Road to the Constitution

5. Giving permission to set up a colony in America
6. Forced colonist to put expensive tax stamps on all legal documents
7. By the mid-1700s there were 13 of these, and each other them had its own government.
8. The first Englishmen came to America four hundred years ago looking for gold, silver, and a _______ to Asia.
9. Colonies were dependent on the king and declaring that all laws passed in the colonies had no effect
12. Series of laws cracked down on rebellious activity in Massachusetts
13. July 4,1776 the declaration of ________ was signed.
14. Written to solve a basic problem;self-government
18. Who did not get to vote in 1620?
19. Document expanded the rights of the parliament and the people
20. Area in which a state's rule applies

1. Taxing things it knew the colonists couldn't make for themselves
2. After the Americans won the Revolutionary War; the ________ of America was born.
3. Forced certain colonists to let British troops live in their homes
4. Agreement to form a majority-rule government
10. Nobody is above the law, not even elected officials
11. Representatives who made laws and stood up for peoples' rights
14. Limited the power of the king and protected certain rights
15. They published a series of newspapers editorials in Britain
16. They went looking for money, they saw the colonies around the worlds as a source of profit.
17. British started a _____ after they passed the Stamp Act