General Vocab
All people must follow the law; nobody is above the law.
Rule of Law
Written in 1776, this pamphlet encouraged people to fight for independence from England.
Common Sense
This dude believed that people were born with Natural Rights.
John Locke
This 1765 act by King George and the British Parliament placed an extra tax on all paper goods in the American colonies, requiring a special watermark to be placed on all newspapers, marriage licenses, and deeds, and playing cards.
The Stamp Act
What was the name of the king of Great Britain at the time of the American Revolution?
King George III
People have the right to a fair and equal treatment under the law; especially when accused of a crime.
Due Process
First to introduce the concepts of limited government, rule of law, and due process.
Magna Carta
This guy believed that King George was a "royal brute".
Thomas Paine
This Act made colonists responsible for providing housing, food, and drink for British soldiers living in their town.
Quartering Act
What event left the British government deeply in debt, leading to the king imposing taxes on the American colonies?
French and Indian War/Seven Years War
Rights that are given from God/creator, and cannot be taken away.
Natural Rights
This document expanded the rights of the Parliament and the people, while limiting the powers of the king even more.
English Bill of Rights
This man feared powerful governments and believed they could be self-limiting.
Montesquieu
These Acts closed Boston harbor, removed their court system, and limited people's rights.
Intolerable Acts/Coercive Acts
The Boston Tea Party was an act of protest against what tax by the British government?
Tea Act
People can make decisions on how their government should work.
Self Government
What doc did this come from:
"Having undertaken for the Glory of God and advancement of the Christian Faith and Honour of our King and Country, a Voyage to plant the First Colony in the Northern Parts of Virginia, do by these presents solemnly and mutually in the presence of God and one of another, Covenant and Combine ourselves together in a Civil Body Politic..."
Mayflower Compact
Who said this, "All mankind... being all equal and independent, no one ought to harm another in his life, health, liberty or possessions."?
John Locke
This act cracked down on smuggling to the American colonies and helped subsidize the British East India Company.
Tea Act
What were the first two battles of the Revolutionary War?
Lexington and Concord
The People Agree to give up some freedoms if the government protects everyone's rights.
Social Contract
What doc is this from:
“No free man shall be seized, imprisoned, dispossessed, outlawed, exiled or ruined in any way, nor in any way proceeded against, except by the lawful judgement of his peers and the law of the land."
Magna Carta
Who said it, "When the legislative and executive powers are untied in the same person...there can be no liberty..."?
Montesquieu
These 1767 Acts imposed even more taxes on good imported into the American colonies, including, glass, paper, lead, paint, and tea.
Townshend Acts
Delegates from 12 out of 13 American colonies attended the First Continental Congress. What colony didn't go?
Georgia