Vocab 3

• preamble
• popular sovereignty
• checks & balances
• elastic clause
• unwritten constitution
• delegated powers
• implied powers
• concurrent powers
• reserved powers
• legislative branch
• executive branch
• judicial branch
• electoral college system
• judicial review
• amendment

Unit 4 Questions

1. Why did the colonists use the slogan “No Taxation without representation?”
2. What occurred as a result of the Sugar, Quartering, Stamp, and Townshend Acts?
3. What happened as a result of “The Boston Massacre?”
4. Explain the Coercive or Intolerable Acts of 1774… What were they?
5. What is the difference between Patriots and Tories?
6. What was stated in the Declaration of Independence?
7. What factors helped the Continental Army (colonists) win the war with Great Britain?
8. What was accomplished by the Treaty of Paris?

Vocab 2

• Articles of Confederation
• Constitutional Convention
• Great Compromise
• Three-Fifths Compromise
• Commerce Compromise (Clause)
• Presidency Compromise
• Ratification
• Federalists
• Anti-federalists
• The Federalist Papers
• Bill of Rights

Vocab 9/19/2014

Remember to make flashcards for these terms/concepts if you have not done so.

• indentured servants
• triangular trade
• middle passage
• republic
• habeas corpus
• natural rights
• enlightenment
• social contract
• charter
• Mayflower Compact
• salutary neglect
• mercantilism
• House of Burgesses
• New England Town Meetings