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2. This term means a ruling in an earlier case or a tradition to base laws and customs on

3. precedent

4. This was the first written plan of government drafted in 1621 by 41 men

5. The Mayflower Compact

6. This is a written document granting land and the authority to set up colonial governments

7. charter

8. In 1619, two representatives gathered at a meeting in the colonies to meet with the governor and his council; These 22 men comprise this body

9. House of Burgesses

10. This is the system of law based on precedent and customs used in England

11. Common law

12. This theory says a country should sell more goods to other countries than it buys

13. Mercantilism

14. These laws levied new taxes on goods imported to the colonists; those goods include: glass, paper, and lead

15. Townshend Acts (1767)

16. This group met in Philadelphia in 1775 to begin drafting the Declaration of Independence

17. The Second Continental Congress

18. Name the philosopher and the “rights”
This seventeenth century philosopher inspired colonists with his belief of “unalienable rights”
Name the philosopher and the “rights”

19. John Locke
Life
Liberty
Property

20. To refuse to buy something is to___________.

21. boycott

22. This was the first colony to become a state and draft a constitution

23. New Hampshire

24. If there are two houses in the legislative body, such as the House of Lords and House of Commons, this is known as what type of legislature?

25. bicameral

26. This was the first constitution in America written in 1777

27. Articles of Confederation

28. The three main weaknesses of the Articles are

29. 1. Lack of Power and Money 2. Lack of Central Power 3
1. Lack of Power and Money 2. Lack of Central Power 3. Rules are too Rigid

30. This indebted farmer led an army of 1200 rebels to the federal arsenal in response to the shaky government under the Articles of Confederation

31. Daniel Shays; Shays’ Rebellion

32. The portion of the DOI explains why the 2nd Continental Congress drew up the document

33. Preamble

34. This list of complaints and explanations builds the colonists case against the King of England and justifies their quest for independence

35. 27 grievances

36. This was the primary author of the DOI and these are his unalienable rights
Name and rights

37. Life Liberty Pursuit of Happiness
Thomas Jefferson
Life
Liberty
Pursuit of Happiness

38. This portion of the DOI declares the colonies as “Free and Independent States” which led to some confusion in the colonies about just how unified the new states were

39. Resolution of Independence by the United States

40. This document was approved by Congress on what date

41. July 4, 1776

42. Many of the states who drew up constitutions after New Hampshire included three main components; what were they?

43. 1. Set up basic system of checks and balances 2
1. Set up basic system of checks and balances 2. Contained a bill of rights 3. Created a legislature, governor’s office and judicial branch

44. What was the slogan colonists chanted after the Stamp Act was passed in 1765?

45. “No taxation without representation!”

46. Which state was the last to draft a constitution in the colonies?

47. Massachusetts (1780) Still used today!

48. What were the Intolerable Acts and how did the colonists respond to them?

49. Removed certain rights from colonists, specifically trial by jury
Removed certain rights from colonists, specifically trial by jury. Colonists responded with a letter to the king which sparked the Revolutionary War

50. Where did the “shot heard ‘round the world” take place?

51. Battle of Lexington

52. Final Jeopardy
Explain the purpose of the Declaration of Natural Rights as it is stated in the Declaration of Independence? Why is this significant?

53. Answer: “All men are created equal”
Gives definition of republic and explains why people form a government that protects their rights
Lists unalienable rights that should be granted to the citizens by the government