Political Systems
What is democratic / democracy?
This is the name of the leader of Great Britain during the Revolutionary time period
What is King George III?
When a government is no longer meeting the common good or protecting rights, people have the right to do this
What is alter or abolish the government?
After the French & Indian War, the British were in debt. This is how they tried to raise more money
What is passing and collecting new taxes?
This skill tells us if a document is reliable or not
What is sourcing?
What is working inside the system?
This document was created at the 2nd Continental Congress
What is the Declaration of Independence?
After the Revolutionary War, some African Americans were freed from slavery. This term explains that process
What is manumitted?
The British stopped colonists from moving onto new land gained after the war for this reason
What is to prevent future wars?
Credibility, determining how convincing an argument is, is most closely related to this historical thinking skill
What is Close Reading?
This purpose of government was not met when the British limited colonial trade
What is support the economic system? (or support the economy)
After the Townshend Acts were passed colonists responded inside by the system by doing this
What is boycotting British goods?
Who are Native Americans?
This was a major cause of the French and Indian War
What is the British and French fighting over land?
This is the author's argument or position on an issue
What is a claim?
Dumping British tea into the Boston Harbor is an example of creating change using this method
What is outside the system?
After the British created the Intolerable Acts, the colonists responded by doing this
What is meeting at the First Continental Congress?
The first battle started with "the shot heard round the world" in these two towns
What is Lexington and Concord?
This was a major rebellion after the French and Indian War by Native Americans
What is Pontiac's Rebellion?
Comparing two documents to find what information agrees is called this
What is Corroboration?
According to the Declaration of Independence, governments are created by people to do this purpose of government
What is protect rights?
Colonists wanted fair representation in Parliament before more taxes were created without their input. This is the phrase they created to support that idea
What is "No taxation without representation" ?
The Americans would not have won the Revolutionary War without help from this country
What is France?
This was created by the British to stop the colonists from moving onto Native American Land
What is the Proclamation of 1763?
This explains why or how the evidence supports the claim
What is reasoning?