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vocabulary
Events leading to declaration
Declaration of Independence
continental congress
How well do I know my teacher?
100
This part of the government makes the laws.
What is the legislature?
100
This happened when the colonists starting expanding westward and the French didn't want them on their land.
What is the french and Indian War?
100
The second part of the Declaration Of Independence talks about this.
What are natural rights?
100
The first continental congress met because of these.
What were the coercive/intolerable acts?
100
What is Ms. Rothermel's favorite college team?
Go Dawgs!!!!
200
The idea to tax someone without giving them a voice in government
What is taxation without representation
200
The king made this act to help the colonists pay for the war dept. They had to put them on papers.
What is stamp act?
200
The complaints the colonists list in the Declaration of Independence are called this
What are grievances?
200
The second continental congress wrote this
What is the declaration of independence?
200
What are the only 2 subjects( main subjects) Ms. Rothermel has not taught at Wilkinson Jr. High
What are math and science?
300
To refuse to purchase certain products
What is a boycott?
300
This act put a new tax on tea, glass, lead, paints and paper but all were repealed except for the tax on tea.
What are the townshend acts?
300
What is the role of government according to the Declaration of Independence?
What is protecting natural rights.
300
What congress had disagreements and had to debate this issue/
What is the second continental congress?
300
What country(s) did Ms. Rothermel travel to the last 2 summers?
What is Russia, Denmark, and Sweden and South Africa
400
What is the English Legislature?
Parliament
400
These acts were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists after the tea party.
What are the coersive/ intolerable acts?
400
According to the Declaration of Independence, when a government fails to protect natural rights what can a government do?
Alter or abolish the government and make a new one.
400
The first continental congress wrote this for the king.
What is a letter/petition asking that Britain respect the colonists rights as British citizens.
400
What states has Ms. Rothermel lived in... ( there are 5)
California, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Virginia, Florida
500
What is a government that abuses it's power?
What is tyranny
500
This was not a tax on tea but required colonists to buy tea only from the British East India Company.
What is the tea act?
500
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
500
Thomas Paine wrote this to help the colonists understand why it was important to become independent of Britain.
What is common sense?
500
What college did Ms. Rothermel graduate from?
What is San Diego State University?