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| Theory by John Locke that the government agrees to protect our inalienable rights in exchange for us obeying their laws |
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| This signaled to the Americans they needed a stronger central government |
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| This war created the debt Britain expected the colonists to pay for with taxes |
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| This was a protest staged by the colonists in reaction to British taxes |
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| This was when the colonists refused to buy British goods in protest |
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| This concept was suggested by Baron de Montesquieu to limit the power of each of the branches |
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| The colonists resented this British Act because it limited their westward expansion |
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| This British economic policy was a problem for the colonists |
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| This was a weakness under the AOC that was fixed by the Constitution |
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| This law established an orderly method for joining new states to the union |
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| This religious group came to America looking for religious freedom and to reform the Anglican church |
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| This is an example of direct democracy that can still be seen today in New England towns |
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| This was an early example of colonists gaining freedom of religion |
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| The House of Burgesses and Mayflower Compact both ensure that citizens have this (right to rule) |
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| Who was chosen as the leader of the Constitutional Convention |
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| This was a British policy practiced until the 1760s that caused the colonists to self-govern |
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