Us history Flashcards
What is power
The ability to control someone or something
What is authority
Power with the right to control power
Christopher Columbus
Landed in Bahamas and sailed the ocean blue on 1492
Stamp act
The 1765 British decree taxing all legal papers issued in the colonies
John Cabot
English sailor to find northwest passage to china
King George the III
He created the proclamation line (Appalachian mountains) that limited colonial expansion in North America. He enforced many tax laws on the colonist who thought it unfair without representation in parliament. This tension started the American revolution
Parliament
The assembly of representative who make laws in England
Boycott
A refusal to buy
Articles of confederate
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
Legislative branch
Concerning the branch of government that makes laws congress is mad up of the senate and the House of Representatives
