Types of Government
Origin of American Democracy
Colonial America
Road to Revolution
Founding Documents
100

In a ____, a king acts as the ruler.

Monarchy

100

In this ancient city, male citizens voted directly on every issue

Ancient Athens

100

The group of religious extremists that saw the Church of England as corrupt and left to praise God by their own choice. 


The Pilgrims

100

This group of people demanded that the colonies leave Great Britain and rule themselves.

Patriots

100

This is the document that made the Thirteen Colonies free of English rule. 

Declaration of Independence

200

This type of government is ruled by an evil ruler and passed onto their children. 

Dictatorship

200

This ancient country had two consuls rule on behalf of the Senate. 

Roman Republic
200

This colony was the first permanent English colony in America. They mostly got rich from lumber and tobacco. 

Jamestown

200

During this event, American colonists dumped a drinkable leaf into the Boston Harbor

Boston Tea Party

200

This document holds the first ten amendments that guarantees the rights of all Americans. 

The Bill of Rights

300

In this type of government, the government through workers, owns all businesses and production.

communism

300

In Ancient Rome, a consul had the right to ___ laws with which he did not agree was good for Rome. 

veto

300

These colonies got rich by a mix of farming, fishing, and trade. They're also called the "Breadbasket Colonies"

Middle Colonies

300

The governing body formed to protect the colonies during the American Revolution

The Continental Congress 

300

This document is the supreme law of the land in today's America

The U.S. Constitution

400

In a _____, the people directly vote on all laws. 

direct democracy


400

By 1215, the nobles rebelled and forced King John to sign the _________ (Great Charter). 


Magna Carta

400

These group of Indigenous people practiced democracy in today's New York and Eastern Canada in the form of the Great Law of Peace.

The Iroquois/Haudenosaunee 

400

The slogan shouted by the colonists that demanded equal treatment in Parliament

"No taxation without representation"

400

Under the ___, state governments had more power than the federal government. 

Articles of Confederation

500

In this type of government, leaders are chosen directly by a god. The people must also follow that god's rules. 

Theocracy

500

This person believed that all people started as blank slates that can be taught how to behave from birth. 

John Locke

500

This was the unofficial British policy that let colonists self-rule, in exchange for sole trade with the motherland

Salutary neglect

500

This law from King George III forbade colonists from settling west of the Appalachians


Proclamation of 1763

500

The process by which laws are changed in the Constitution. 

Amendments