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This document was what officially separated the American Colonies from the mother
What is the Declaration of Independence?
100
This man was the King of England during this time.
Who is King George III
100
This event took place in Boston Harbor, where the British lost a large batch of a specific commodity.
What is The Boston Tea Party
100
This group of people were competing near the colonies and eventually went to war with the Colonies.
Who are the French.
100
This was the purpose of the colonies, according to the British.
What is economics, that is, they wanted to make money off of the colonies.
200
This author penned the Declaration of Independence.
Who is Thomas Jefferson.
200
These people were against the English and Colonists during The Seven Years' War.
Who are The French and Indians
200
This Act was passed, creating a tax on Sugar.
What is The Sugar Act
200
These two groups were excluded from the Declaration of Independence because social expectatitons at that time.
Who are Women and Africans
200
This was one of the major weakness of the A of C
What is (No taxation, no executive or judicial branch, no way to enforce compliance with AoC)
300
This person was the first "president" before the Constitution
Who is John Hancock?
300
The French and Indian war was fought over this plentiful resource.
What is land?
300
This Act was passed creating a tax on glass, official documents, newspapers, playing cards, etc.
What is the Stamp Act
300
These three ideas are very evident in our founding documents and were popularized by John Locke
What are life, liberty, property.
300
This was a major success of the AoC
What is The Northwest Ordinance
400
This document ruled America prior to The Constitution.
What is The Articles of Confederation?
400
The Americans were angry at the english for forcing this economic sanction on them.
What is Tax
400
This Act was passed on the Massachusetts colony as a result of the Boston Tea Party
What is the Coercive Acts ( or Intolerable)
400
The Colonies basically had Independent from England until this person came along and ruled much more harshly.
Who is the English King, King George III
400
The Government is split up into these three groups
What is Executive, Judaical, Legislative.
500
The Articles of Confederation had only this group of law makers as part of its government
What is The Legislative Branch
500
Because of English Taxes, this was instituted among the colonies to hurt British Revenue.
What is a boycott
500
This event happened because of the new U.S. Government's unwillingness to pay their soldiers after the end of the American Revolution.
What is Shay's Rebellion.
500
these two events caused the relationship between The Colonies and England to be strained
What is The Election of King George III and The French and Indian War.
500
The way these 3 branches are separated and divided is call this term.
What is Separation of Powers