What marked the beginning of self-government in colonial America?

1. What marked the beginning of self-government in colonial America? • the Mayflower Compact • the House of Burgesses • the Boston Tea Party • the First Continental Congress

2. According to the theory of ____, a country should sell more goods to other countries than it buys. • independence • mercantilism • bicameralism • confederation

3. Who wrote Common Sense? • Thomas Jefferson • John Locke • Thomas Paine • Charles Thomson

4. The Declaration of Independence states that among our inalienable rights are “Life, Liberty, and ____.” • independence from Tyranny • the pursuit of Happiness • freedom of Religion • the search for Prosperity

5. Like the English Parliament, the new state legislatures were • bicameral. • unbalanced. • wealthy. • powerless.

6. When colonists decided to ____ British goods, Parliament repealed the Stamp Act. • destroy • blockade • steal • boycott

7. A system of law based on precedent and customs is known as • common law. • legislature. • tort law. • statutory law.

8. The Mayflower Compact was an example of • representative democracy. • constitutional law. • direct democracy. • charter government.

9. The Boston Tea Partycaused Parliament to pass the Coercive Acts, which Americans called the • Tea Acts. • Townshend Acts. • Intolerable Acts. • Declaratory Acts.

10. More than half the members of the ____ voted to break away from Britain. • Committees of Correspondence • Second Continental Congress • Confederation Congress • Boston Tea Party

11. What is the term for a detailed, written plan of government? • constitution • bicameral • compact • confederation

12. The ____ was the first constitution of the United States of America. • Articles of Confederation • United States Constitution • Mayflower Compact • Declaration of Independence

13. The Stamp Act taxed colonists on • mail. • newspapers and legal documents. • ink and paper. • tea.

14. American property, contract, and personal injury laws are based on English ____________________ law. • federal • jury • common • uncommon

15. A ____________________ is a group of people in one place who are ruled by a parent country elsewhere. • colony • Parliament • Congress • House of Burgesses

16. A written document granting land and the authority to set up colonial governments is called a ____________________. • colony • charter • constitution • gift

17. The Mayflower ____________________ was an agreement, or contract, among the Pilgrims establishing how the colony would be run. • Charter • Debacle • Compact • Agreement

18. Because of high taxes, many colonists decided to refuse to buy British goods. This refusal to buy particular goods or services is called a ____________________, and is still used as a tool of economic protest. • repeal • boycott • refusal • tantrum

19. The Articles of ____________________ was the first attempt at a constitution.

20. The two-house structure of the legislature, with a Senate and House of Representatives, copied the English Parliament. That structure is known as a ____________________ legislature.

21. The colonists’ boycott caused Parliament to rescind, or ____________________, the Stamp Act.

22. All 13 states approved, or ____________________, the Articles of Confederation.

23. Twelve colonies sent representatives, or ____________________, to the First Continental Congress.

24. There are three branches of our government. These are the judicial (the courts), the executive (the president), and the ____________________ (the Senate and House of Representatives).

25. document that protected English nobles’ privileges and authority • Magna Carta • Boston Tea Party • Glorious Revolution • Declaratory Act • Mayflower Compact • Articles of Confederation • common law • Stamp Act • First Continental Congress

26. system of law based on precedent and customs • constitution • Boston Tea Party • Glorious Revolution • Declaratory Act • Mayflower Compact • Articles of Confederation • Magna Carta • common law • First Continental Congress

27. established a tradition of direct democracy still visible in New England today • constitution • Boston Tea Party • Glorious Revolution • Declaratory Act • common law • Mayflower Compact • Magna Carta • Stamp Act • First Continental Congress

28. protest that caused Parliament to pass the Coercive Acts • constitution • common law • Glorious Revolution • Declaratory Act • Mayflower Compact • Articles of Confederation • Boston Tea Party • Stamp Act • First Continental Congress

29. formed in response to the Intolerable Acts • constitution • Boston Tea Party • Glorious Revolution • Declaratory Act • Mayflower Compact • First Continental Congress • Magna Carta • Stamp Act • common law

30. a detailed, written plan for government • common law • Boston Tea Party • Glorious Revolution • Declaratory Act • Mayflower Compact • constitution • Magna Carta • Stamp Act • First Continental Congress

31. the first constitution of the United States of America • constitution • Boston Tea Party • Glorious Revolution • Declaratory Act • Mayflower Compact • common law • Magna Carta • Stamp Act • Articles of Confederation

32. required colonists to attach tax stamps to newspapers and legal documents • Stamp Act • Boston Tea Party • Glorious Revolution • Declaratory Act • Mayflower Compact • Articles of Confederation • Magna Carta • common law • First Continental Congress

33. stated that Parliament had the right to tax and make decisions for the American colonies • constitution • Boston Tea Party • Glorious Revolution • common law • Mayflower Compact • Declaratory Act • Magna Carta • Stamp Act • First Continental Congress