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| England has this kind of constitution? | Unwritten Constitution |
| United States has this kind of constitution? | Written Constitution |
| This document game parliament the power to make laws, raise taxes, and control the Army? | English Bill of Rights |
| The system of law based on precendent is called ? | Common Law |
| This term means two houses? | Bicameral |
| The lower house of parliament is called? | House of Commons |
| The upper house of parliament is called? | House of Lords |
| This body in England had taken over most of the day-to-day work of governing by the late 1300s? | Parliament |
| The advisory group to the King consisted of _?_ and _?_. | Nobles & Church Officials |
| A group of people in one place who are ruled by the government of another place. | Colony |
| The people who live within the Colony are called? | Colonists |
| Why did the King or Parliament leave the colonies alone in the 1600 and 1700s? | Too far away (3,000 miles) |
| The first permanent English settlement? | Jamestown, Virginia |
| Representatives in Jamestown were called? | Burgesses |
| This compact was written by plymouth settlers on their ship the Mayflower? | Mayflower Compact |
| This is an agreement made among a group of people? | Compact |
| The House of Burgesses created this type of democracy? | Representative Democracy |
| The Mayflower Compact created this type of democracy? | Direct Democracy |
| _?_are an example of a direct democracies found in the New England States? | Town Meetings |
| Because of this policy, Britain saw America as a cheap source of raw materials. | Mercantilism |
| Because Parliament was forcing Americans to pay taxes but denying them representation, the colonists proclaimed, "__?___" | "No taxation, without representation" |
| This was a tax placed on all newspapers or legal ducuments. | Stamp Tax |
| This term means, the refusal to buy goods. | Boycott |
| A formal meeting? | Congress |
| This person did most of the work on the Declaration of Independence? | Thomas Jefferson |
| To punish the colonists, Parliament violated the rights of the colonist in a series of laws called _?_. | Intolerable Acts |
| Identify two similarities of the 13 colonies. | They all had a governor and a legislature |
| Identify 4 weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation. | 1) Congress had no power to enforce law, 2) No power to tax, 3) No power to regulate trade, 4) No Judiciary, 5) No Executive |
| Why did the colonists create a loose confederation? | They did not want a strong national government |
| This was a protest by 1200 farmers over taxation? | Shays' Rebellion |
