The congress

Question 0

__________ government brought the idea that GOVERNMENT IS NOT ALL-
POWERFUL

Answer 0

Limited

Question 1

THREE IDEAS FROM THE ENGLISH that helped shape our democracy were ordered government, limited government, and _________ Government

Answer 1

Representative

Question 2

________ government is the idea that GOVERNMENT SERVES THE WILL OF THE PEOPLE.

Answer 2

Representative

Question 3

The _____ _____ in 1215, PROTECTED RIGHTS SUCH AS TRIAL BY JURY, due process, and protections of life, liberty, and property

Answer 3

Magna Carta

Question 4

The ________ __ ______ FIRST LIMITED THE KINGS POWERS by not allowing him to imprison people without a jury of his peers

Answer 4

Petition of Rights

Question 5

The ________ ____ __ ______ in 1689 guaranteed several things including PROTECTION AGAINST CRUEL AND UNUSUAL PUNISHMENT.

Answer 5

English Bill of Rights

Question 6

The FIRST COLONY was at __________

Answer 6

Jamestown

Question 7

A _______ was a WRITTEN GRANT OF AUTHORITY FROM THE KING.

Answer 7

Charter

Question 8

_____ COLONIES WERE CONTROLLED BY THE KING.

Answer 8

Royal

Question 9

___________ colonies were ORGANIZED BY SOMEONE TO WHOM THE KING GAVE A LAND GRANT.

Answer 9

Proprietary

Question 10

_______ colonies were COLONIES BASED ON CHARTERS GRANTED BY THE KING.

Answer 10

Charter

Question 11

A charter colony was the MOST LIBERAL as most matters were handled by the _________.

Answer 11

Colonists

Question 12

The _____ Act of 1764 took measures to STOP SMUGGLING and bribes.

Answer 12

Sugar

Question 13

The _____ Act of 1765 imposed a TAX ON 55 TYPES OF PRINTED MATERIAL.

Answer 13

Stamp

Question 14

_____ ____ said, ‘‘TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION IS TYRANNY. ‘’

Answer 14

James Otis

Question 15

The _____ ___ ________ occurred in 1765 to OPPOSE THE STAMP ACT.

Answer 15

Stamp Act Congress

Question 16

The ________ acts PLACED A TAX ON LEAD, GLASS, PAINT, TEA, SILK, AND PAPER

Answer 16

Townshend

Question 17

The ____ __ _______ hung lanterns and CONDUCTED MOCK HANGINGS OF BRITISH OFFICIALS.

Answer 17

Sons of Liberty

Question 18

The __________ ___ REQUIRED THE COLONISTS TO PAY FOR QUARTERING OF BRITISH SOLDIERS.

Answer 18

Quartering Act

Question 19

The BOSTON MASSACRE resulted in the deaths of _____ colonists

Answer 19

Five

Question 20

To INFORM CITIZENS OF MASSACHUSETTS OF THE ACTIONS OF THE BRITISH, Sam Adams set up ___________ __ ______________.

Answer 20

Committees of correspondence

Question 21

Another name for the INTOLERABLE ACTS was the ________ Acts.

Answer 21

Coercive

Question 22

The _____ CONTINENTAL CONGRESS met on September 5, 1774.

Answer 22

First

Question 23

The FIRST BATTLE OF THE REVOLUTION was at _________ ___ _______.

Answer 23

Lexington and Concord

Question 24

COMMON SENSE was written by ______ _____

Answer 24

Thomas Paine

Question 25

It was ________ _____ ___ who said in 1776 that, that "THESE UNITED STATES ARE, AND OF RIGHT OUGHT TO BE, FREE AND INDEPENDENT STATES...."

Answer 25

Richard Henry Lee

Question 26

The man chosen to WRITE THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE was ______ _________.

Answer 26

Thomas Jefferson

Question 27

In writing the Declaration of Independence, JEFFERSON WAS GREATLY INSPIRED by _____ _____

Answer 27

John Locke

Question 28

GOVERNMENTS ONLY EXISTED if they HAD THE CONSENT OF THE ________

Answer 28

Governed

Question 29

THE 2ND PART OfF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE had to do with the wrongs of ______ ---

Answer 29

George |||

Question 30

Virginia was the first colony to have ____ __ ______

Answer 30

Bill of rights

Question 31

The FIRST AMERICAN CONSTITUTION was the _______ __ _____________

Answer 31

Articles of confederation

Question 32

The articles of confederation _____ ___ create an executive or judicial branch

Answer 32

Did not

Question 33

Under the ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION the government _______ ___ force the states to pay keep the federal government going

Answer 33

Could not

Question 34

Under the ARTICLES OF CONFEDERATION ____ of the thirteen had to vote in favor of passing laws.

Answer 34

Nine

Question 35

After _____ ________ many Americans were convinced that the articles of confederation were to weak

Answer 35

Shays rebellion

Question 36

The CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION met in _____________ in 1787

Answer 36

Philadelphia

Question 37

The DELEGATES WHO CRAFTED THE CONSTITUTION were called ________

Answer 37

Framers

Question 38

THE BIG STATE plan with membership based on population was the _________ plan.

Answer 38

Virginia

Question 39

The TWO HOUSE legislative plan was called the _________ plan.

Answer 39

Bicameral

Question 40

The SMALL STATE plan with equal membership from each state was the ___ ______ plan.

Answer 40

New Jersey

Question 41

The ONE HOUSE legislative plan was called a _____________ plan.

Answer 41

Unicameral

Question 42

The man who PROPOSED THE GREAT COMPROMISE was ________ __________.

Answer 42

Roger Sherman

Question 43

The SHARING OF POWER BETWEEN THE STATES AND THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT is known as ___________.

Answer 43

Federalism