Vocabulary Flashcards
(30 cards)
What is authority?
Power with the right to control power
What is power?
The ability to control someone or something
Christopher Columbus
Landed in the Bahamas and sailed ocean blue on 1492
John Cabot
English sailor trying to find northwest passage to china
Stamp act
The 1765 British decree taxing all legal papers issued in the colonies
King George the third
He created the proclamation line (application mountains) that limited colonial expansion in North America. He enforced many tax laws on the colonists who thought it unfair without representation in parliament. This tension started the American revolution
Articles of confederation
The plan, ratified by the states in 1771 that established a national congress with limited powers (it couldn’t tax and raise $$$). It was replaced by the constitution in 1787
Legislative branch
Concerning the branch of government (congress) that makes laws. Congress is made up of the senate and the House of Representatives
Parliament
The assembly of representatives who make laws in England
Boycot
A refusal to buy
American revaluation
1775 - 1783 an eight year war between the 13 colonies and England. George Washington was the leader of the continental army. 25,000 Americans and 10,000 British lost there lives in the war
Acquit
To declare innocent of crime or wrong doing
Boston tea party
The answer 1775 protest against British trade polices in which patriots boarded the vessels of the east India company and threw the tea cargo into Boston harbor
Executive branch
Concealing the branch of government (president and Vice President) that enforces laws
Judicial branch
concerning the branch of government (supreme court/federal courts) that enforce laws
Boston massacre
The clash in 1770 between British troops and a group of Bostonians in which five colonists were killed
Amendment 1
Freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition (1791). Congress shall not make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances
Amendment2
Right to bare arms (1791). A well regulated milia being necessary to the security of a free state, the right of people to keep bare arms shall not be infringed
Amendment3
Quartering of soldier (1791). No soldier shall, in time of peace, be quartered in any house without the consent of the owner, or in time of war, but in a manner to be prescribed by law
Amendment4
Search and seizure (1791).
Declaration of Independence
The document adopted by the continental congress on July 4, 1776 establishing the United States as a nation independent of Great Britain
Treaty of pares 1783
The treaty of ending the revolutionary war
Issue
Not an event-is on going- has long term affects - is something we can do something about - has two or more sides. If a policy can solve it - it’s a problem not a solution
Uprising
An act or instance of rising up. Rebellion
