Government in the English Colonies
The first permanent English settlement in the colonies. (You must add what state it was in!)
What is Jamestown, Virginia?
This act imposed a tax on the colonies that taxed all legal documents, newspapers, and even playing cards.
What is The Stamp Act?
Richard Henry Lee proposed that the colonies should become independent states. This was called...
The Lee Resolution
What is the Articles of Confederation
Name the three branches of Government, introduced to us in the Virginia Plan
What are the Executive, Legislative, and Judicial Branches?
The soil in Virginia was perfect for growing this cash crop.
What is Tobacco?
A bicameral legislature has _______ governing bodies.
What is two (2)?
The first legislature in America was called...
What is The Virginia House of Burgesses?
The Sons of Liberty dressed as what Native American tribe to perform the Boston Tea Party.
What is Mohawk?
What does Thomas Jefferson mean by “unalienable” rights?
What are Rights that cannot be taken away from a person?
Under the Articles of Confederation, ___________ had the sole power to wage war, make peace, and settle disputes between states.
What is Congress?
The Massachusetts Bay Colony was founded by... (a specific group of people)
What are Puritans?
British Parliament came back with even more severe consequences for Massachusetts after the Boston Tea Party. What were these acts called?
What are the Coercive Acts (Intolerable Acts)?
Identify one weakness of the Articles of Confederation that we talked about in class
Under the Articles, the central government was weak.
- Congress had no power to raise revenue for the army or to force the states to meet their military quota. - Congress had no power to enforce its laws. - Passing laws was difficult because the Articles provided that nine states had to approve any law before it was enacted. - Couldn’t force the states to pay their share or regulate money.
This agreement to govern was written on the boat when the pilgrims realized they would not end up in Virginia
What is The Mayflower Compact?
The Second Continental Congress issued this by pledging allegiance to King George III, but asked him to lift the laws the Americans didn’t like.
What is The Olive Branch Petition?
Name 3 of the 5 members of the Committee of Five (the men who helped draft the Declaration of Independence)
What is....
Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Benjamin Franklin, Robert Livingston, and Roger Sherman?