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Birth of a Nation
U.S Constitution
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What did many of the English people feel about the Monarch | They thought they had to much power and they wanted a limited government |
| Who forced King Jhon 1st to sign a document known as the magna carta | A group of English Nobles |
| What did the Magna carta do | It guaranteed certain rights and prevented the king from imposing taxes |
| What did the Parliament do | began to move politcial power away from the king and to the people of england |
| Rule of law | governments must Act within a set of rules |
| Who wrote the Social contract | John Locke |
| what did the Social contract mean | If the Governments fail to protect these rights the people have the right to overthrow and abolish it |
| what is A example of earliest representative governments in the new world | House of Burgesses, the mayflower compact, new England town meetings |
| who was conficted with the rival governors | the Colonial Legislatures |
| which way did the french and english grow | They grew west |
| who should the British feel that should pay for the dept of the war. | the Colonists |
| Quartering Act | Colonists must provide lodging for British soldiers stationed in America |
| Stamp Act | Law that taxed all printed material by requiring it barred a government stamp |
| Stamp Act Congress | No taxation without representation |
| Boycott | Protests against buying taxed goods |
| who enforced the boycott | The son's of liberty |
| Declaratory Act | Parliament has power to pass laws and must obey them |
| Townsend act | Taxes placed on glass and tea |
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