Cgapter 1

Question 0

What is authority

Answer 0

Power with the right to control power

Question 1

What is power

Answer 1

The ability to control something or someone

Question 2

Christopher Columbus

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Landed in Bahamas sailed ocean blue on 1492

Question 3

John Cabot

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English sailor trying to find the north west passage to china

Question 4

Stamp act

Answer 4

The 1765 British decree texting all legal paper issued in the colonies

Question 5

King George the third

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He created the proclamation line (Appalachian mountains) that limited colonial expansion in the north Americas. He enforced many tax laws on the colonists who thought it unfair without representation in parliament. This tension started the American revolution

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Articles of confederation

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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

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Legislative branch

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Concerning the branch of government (congress) that make laws. Congress is made up of the senate and the House of Representatives

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Parliament

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The assembly of representatives who make laws in England

Question 9

Boycott

Answer 9

A refusal to buy

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American revolution

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1775-1783 an eight year war between the 13 colonies and England. George Washington was the leader of the continental army. 25000 Americans and 10000 British lost there life’s to the war

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Acquit

Answer 11

To declare innocent of a crime or wrong doing

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Boston tea party

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The 1773 protest against British trade policies in which patriots boarded vessels of the east index company and threw the tea cargo into the boston harbor

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Executive branch

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Concerning the branch of government (president and vice presedent) that enforces laws.

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Judicial Branch

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concerning the branch of government (Supreme Court/ Federal Courts) that interprets laws and punishes lawbreakers.

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Boston Massacre

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The clash in 1770 between British troops and a group of Bostonians in which five colonists were killed.

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Amendment 1

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freedom of religion, speech, press, assembly, and petition (1791).

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Amendment 2

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Right to bear arms

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Amendment 3

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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.

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Amendment 4

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Search and seizer

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Declaration of Independence

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the document adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, establishing the United States as a nation independent of Great Britain

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Treaty of Paris (1783)

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the treaty ending the revolutionary war

Question 22

Issue

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not an event- is on going- hos long term affects- is something we can do something about- has two or more sides. If a policy can solve it, its a problem not an Issue.

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Uprising

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an act or instance of rising up.Rebelion

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Roanoke

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site of first English colony in the Americas’ started in 1585.

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colony

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a settlement ruled by a distant parent country.

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bill of rights

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the first ten amendments to the Constitution, guaranteeing the basic rights of American citizens.

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Frontier line

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The land between civilization and wilderness

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Northwest territory

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The land north of the Ohio river and was created into 5 states

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Amendment

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A change or a addition to a legal document. This is why the constitution is called “Living Document”. Constitution has 27 amendments

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Amendment 5

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Prohibits trial for a crime except on indictment of a Grand Jury and double jeopardy. The government can take your property as long as they pay you.

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Amendment 6

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Right to a public and speedy trial by an impartial jury

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Amendment 7

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Right to trial by a jury in civil cases.

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Amendment 8

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Prohibits imposing cruel, unusual punishments and fines, prohibits granting excessive bails.

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Amendment 9

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Assures the recognition of those rights that people may have but are not listed here.

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Amendment 10

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Provides that the powers that are not given to the United States nor prohibited by the constitution are reserved to the states respectively or to the people.

Question 36

Constitutional Convention

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The meeting of state delegates in Philadelphia in 1787 that resulted in the writing of the Constitution.

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New Jersey Plan

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a plan, unsuccessfully proposed at the Constitutional Convention, providing for a single legislative house with equal representation for each state.

Question 38

Virginia Plan

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a plan, unsuccessfully proposed at the Constitutional Convention, providing for a legislature of two houses with proportional representation in each house and executive and judicial branches to be chosen by the legislature.

Question 39

Federalist

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A person who favored the plan of government created by the Constitution.

Question 40

Anti-Federalist

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A person who opposed ratification of the Constitution.