1. What marked the beginning of self-government in colonial America?
the Mayflower Compact
the House of Burgesses
the Boston Tea Party
the First Continental Congress

2. According to the theory of ____, a country should sell more goods to other countries than it buys.
independence
mercantilism
bicameralism
confederation

3. Who wrote Common Sense? Thomas Jefferson John Locke Thomas Paine
Charles Thomson

4. The Declaration of Independence states that among our inalienable rights are “Life, Liberty, and ____.”
independence from Tyranny
the pursuit of Happiness
freedom of Religion
the search for Prosperity

5. Like the English Parliament, the new state legislatures were
bicameral.
unbalanced.
wealthy.
powerless.

6. When colonists decided to ____ British goods, Parliament repealed the Stamp Act.
destroy
blockade
steal
boycott

7. A system of law based on precedent and customs is known as
common law.
legislature.
tort law.
statutory law.

8. The Mayflower Compact was an example of
representative democracy.
constitutional law.
direct democracy.
charter government.

9. The Boston Tea Partycaused Parliament to pass the Coercive Acts, which Americans called the
Tea Acts.
Townshend Acts.
Intolerable Acts.
Declaratory Acts.

10. More than half the members of the ____ voted to break away from Britain.
Committees of Correspondence
Second Continental Congress
Confederation Congress
Boston Tea Party

11. What is the term for a detailed, written plan of government?
constitution
bicameral
compact
confederation

12. The ____ was the first constitution of the United States of America.
Articles of Confederation
United States Constitution
Mayflower Compact
Declaration of Independence

13. The Stamp Act taxed colonists on
mail.
newspapers and legal documents.
ink and paper.
tea.

14. American property, contract, and personal injury laws are based on English ____________________ law.
federal
jury
common
uncommon

15. A ____________________ is a group of people in one place who are ruled by a parent country elsewhere.
colony
Parliament
Congress
House of Burgesses

16. A written document granting land and the authority to set up colonial governments is called a ____________________.
colony
charter
constitution
gift

17. The Mayflower ____________________ was an agreement, or contract, among the Pilgrims establishing how the colony would be run.
Charter
Debacle
Compact
Agreement

18. Because of high taxes, many colonists decided to refuse to buy British goods. This refusal to buy particular goods or services is called a ____________________, and is still used as a tool of economic protest.
repeal
boycott
refusal
tantrum

19. The Articles of ____________________ was the first attempt at a constitution.

20. The two-house structure of the legislature, with a Senate and House of Representatives, copied the English Parliament. That structure is known as a ____________________ legislature.

21. The colonists’ boycott caused Parliament to rescind, or ____________________, the Stamp Act.

22. All 13 states approved, or ____________________, the Articles of Confederation.

23. Twelve colonies sent representatives, or ____________________, to the First Continental Congress.

24. There are three branches of our government
There are three branches of our government. These are the judicial (the courts), the executive (the president), and the ____________________ (the Senate and House of Representatives).

25. document that protected English nobles’ privileges and authority
Magna Carta
Boston Tea Party
Glorious Revolution
Declaratory Act
Mayflower Compact
Articles of Confederation
common law
Stamp Act
First Continental Congress

26. system of law based on precedent and customs
constitution
Boston Tea Party
Glorious Revolution
Declaratory Act
Mayflower Compact
Articles of Confederation
Magna Carta
common law
First Continental Congress

27. established a tradition of direct democracy still visible in New England today
constitution
Boston Tea Party
Glorious Revolution
Declaratory Act
common law
Mayflower Compact
Magna Carta
Stamp Act
First Continental Congress

28. protest that caused Parliament to pass the Coercive Acts
constitution
common law
Glorious Revolution
Declaratory Act
Mayflower Compact
Articles of Confederation
Boston Tea Party
Stamp Act
First Continental Congress

29. formed in response to the Intolerable Acts
constitution
Boston Tea Party
Glorious Revolution
Declaratory Act
Mayflower Compact
First Continental Congress
Magna Carta
Stamp Act
common law

30. a detailed, written plan for government
common law
Boston Tea Party
Glorious Revolution
Declaratory Act
Mayflower Compact
constitution
Magna Carta
Stamp Act
First Continental Congress

31. the first constitution of the United States of America
Boston Tea Party
Glorious Revolution
Declaratory Act
Mayflower Compact
common law
Magna Carta
Stamp Act
Articles of Confederation

32. required colonists to attach tax stamps to newspapers and legal documents
Stamp Act
Boston Tea Party
Glorious Revolution
Declaratory Act
Mayflower Compact
Articles of Confederation
Magna Carta
common law
First Continental Congress

33. stated that Parliament had the right to tax and make decisions for the American colonies
constitution
Boston Tea Party
Glorious Revolution
common law
Mayflower Compact
Declaratory Act
Magna Carta
Stamp Act
First Continental Congress