Vocabulary
Group of people chosen to make laws are called what?
Legislature
Government in which representatives are elected to make laws
Republic
What country were the colonists only allowed to trade with?
Britain/England
This country gave us Direct Democracy
Greece
What does Taxation without Representation mean?
Colonists were paying taxes, but not being heard in the English Parliament
A document giving permission to start a Government
Charter
Dividing power among legislative, executive, and judicial branches
Separation of power
What was the primary reason for people moving from Britain to the colonies?
Freedom of religion
This Empire gave us a Republic
Roman Empire
This is regarded as the 1st United States Constitution
Articles of Confederation
The act of abusing power
Tyranny
Compact
What was the name of the given to the delegates of each state meeting to demand fair treatment from Britain
1st and 2nd Continental Congress
The English gave us this document to improve humans rights
Magna Carta
What were two problems facing the colonies after the Revolutionary War
Trade and Debt
A system of government in which laws are made directly by the citizens
Direct Democracy
Approval
Ratification
What document was signed on July 4, 1776
Declaration of Independence
This English writer gave us the principles of life, liberty, property
John Locke
What was the weakness of the Articles of Confederation?
Weak central government and each state could choose to follow it or not.
Rights people are born with that no government can take away
Natural Rights
Traditions passed down to us from generation to generation
Heritage
This publisher of a New York newspaper was put on trial introducing Freedom of Press
John Peter Zenger
This French writer advised splitting government up into 3 branches
Baron de Montesquieu
This famous rebellion turned the attention towards the weakness of the Articles of Confederation
Shay's Rebellion