Vocabulary
These are some key vocabulary words from lesson five.
Supreme Court Cases
Harper v. Virginia (1966) answered whether or not the Virginia poll tax violated the equal protection clause of the fourteenth amendment.
Primary Sources
The Mayflower Compact is an example of an early constitution.
Samuel Adam's "The Rights of the Colonists" lays out the rights of the colonists.
This is where the phrase "city upon a hill comes from" it was a warning to the Puritans.
A Declaration by the Representatives of the United Colonies of North-America, Now Met in Congress at Philadelphia, Setting Forth the Causes and Necessity of Their Taking Up Arms explained why the thirteen colonies took up the Revolutionary War.
Parliament abolished the Star Chamber after many controversial arguments.
The Articles of Association explain a trade boycott drafted by the First Continental Congress.
Bodies of Liberty - goes over the 100 liberties that established the Puritan code of law . This was thought as the Pre-Massachusetts Constitution.
The Fundamental Orders of Connecticut provided structure for the Connecticut government.
The Declaration of Rights and Grievances said taxation without consent is unconstitutional.
The Indenture Contract of William Buckland (1775) said masters were required to feed, clothe and house the servants.
The Indenture Contract of Richard Lowther (1627) said that children could chose to stop being servants at 21.
Secondary Sources
This resource goes over key colonial state structure.
This goes over colonial charters and the structure of colonial government.
This website clearly goes over the structure of colonial government.
Click on this link and scroll down to pages eleven and twelve to see a side-by-side comparison between colonial and British government.
This link talks about the Colonists view on taxation, and religous freedom.
This is a good resource about the Colonists view on British rules with questions you can answer.
If you want to learn about how colonial government has changed thiswebsite goes over key sections.
Indentured Servants are a key concept to understand, it was basically white slavery.
Primogeniture is a concept from colonial America about land being passed down.
Power Point
This is not an alternative to reading but this is a good slide show about lesson 5.
This is a Prezi that it gives background information on Bodies of Liberty.