Colonial History
__ produced in the thirteen colonies included wheat, rice, tobacco, and indigo.
What is a Cash Crop?
To protest taxes, the colonists __ goods from Britain.
What is Boycott(ed)?
A main function of government is to build and repair __, such as roads and bridges.
What is infrastructure?
Another term for a representative democracy is?
What is a republic?
It was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas. It had the first representative democracy in the English colonies. It was the first settlement to import enslaved Africans.
What is Jamestown?
How did King George respond to the colonists’ boycotts and letter after the First Continental Congress?
What is harsher rules and punishments? (*will allow answers close to this)
How is power shared in the U.S. federal system?
What is Power is shared with state and local governments, but they must obey federal laws? (Lazy yes but this is the answer)
In a(n) __, a small group of people holds all government power.
What is an oligarchy?
Which principles of democracy were violated by the Declaratory Act? (2, 1 is worth 200)
What is consent of the governed?
What is representative government?
What was Thomas Paine’s main argument in Common Sense?
What is declaring Independence from Britain?
What is the Purpose of Government? (3 each worth 100 points)
What is keep order and provide security?
What is provide services?
What is guide the community?
On the test short answer will ask to explain and give examples.
A government system in which all people vote on gov issues.
What is a Direct Democracy?
100 additional points per naming direct democracies talked about in class (hint there are two)
What are three people or documents that influenced colonial government?
What is Magna carta?
What is the English bill of rights?
What is any enlightenment thinker?
(essay question on test congrats!) I'll ask you how they did this on the test.
How did American colonists make clear their opposition to the new laws and taxes enacted by the British in the 1760s and 1770s? (name at least 2)
What is boycotts, Protests, and drastic measures (Boston Tea Party)?
What are the purposes of a constitution? (2, 1 is worth 200 points)
What is to limit the power of government?
What is to establish the rules of government?
The idea that government should be split into branches so that one branch is not to powerful is called?
What is Separation of Powers?
(Who came up with this?) (100 points)
What specific themes do the following statements have in common?
Parliament outlawed criticism of King George.
Colonial elected assemblies grew stronger.
Enlightenment thinkers influenced colonists.
What are factors that weakened the Colonial/British relations?
Bonus 100 points if you can (on first guess) tell me before which war. (must be specific as I could say before WW2 which is correct but incorrect on specific war)
The Articles of Confederation created a(n) __ system for the government of the United States.
What is a confederal?
A defining feature of government is how it _______ power.
What is distribution?
100 each points describe in detail how the following govs do this?
Democracy
Authoritarian
Why are the Kurds of the Middle East considered a nation and not a country?
They share a culture and history but have no independent government. (accept close answers)