This type of government in which citizens govern themselves was first found in Ancient Greece.
Direct Demoncracy
100
He was the main author of the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
100
Maryland, Virginia, and Georgia were part of which colonial region?
Middle Colonies
100
The Tea Act of 1773 required colonists to
Buy tea from the British East India Company
100
The site of the colonial protest against the 1773 Tea Act
Boston Harbor/Boston, Mass
200
A nation that elects representatives to make decisions and pass laws for them is called this. Ancient Rome was an example of this kind of nation.
Republic
200
His ENLIGHTENMENT IDEAS can be found through out the Decl. of Independence. The ideas include: Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness
John Locke
200
Which of the following played an important role in the New England economy? A. shipbuilding B. ironworks C. plantations D. agriculture
A. Shipbuilding
200
Which law was meant to punish Massachusetts, and especially Boston, for resisting British rule?
Coercive Acts/Intolerable Acts
200
This group of delegates was responsible for the Declaration of Independence.
Second Continental Congress
300
When you refuse to buy products or services from a certain place or company because you don't agree with their actions.
Boycott
300
He was an ENLIGHTENMENT THINKER who believed in the ideas of seperation of powers and checks and balances
Montesquieu
300
The southern colonies' economy relied mainly on these large estate farms where they would grow one crop for sale.
Plantations
300
What was the Stamp Act and how did the colonists respond to the Stamp Act? (2 part answer)
- Tax on all printed paper and documents
- The Colonists boycotted British goods
300
In this meeting, delegates from each colony wrote a letter to the king requesting he respect their rights as British citizens, while boycotting British goods and banning trade with Britain until these terms were met.
First Continental Congress
400
This legislative action cancelled the Stamp Act, after the Colonists protested by boycotting British goods.
Repeal
400
This Patriot is famous for persuading the Colonists to fight for independence, mainly because they would never have any allies staying a part of Britain.
Thomas Paine
400
These religious dissenters settled in Massachusetts and established the first direct democracy in the Colonies known as this. (2 part answer)
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
Puritans or Pilgrims; Mayflower Compact
400
These Acts placed duties on many goods, including tea, and allowed to British to search the Colonists' homes.
Townshend Acts
400
In this section of the Declaration of Independence, Colonists explained the reasons they wanted to separate from Britain, such as taxation without representation.
List of Grienvances
500
Because of the distance between the Colonies and Britain, the Colonists couldn't elect members of Parliament. Therefor laws like the Stamp Act and Townshend Acts were examples of this.
DOUBLE JEOPARDY
Taxation without Representation
500
This ENLIGHTENMENT THINKER supported the ideas of freedom of speech, religion, and trade.
Voltaire
500
These 2 British documents influenced American government through their principles of limited government and a legislature. (2 part answer)
Magna Carta & English Bill of RIghts
500
This royal statement limited the Colonists from moving west of the Appalachian Mountains and was part of their punishment for the French & Indian War.
Proclamation of 1763
500
Many colonists were divided between those that wanted independence and those that wanted to stay a British colony. What was each side called?
(2 part answer)