Continent to the Colonies
What are the “three G’s”?
God, Gold, Glory
Popular or representative system where the people create and run their own government
Self-Government
What did the Quartering Act do?
Forced Colonists to house British soldiers
Name one of the basics of the Articles of Confederation
Each state was independent and had its own government.
Each state would send representatives to the “Congress of the Confederation,” a lawmaking body.
Congress was the only branch of government. (No president or courts.)
In Congress, each state got one vote.
Natural Rights
Rights people are born with
Colonists throughout the Americas enslaved Africans and this other ethnic group to work on plantations...
Native Americans
What does Rule of Law mean?
The idea that all people must follow the laws, and that the laws are enforced fairly
The British passed what series of laws in 1774 that cracked down on rebellious activity in the Massachusetts colony...
Intolerable Acts
This plan proposed that:
Legislative branch has one chamber
Each state gets one vote
New Jersey Plan
What document limited the power of the king and protected certain rights for the nobles.
Magna Carta
What was the route from Africa to the Americas called?
The Middle Passage
Thomas Paine
If you sold a newspaper in 1765, you would have to put this on it...
stamp
This plan saw that:
Legislative branch has two chambers
Number of votes for each state depends on the state’s population
Virginia Plan
Rights that cannot be taken away
Unalienable Rights
People who worked in the colonies in exchange for travel expenses and a place to live were called these...
Indentured Servants
This document was written by the Pilgrims to solve a basic problem: Who is in charge?
The Mayflower Compact
This act allowed British government workers to search and seize property from the colonist's houses
Townshend Revenue Act
Lawmakers decided that 3/5ths of the enslaved population would be counted towards a state’s population in this agreement...
3/5 Compromise
The colony of Pennsylvania was established in 1681 by a Christian group called...
the Quakers
The Colony of Maryland was set up by this religious group
Catholics
These were written by two anonymous English journalists in the 1720’s. They were asking for changes to prevent the wealthy from manipulating the government for their own interests.
Cato's Letters
Virginia Colony’s first government, where each community had two representatives, was called the...
the House of Burgesses.
Under the Great Compromise, Congress is divided into two chambers: the Senate and the House of Representatives. In the Senate, each state gets how many votes, no matter what size it is...
two
Under the Constitution, Congress is divided into two chambers: the Senate and the House of Representatives. In the House of Representatives, what determines the amount of votes a state gets...