Influential Documents
What is the name of the first written set of rules that restricts the power of the King created in 1215?
Magna Carta
This important event took place in 1770 when British soldiers harassed by unarmed civilians opened fire and killed several Americans
Boston Massacre
What is the name of the petition that was a last ditch effort to prevent a permanent break between Americans and the King
Olive Branch petition
What individual had the most input on the ideas found in the Declaration of Independence?
English Bill of Rights
What was the famous THREE WORD PHRASE that described colonial Americans concerns with the British King?
Taxation without Representation
What is the name of the first TWO battles of what would become the American Revolutionary War. (Hint think about our school)
Lexington and Concord
What Enlightenment thinker known for his ideas about Natural Law and Natural Rights was the most influential for the Declaration of Independence?
John Locke
This written agreement was one of the first documents to be created with the consent of all men. It is influential because it introduces the idea of popular sovereignty into government (hint: it is named after a famous ship that went to the New World).
Mayflower Compact
What was the name of the tax passed in 1765 that colonial Americans considered very burdensome because it was required to be used for everything
Stamp Tax or Stamp Act
What was the name of the first Constitution adopted by the Continental Congress? It was created in 1777 but wasn't finally ratified until 1781
Articles of Confederation
Most of the Declaration of Independence is spent discussing which issue?
1.) Natural Rights
2.) The New American Government
3.) Complaints about the King
3.) Complaints about the King
This was a pamphlet written in the American colonies in 1776 which argued that the colonies should separate from Great Britain because the King had become tyrannical. It was the most popular written work in the colonies when it was published.
Common Sense
What was the name of the strategy used by colonial Americans in which they refused to buy British goods until the King removed certain taxes
boycott
DAILY DOUBLE!
What is the name of the free black man that was killed during the Boston Massacre?
Crispus Attucks
The Declaration of Independence effectively did what for the American colonies?
Made them independent from the King
This was a series of highly influential letters written in the early 1750's that argued the British political system in the American colonies had become corrupt and was in danger of becoming a tyranny.
Cato's Letters
What is the name of the first attempt to unite the colonies under a single government in 1750. It was famously advocated for by Benjamin Franklin
What is the name of the final major battle of the American Revolutionary War when George Washington cornered General Cornwallis against the sea
Battle of Yorktown
DAILY DOUBLE
Name all three important natural rights described in the Declaration of Independence (hint: these are all found in one iconic sentence - all men are endowed by their creator by certain rights among these are ...)
life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness