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First Quarter History Flashcards

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What does Authority mean?

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Authority is power combined with the right to use that power

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What does Power mean?

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Power is the ability to control or direct something or someone

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What does Customs mean?

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Customs (traditions)

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What does Principles of Morality mean?

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The right to use power usually comes from customs and/or principles of morality

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What is Lexington/Concord?

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The two places where there was a fight between the rebels and the British soldiers, and that’s what started the revolutionary war

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What is a boycott?

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To refuse to buy

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What is the 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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Who is King George the third?

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He was the king of Great Britain during the American revolution, he passed many harsh and unfair laws taking away the rights of the colonists that eventually led to the revolution

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What is the proclamation of 1776?

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The British decree prohibiting colonial settlement west of the Appalachians

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What is Jamestown?

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First successful colony in the new world, in Jamestown, Virginia

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What is the stamp act?

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The 1765 British degree taxing all legal papers issued in the colonies

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What is the declaration o independence?

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The document adopted by the continental congress on July fourth 1776 establishing the United States as a nation independent of Great Britain

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What is the Plymouth colony?

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In 1620 a small group of English settlers landed in Massachusetts they were looking for religious freedom and no taxes

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What is Roanoke?

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Site of the first English colony in the Americas starting in 1585

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What is the quartering act?

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1765 it required the colonies to quarter (provide housing and supplies for the soldiers)

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What is the Boston Tea Party?

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The 1773 protest against British trade policies in which patriots boarded vessels of the East Indian company and threw the tea into the Boston harbor

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What is the Manifest destiny?

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The belief that it was the destiny of the United States to expand to it’s natural borders

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What is the Treaty of Paris?

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The treaty ending the revolutionary war in 1783

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What is the Bill of Rights?

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The first ten amendments to the constitution guaranteeing the basic rights of American citizens (i.e. freedom of speech)

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What is a Parliament?

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The assembly of representatives who make laws in England

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What is the Constitution?

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A framework of government created in 1787 and includes the Legislative Judicial, and Executive Branches. It’s our current framework of government

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What is 3/5 Compromise?

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A clause to allow a slave to be counted as 3/5 of a person for the purpose of representation in the Congress. It was proposed in July 1787 during the drafting of the U.S. Constitution at the Constitutional Convention. It was put down by the 13th amendment

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What are the Articles of Confederation?

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The plan ratified by the states in 1781 that established a national congress with limited power. It was replaced with the Constitution

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What is an Amendment?

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Changes or additions to a legal document

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What is a Compromise?

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A solution that satisfies both sides

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What is Congress?

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A body of elected officials who meet to debate and pass laws

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What is the Constitution?

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A document that describes the basic laws and organization of a state or country

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What are Delegates?

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People chosen to represent others at a meeting

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What is Executive?

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Relayed to the branch of government that enforces laws; the president is part of the executive branch

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What is Federal?

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Relating to a form of government in which states are united under one central power

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What is Judical?

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Related to the branch of government that contains the court system including the Supreme Court

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What is Legislative?

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Related to the branch of government that makes laws; Congress is the Legislative branch

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What is a Preamble?

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The introductory part of a constitution that explains the reasons for and purposes of the laws

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What is the Revolutionary War?

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A war from 1775 to 1783 that gave the 13 American colonies independence from Great Britain

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What is Unanimous?

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Having the agreement of all

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What is the first Amendment?

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Congress cannot make a law that affects the establishment of religion, restricts a person’s right or the press’s right to free speech, it restricts the right of people to gather together in a peaceful manner

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What is second Amendment?

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Citizens have the right to own guns

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What is the third Amendment?

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During times of peace soldiers cannot take up residence in someone else’s house without that owner’s permission

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What is the fourth Amendment?

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A person, his house and belongings cannot be searched or taken, and he cannot be given a warrant without good reason

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What is the fifth Amendment?

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You cannot be tried for a serious crime without a grand jury deciding there is enough evidence for a trial

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What is the sixth Amendment?

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A person should be given a speedy and public trial by a jury of his peers in the state and district where he committed the crime

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What is the seventh Amendment?

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A person has the right to a jury in a civil case where more than $20 is being disputed

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What is the eighth Amendment?

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Excessive bail and/or fines shall not be ordered, and cruel and unusual punishments can’t be imposed

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What is the ninth Amendment?

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You have rights beyond those listed in the Constitution

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What is the tenth Amendment?

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Areas and laws that aren’t governed or prohibited directly by the Constitution may be made by individual states

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What is an Amendment?

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Changes or additions to a legal document

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What is a Compromise?

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A solution that satisfies both sides

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What is Congress?

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A body of elected officials who meet to debate and pass laws

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What is the Constitution?

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A document that describes the basic laws and organization of a state or country

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What are Delegates?

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People chosen to represent others at a meeting

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What is Executive?

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Relayed to the branch of government that enforces laws; the president is part of the executive branch

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What is Federal?

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Relating to a form of government in which states are united under one central power

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What is Judical?

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Related to the branch of government that contains the court system including the Supreme Court

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What is Legislative?

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Related to the branch of government that makes laws; Congress is the Legislative branch

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What is a Preamble?

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The introductory part of a constitution that explains the reasons for and purposes of the laws

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What is the Revolutionary War?

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A war from 1775 to 1783 that gave the 13 American colonies independence from Great Britain

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What is Unanimous?

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Having the agreement of all

8th Grade US History (1 decks)

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