| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Mayflower Compact, Virginia House of Burgesses | All of these promoted self-government |
| Virginia House of Burgesses | First representative assembly in the new world and a building block of American democracy |
| The Press | Zenger trial dealt with freedom of this |
| New England Yown Meeting | This forum encouraged colonists to speak their mind on government issues |
| Parliament | A major problem that colonists had paying with taxes to King George III was that they were not represented there |
| Mayflower Compact | This document displayed early colonists desire for self rule |
| Natural Rights | In the Declaration of Independence, the colonists claimed that the British deprived them of these |
| Declaration of Independence | According to this document, the purpose of goverment is to protect people's natural rights |
| Mercantilism | The economic relationship between Great Britian and the colonies that limited the colonies ability to trade with other nations |
| Common Sense | This helped to convince many undecided colonists to support revolution |
| Social Contract Theory | The principals in the Declaration of Independence was most influenced by Jean Rousseau's what? |
| Salutary Neglect | This was the manner in which Great Britain governed the colonies before the French & Indian War |
| Revolutionary War | An achievement of the Articles of Confederation was the successful conclusion of what? |
| Independence | Protests against British colonial policies gradually led to demand for what? |
| Articles of Independence | The major intent of these were to limit the federal government's ability to infringe on people's liberties |
| Declaration of Independence | This was a list of natural rights and grievances against King George III of Great Britain |
| Power | The government under the Articles of Confederation lacked this |
| State governments | Under the Articles of Confederation, most power was in the hands of whom? |
| Northwest Ordinance of 1787 | This provided a process for admission of new states to the union |
| Critical Period | The period between 1781 and 1789 in which the US government was very weak and could have failed |
| Taxes | A major weakness under the Articles of Confederation was that the federal government could not require what? |
| All 13 states | The Articles of Confederation were difficult to change because who had to agree to changes |
| The Governed | The Declaration of Independence claimed that government should be based upon the consent of who? |
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