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English History and Documents
The American Revolution
The Articles of Confederation
The Constitutional Convention
Vocabulary
100
This document first established the principle of limited government in Britain.
What is the Magna Carta?
100
Britain increased its tax revenue on tea without allowing the colonists any representation in Parliament, which led to this famous act of resistance in Boston Harbor.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
100
The Articles of Confederation had many weaknesses. Name one here.
No independent power of taxation, relied on the states for troops and money, one branch of government, etc
100
This compromise on the taxation and representation of slaves, as well as commerce and the slave trade, is known as this.
What is the 3/5 Compromise
100
The name for a legislature that has two houses in it
What is bicameral?
200
This King was so bad that he earned the nickname "softsword," inspired the Robin Hood stories, and was forced to sign the Magna Carta.
Who is King John?
200
The first battles of the Revolutionary War occurred in these two towns.
What are Lexington and Concord?
200
The Articles of Confederation had this many branches of Government.
What is one?
200
This man presided over the Constitutional Convention
Who is George Washington?
200
This agreement limits or prohibits trade. This was the also the strategy used by the colonies in response to the Intolerable Acts.
What is an embargo?
300
This document, signed by Charles I, reenforced the principles of the Magna Carta and outlined some liberties of the people that the King should not infringe.
What is the Petition of Right?
300
The colonies officially severed themselves from Great Britain with this document, now one of the most famous in the world.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
300
The Articles of Confederation had a unicameral legislature in which each state received this many votes.
What is one?
300
This compromise settled the issue of who would elect the President and how long the President would stay in office.
What is the Electoral Compromise?
300
This word is used when something (like a Constitution, for example) is officially confirmed or approved.
What is ratify?
400
Signed by William and Mary, this document further strengthened the rights of the people and entrenched those rights in law.
What is the English Bill of Rights?
400
This man was commander-in-chief of the Continental Army.
Who is George Washington?
400
This uprising in Massachusetts convinced many people who were still on the fence that the Articles of Confederation government was just too weak to run the country.
What is Shays' Rebellion?
400
This Compromise solved the fight between big states and small states regarding representation in the national legislature.
What is the Great Compromise (or the Connecticut Compromise)?
400
This word describes something that is beyond the authority of the law, or isn't sanctioned by law. The Anti-Federalists used this word to describe the Constitution.
What is extralegal?
500
This philosopher believed that people are all born with natural rights. He also believed that governments should protect those rights, and those that don't should be overthrown.
Who is John Locke?
500
The Declaration of Independence officially separated the colonies from Great Britain, but it also laid out several ideals, or beliefs, that we would come to have as Americans. Tell me what two of those are.
All men are created equal (1), and they are endowed by their creator with certain unalienable rights (2). Government exists to protect these rights (3). Governments govern with the consent of the people (4), and when governments become destructive to any of these ends, the people have a right to revolution (5).
500
Established in 1787, this Ordinance is considered to be one of the greatest accomplishments of the Articles of Confederation Government.
What is the Northwest Ordinance?
500
After the Convention, a struggle began between Federalists and Anti-Federalists over ratification. Some Federalists wrote essays (The Federalist Papers) defending and advocating for the new Constitution. Name one of the authors of the Federalist Papers.
Who are Madison, Hamilton, and Jay?
500
Signed in 1620 by the Pilgrims, and named after their ship, the first colonial plan for self rule was called this.
What is the Mayflower Compact?