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Colonies Shmolonies
An Epic Break-Up
Compromises
Out with the Old and in with the New
Fun Facts
100
This group founded the colony of Pennsylvania to escape persecution.
What are Quakers?
100
When was the Declaration of Independence signed?
What is July 4, 1776?
100
This plan would give states representatives based on population.
What is the Virginia Plan?
100
He wrote the FINAL draft of the Constitution.
Who is Gouverneur Morris?
100
This farmer rebellion showed the weakness of the U.S. gov't.
What is Shays' Rebellion?
200
The state of New York was once called...
What is New Netherland?
200
"Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness" are examples of these kinds of rights.
What are "unalienable rights?"
200
This plan offered states to all have an equal number of representatives, regardless of size.
What is the New Jersey Plan?
200
He is the father of the Constitution.
Who is James Madison?
200
Thomas Paine encouraged colonists to separate from England in this pamphlet.
What is Common Sense?
300
This was a document that set up a civil government.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
300
A key belief of the Declaration of Independence.
What is that all men are created equal?
300
This compromise solved the problem of state representation in Congress.
What is the Great Compromise?
300
The Constitution established this system of government that is based on the national and state governments sharing power.
What is Federalism?
300
They were in North America for fur trading.
What are the French?
400
This event contributed to the expansion of religious freedom and helped unify the colonies.
What is the Great Awakening?
400
He drafted the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
400
This compromise solved the issue of how slaves would be counted towards representation.
What is the Three-Fifths Compromise?
400
This first constitution of the Unites States.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
400
These acts were passed to control trade between Britain and the American colonies.
What are the Navigation Acts?
500
The first permanent English settlement in North America.
What is Jamestown?
500
The writer of the Declaration of Independence borrowed ideas from these two documents.
What are the Magna Carta and the English Bill of Rights?
500
The Great Compromise created these two different houses for state representation.
What are the House of Representatives and the Senate?
500
The constitution established these three different branches to ensure a system of checks and balances.
What are the legislative, executive and judicial?
500
This act resulted in colonists boycotting British goods.
What is the Stamp Act?