The First Colonies
A government where we vote for representatives to vote for us.
What is a representative democracy?
A concept where people are able to practice whatever religion they choose without interference from the government.
What is religious freedom?
Where the first Continental Congress was held.
What is Philadelphia?
The writer of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
The first colony to have a representative democracy.
What is the Virginia Colony?
Two colonies that were established for religious freedom.
What are Connecticut and Rhode Island?
A major problem that the colonists had with Parliament and the King.
What is taxation?
The day the Declaration of Independence was signed.
What is July 4. 1776.
The colony that established the first direct democracy in America.
What is the Massachusetts colony?
A written set of laws.
What is a Constitution?
"No taxation without _______________" cried the colonists.
The three rights that the government cannot take away from its citizens.
What is Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness?
A democracy where everyone votes on everything.
What is a direct democracy?
Two colonies with the first written constitution?
What are Connecticut and Rhode Island?
The leader of the army during the Revolutionary War.
Who is George Washington?
The number of grievances against King George III outlined in the Declaration of Independence.
What is 27 grievances?
An agreement that the Pilgrims made to make laws and choose leaders once they established the Massachusetts colony.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
The first written plan for the U.S. government.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
The principals in the Declaration of Independence was used to form this document.
What is the U.S. Constitution?