HN AMERICAN GOV- SECTIONS 1 AND 2 - CHAPTER 2 QUIZ

What were the 3 main concepts English colonists in America brought with them?

1) Ordered Gov

2) Limited Gc- gov should not be all powerful (no king/queen)

3) Representative gov- republic—→ serve the will of the people

What are 3 important English documents? (our Nation is built upon these ideas)

1) Magna Carta- protection against absolute power of king

2) Petition of right- charles 1st wanted to tax people—> he needed permission from the people

3) Bill of rights- gave English people more rights (Glorious rev)—→ steadily take more rights away from king

There were 3 types of colonies in North America…..what were they?

1) Royal- ruled directly by the English Monarchy (8)

2) Proprietary- King granted land to people who then formed these colonies (3)

3) Charter- mostly self goverend, charters were granted to the colonists (2)

charter def

a written grant of

BRITISH COLONIAL POLICIES: Until the mid 1700s……

colonies were allowed a lot of freedom in their gov. by the English monarchs

BRITISH COLONIAL POLICIES CONT: In 1760….

King George the 3rd imposed new taxes on the colonists

1) —> colonists object—→ Declaration of Independence

2) —> Colonists start a confederation and start to rebel

What are two different ways to attempt to grow colonial unity?

1) EARLY ATTEMPTS

-several New England settlements formed the New England Confederation

2) THE ALBANY PLAN

-Benjamin Franklin proposed the Albany Plan of Union

—> an annual congress of delegates from each of the 13 colonies would be formed

What was the Stamp Act Congress and the story behind it’s creation?

1) Gov issued the stamp tax

—> in 1765 a group if colonies sent delegates to what they called the Stamp act congress

—> These delegates prepared the Declaration of rights & Grievances against British policies & sent it to the king

3 Major events that colonists did around the time of the Stamp Act Congress

1) colonists supported a boycott of English goods—> hurt Britian’s economy

2) Boston tea party- 1773 (sons of Liberty)

3) Boston Massacre- these events lead to the creation of the U.S.

What was the 1st Continental Congress?

1) Colonists sent a declaration of rights to King George 3rd (as a protest)

2) Delegates urged each of the colonies to refuse all trade with England until British tax and trade regulations were taken away

What was the Second Continental Congress?

1) served as the 1st gov of the U.S from 1776-1781 (counted as the 1st congress because we were at war and came together)

2) 13 colonies sent representatives to this gathering inn Philadelphia

What happened on July 4th, 1776?

OFFICIAL AMERICAN INDEPENDENCE!!!!!!

• 2nd continental Congress adopted the Declaration of INDEPENDENCE

What is a quick 3 bullet summary of the Declaration of Independence?

1) Natural Rights

2) Announces Independence- (breakup letter)

3) Abuses of the king- time for the colonists to take a stand!

What are some common features of state constitutions?

1) each state was their own

2) each state had a limited gov

3) every state north of Maryland outlawed slavery

4) all had separation of powers

Between ___1____ & ___2____ most of the states adopted _____3___ instead of _____4______.

1: 1776

2: 1777

3: constitutions

4: charters