acts as taxation without representation and responded with boycotts and protests.
The Townshend Acts
This part of the Declaration of Independence is the beginning or Introduction.
The Preamble
This group of people joined both the British and the Colonists sides of the war. Their decisions were made mostly because of their individual Nations previous experiences in trade and other interactions with the British and the Colonists
Native Americans
This event proved the the Articles of Confederation was too weak, as there was no ability to raise a national army to respond to the event.
Shays Rebellion
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A deadly confrontation on March 5, 1770, when British soldiers fired into a crowd of angry colonists, killing five people. The incident was caused by rising tensions due to heavy British taxation, particularly the Townshend Acts, and the subsequent stationing of British troops in Boston to enforce these unpopular policies.
The Boston Massacre
One Section of the Declaration of Independence includes a list of Grievances, name one of the Grievances Listed in the document.
He has refused his assent [approval] to laws, the most wholesome and necessary for the public good...
He has kept among us, in times of peace, standing armies without the consent of our legislature….He has allowed the military to act independent of any laws, doing as they please to reign terror over our us
He has cutting off our trade with all parts of the world;
He imposes taxes on us without our consent;
He deprives us, in many cases, of the benefits of trial by jury;...
He has abdicated government here, by declaring us out of his protection and waging war against us.
He has plundered our seas, ravaged our coasts, burned our towns, and destroyed the lives of our people…
For this group of men, they had a lot to potentially loose if they colonist won the war, for that reason, many of them were loyalists, and stayed loyal to the British.
White Landowning Men
What proportion (percent) of the states need to approve (ratify) an Amendment under the Constitution
3/4ths (three-fourths) or 75% of the states
What is a Republican form of Government / Republicanism
A representative democracy in which voters elect representatives to carry out their best interests in the day to day operations of the government.
a series of punitive British parliamentary laws, known by American colonists as that closed Boston's port, restructured Massachusetts' government, allowed for the quartering of troops in private homes and unused buildings, and allowed British officials accused of crimes to be tried outside the colonies.
The Coercive Acts / The Intolerable Acts
(WILD CARD)
Who wrote the Document Known as Common Sense,is a 47-page pamphlet written 1775–1776 advocating independence from Great Britain to people in the Thirteen Colonies. Writing in clear and persuasive prose, Paine collected moral and political arguments to encourage common people in the Colonies to fight for a their own democratic government.
Thomas Paine
This group of men were more likely to join the war on the side of the colonists, believing they had a lot to gain if the colonists won and took British landowners land.
Poor White Men
What 3 things are considered the Supreme Law of the land in the United States (from Article VI (6) of the constitution)
1. The Constitution itself
2. Federal laws made in pursuance of the Constitution
3. Treaties made under the authority of the United States
Legislative Branch: Makes the Laws
Executive Branch: Enforces the Laws