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?
The First Continental Congress met in what city to decide what to do about the Coercive Acts.
What is Philadelphia, PA?
Juneteenth is a holiday on June 19 that celebrates the day enslaved people in ___________ realized they were free.
What is Texas?
A bicameral legislature has _______ governing bodies.
What is two (2)?
A chosen representatives from a State is called a...
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?
You're welcome for the free points
Under the Articles of Confederation, ___________ had the sole power to wage war, make peace, and settle disputes between states.
What is Congress?
This plan allowed states to count ⅗ of the slave population into its representative number
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)?
What does Thomas Jefferson mean by “unalienable” rights?
What are Rights that cannot be taken away from a person?
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.
John Jay, James Madison, and Alexander Hamilton wrote these essays to address the fears of the new constitution.
What are the Federalist Papers?
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?
This “would be” state wanted to join the Union, but Britain tried to get it to join Canada.
What is Vermont?
What two things did federalists support? Hint: A ________ _________ government and a new _______________.
What are a strong central government and a new constitution?