Philosophy
The name of a pamphlet published by Thomas Paine.
What is Common Sense?
Many countries influenced American law. Name one civilization/country (other than England) that is a source of American Law.
What are Greek or Roman Law?
What is France?
This is one of many reasons colonists immigrated from England to North America.
What are religious freedom or economic gain?
Monarch is another word for this.
What is a king or queen?
John Locke identified three natural rights. Name at least two of the three.
What are life, liberty, and property?
In 1215, nobles rebelled against King John and forced him to sign this agreement.
What is the Magna Carta?
The head of colonial governments that was appointed by the king or elected by the people.
What is a governor?
An agreement among people in a society.
What is a social contract?
Many of the rights that American citizens enjoy today can be traced back to the ideas of this cultural movement.
This colony had the first written constitution.
What is Hartford, Connecticut?
The House of Burgesses was the first representative legislature in the English colonies and was formed in this colony.
What is Jamestown, Virginia?
What is a legislature?
Baron de Montesquieu developed this idea about dividing the branches of government into different parts so that no one part can become too strong or threaten individual rights.
What is the Separation of Powers?
The Magna Carta limited the power of which political leader?
Who is the King of England?
The colony of Georgia protected the British colonies from this group.
Who are the Spanish?
This pattern of trade developed among the Americas, Africa, and Europe.
What is the triangle trade?
This theory states that a country's power depends on its wealth.
What is mercantilism?
This document established a tradition of direct democracy.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
This group controlled the economic and political life of the Southern colonies.
Who were the plantation owners?
The Boston Port Act, the Massachusetts Government Act, the Administration of Justice Act, and the Quartering Act were known as this.
What are the Coercive/Intolerable Acts?