English Laws/Customs
The lawmaking body of British Government.
What is "Parliament"?
This was the first battle of the American Revolution that included Paul Revere's famous ride.
What is the "Battle of Lexington & Concord"?
The first government of the United States.
What is "The Articles of Confederation"?
All state constitutions included this.
What is a "Bill of Rights"?
An explanation of the Colonists' revolt against Great Britain.
What is "The Declaration of Independence"?
These are unwritten laws in England based on the customs and decisions of the law courts of England.
What is "Common Law"?
The colonists believed that the taxes passed by King George III were invalid because they didn't have a vote in this legislative body.
Because they feared the abuse of power that they had experienced in Britain, colonial people feared these two branches of government.
What is the "Executive" & the "Legislative"?
These particular men could vote for the Legislative Branch of government.
Who are "Property Owners"?
Author of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is "Thomas Jefferson"?
This gave certain rights to parliament that further limited the powers of the monarch and listed items that the King was no longer permitted to do including:
Collect taxes without the consent of parliament
Interfere with the right to free speech and debate in parliament
Require excessive bail or administer cruel punishment to those accused or convicted of a crime.
What is "The English Bill of Rights"?
___________ was used during the Revolution to secure loans from France.
What is "Diplomacy"?
The Articles of Confederation were written to ensure that new United States had a very _____________ national government.
What is "weak"?
All state governments were these types of governments.
What are "representative governments"?
What is "Unalienable"?
This was the earliest example of written statement of law limiting the power of a ruler.
What is the "Magna Carta"?
The American Revolution ended in what year.
What is 1781?
This event made the founders question the effectiveness of the Articles of Confederation.
What is "Shay's Rebellion"?
This state's constitution was eventually the model for the American Constitution because it distributed power EVENLY between the two branches.
What is the "Massachusetts Constitution"?
The purpose of government as described in the Declaration of Independence.
What is "Protect the people’s natural rights"?
Most power is given to the Legislative Branch because it is the most democratic.
What is "Legislative Supremacy"?
This battle was a turning point in the war when an entire British army surrendered in New York.
What is the "Battle of Saratoga"?
What was the main fear of the Founders when they met to write a government.
What is "giving too much power to one person/group of people"?
Oddly enough, this basic right was left out of the Virginia Bill of Rights.
What is "freedom of speech"?
if governments abuse the power the people have the right to ______________ those governments.
What is "overthrow"?