Vocabulary #8

What is another term for a tax on an imported good?

• responsibility

• duty

• boycott

• income tax

What is the term for to refuse to purchase certain goods or services?

• repeal

• boycott

• dissenter

• liberty

What is the principle that a ruler or a government is not all-powerful?

• republic

• direct democracy

• representative democracy

• limited government

Which country ruled the thirteen colonies?

• Great Britain

• France

• Spain

• Denmark

What is the term for the British law making group?

• Parliament

• Sugar Act

• liberty

• Congress

What was the significance of the Magna Carta?

• This document massively limited the king powers and ensured even government had to follow the law
• All men equal, government should protect "natural rights," citizens are allowed to revolt if government fails to protect natural rights
• European ships from Africa would go to the Americas via the 'Middle Passage' and exchange enslaved people for goods.
• Humans were inherently selfish and needed guidance (government) to work effectively together

What was the significance of the Mayflower Compact?

• The first written plan for government for early colonists
• Direct democracy (for adult, white men)
• This document massively limited the king powers and ensured even government had to follow the law
• Complaints about the king in the Declaration of Independence. It consisted mostly of these.

The colonists protested the Stamp Act by refusing to ________

• Buy British Goods

• Sells goods to British soldiers

• allow British troops into their homes.

• Buy stamps

Which branch interprets the laws?

• Executive

• Judicial

• Legislative

• People

What is the idea that NO one is above the law?

• Checks and Balances

• Separation of Powers

• Electoral College

• Rule of Law