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US History/PRE REVOLUTION
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- Q1
This was the name of the meeting of colonial leaders who debated whether or not to stay a part of the British Empire.
Continental Congress
30s - Q2
This Act required colonists to house and feed British soldiers
Quartering Act
30s - Q3
This is the name for the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution that provide certain protections to appease state leaders who demanded explicit protections for the rights of individuals and states.
Bill of rights
30s - Q4
This was an act passed by the Parliament of Great Britain in 1764 intended as a revenue-raising act on molasses and sugar imports.
Sugar act
30s - Q5
Provide the three rights guaranteed to citizens at birth—things that could not be taken away by the government without due process.
Life Land Liberty
30s - Q6
This 18th-century intellectual movement resulted in regular citizens questioning the authority of their political leaders.
enlightenment
30s - Q7
These were punitive acts passed by the British Parliament in 1774. The laws were meant to punish the Massachusetts colonists for their defiance in the Tea Party protest in reaction to changes in taxation by the British Government.
Intolerable Acts
30s - Q8
This was the name of the document many of them signed officially separating from the British Empire.
Declaration of Independence
30s - Q9
This was the name of the peaceful attempt for settlement by the colonists with the British Crown.
Olive Branch Petition
30s - Q10
This was a confrontation on March 5, 1770 in which British soldiers shot and killed several people while being harassed by a mob.
Boston Massacre
30s - Q11
This was our second government which established a constitutional federation with checks and balances, the separation of powers, and a system of amendments.
The U.S. Constitution
30s - Q12
This is a protective mechanism in many modern constitutions that provides ways for other branches of government to stop or stymie the actions of another—especially if the action is considered an abuse of power.
Checks and Balances
30s - Q13
What allows changes to the Constitution if the proposed changes were ratified by three-fourths of the states?
Amendments
30s - Q14
These were delegates at the Constitutional Convention and ratification period that supported a stronger national government.
Federalists
30s - Q15
These were delegates at the Constitutional Convention and ratification period that were wary of a stronger national government and demanded explicit protections for the rights of individuals and states.
Anti-Federalists
30s