British Policies & Events
Declaration of Independence
Articles of Confederation
Wild Card
100
The Stamp Act, a tax on paper goods, was met with this type of protest.
What are boycotts?
100
The colonists' main complaints about the British Monarchy were that they taxed them without consent and they took away their right to self-governance. This is the word used for their list of complaints.
What is "grievances"?
100
This is the system of government set up by the Articles of Confederation.
What is a confederal system?
100
Based on the quote below, Anti-Federalists want this to limit government's power.
What is a Bill of Rights?
200
The French & Indian War, a war between the British and French over territory past the Ohio River Valley, created this issue for the British.
What is "put them into a substantial debt"?
200
The quote below is from the Declaration of Independence. This idea from John Locke is represented in the quote.
What is "natural rights"?
200
The Articles of Confederation was America's first document that set up how the government was to work. It was eventually replaced by this.
What is the U.S. Constitution?
200
This phrase was used by the colonists to protest the taxes in the colonies.
What is "No Taxation without Representation"?
300
The Declaratory Act, a policy that declared complete British control over the colonies, took away this right the colonists felt they had.
What is the right to "self-governance"?
300
The quote below is from the Declaration of Independence. This idea from John Locke is represented in the quote.
What is social contract?
300
The Articles of Confederation's central government leadership was proven to be too weak by this event, igniting the need to revise the first constitution.
What is Shay's Rebellion?
300
This is the council of representatives that worked with the British king that colonists wanted to be part of.
What is Parliament?
400
The Tea Act gave special rights to this company, creating a monopoly on tea in the colonies.
What is the British East India Tea Company?
400
The writing of the Declaration of Independence took place at this meeting.
What is the Second Continental Congress?
400
The colonists gathered at this meeting to discuss revising the AOC, ultimately to scrap the AOC and write a new constitution.
What is the Constitutional Convention?
400
Colonists gathered at the First Continental Congress to discuss a unified response to this British policy.
What is the Intolerable Acts?
500
The Quartering Act, a policy that required colonists to house and feed soldiers, was extended through which British policy?
What is the "Intolerable Acts"?
500
The image below is a political cartoon created by Benjamin Franklin. The cartoon was used to support declaring independence from Britain. This is what each letter represents.
What are the 13 colonies?
500
The following quote is a plan to improve the AOC. Based on the quote, this was an issue of the AOC.
What is "lack of authority to enforce laws/congressional acts"?
500
This is the word that means to formally sign or approve something.
What is ratify?