European Ideals
This document was put into place in Britain and stated the king is not above the law
What is the Magna Carta?
Some of the main reasons the colonists were coming to the New World include (must say 2/3)
What are religious freedom, economic opportunities, and better living conditions?
This policy is when a mother country leaves their colonies to run relatively self-sufficiently
What is salutary neglect?
This was the name of the first government of the United States
What is the Articles of Confederation?
This system splits the power between local and federal governments
What is Federalism?
This "rule" states that no one is above the law
What is the rule of law?
This trade explains the movement of goods between the New World, Africa, and Britain
What is the Triangle Trade?
This is the reason Britain began to tax the colonies
What is the French and Indian War?
The rebellion occurred because of a monetary crisis and showed the weakness of the A.O.C
What is Shay's Rebellion?
Individual rights were important to which political theory?
What is republicanism?
This document outlined the rights and liberties of British citizens
What is the English Bill of Rights?
This term explains the trade relationship between Britain and the Colonies
What is mercantilism?
The colonies did not originally want to leave Britain. This is what they wanted instead
This Compromise created the bicameral legislature
DD: Name the two parts of the bicameral legislature
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What is the Great Compromise?
Senate and House of Representatives
George Washington warned against two things in his Farewell speech. They are
What are foreign entanglements and political (2 party) system?
This idea from Britain was brought to the colonies and used first in the House of Burgesses in Virginia
What is representative government?
What are the Middle?
These men were well known to be ready to fight quickly and eventually became the Continental Army
What are the 'minute men'?
This was created so that "common people" would not hold too much power by directly electing the president
What is the electoral college?
This rebellion showed the strength of the federal government under the new Constitution
What is the Whiskey Rebellion?
This theory states that the people can override the government IF they find they are not acting in the will of the people
What is the Social Contract Theory?
The North was well known for this kind of economic industry
What is shipbuilding and lumber?
This battle was a decisive victory for the colonists after British surrender
What is the Battle of Yorktown?
This Clause gave Congress the right to pass anything they need to ensure the government's rights are met
What is the Elastic / Necessary and Proper Clause?
This event occurred between the French and the US and kicked off a quasi-war between the two
What is the XYZ affair?