USG2 Flashcards
3 concepts (ideas) of government the early colonial settlers brought with them from England
Ordered government
Limited government
Representative government
English bill of right, magna carter & petition of right were all
English documents that attempted to limit the power of the king
Site of the first and second Continental Congress, sifting of the Declaration of Independence, and the writing of the United States
Philadelphia
Considered author of the Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
Monarch under whose reign, the relationship between the colonies and England became
King George 3
Colonist “cried” when they felt the taxes & laws imposed by the new king and parliament were unfair
Taxation without representation
Served as the first national government of the United States
2nd Continental Congress/ articles of confederation
Appointed to lead the newly created continental army at the second continental congress
George Washington
Chosen president of the second continental congress
John Hancock
Misfiring of a fun that began the American revolution on April 19,1775 is known as
“Shot heard ‘round the world”
Considered the “father of our constitution”
James Madison
Supported ratification of the constitution
Federalists
Against ratifying the constitution
Anti- federalists
Collection of essay written &published I’m suppose of ratifying the constitution
The federalists papers
“Giving and taking” to reach an agreement
Compromise
