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- 1Enlightenment Ideas1700's A.K.A Age of Reason; 1 of the causes for the American Revolution
- 2Magna CartaDocument that protected the nobles authority and privileges. It granted certain rights to landholders and took more power away from monarch
- 3Social ContractAn unofficial agreement shared by everyone in a society in which they give up some freedom for security
- 4Baron de MontesquieuHis BIG IDEA "separation of power" means power is divided between 3 branches of govt. legislative, executive, judicial
- 5Jamestown, VirginiaThe first settlement in America
- 6BicameralMedicine Composed of or having two chambers, as an abscess divided by a septum.
- 7Boston MassacreMarch 5 1770 British soldiers opened fire on a crowd killing 5 american colonists; event fueled the Americans hatred for the British
- 8Stamp ActA tax on printed materials such as legal documents, mail, newspaper, etc
- 9Boston Tea PartyColonists some dressed as indians sneaked aboard British ships and dumped 90,00 pounds of tea into the Boston Harbor
- 10Intolerable ActsAKA: Coercive Acts, laws/acts to punish the Boston colonists for the Boston Tea Party
- 11Quartering ActPart of the Intolerable acts; an act that Colonists had to house and feed British soldiers
- 12Common SenseA pamphlet written by Thomas Pained that was widely read by colonists that said that they should be free and independent
- 13Battle of Lexington and Concord" The shot heard around the world" first battle of the Revolutionary War
- 14Second Continental Congressthe 2nd meeting in May 1775 a committee of 5 men appointing to write a document declaring American independence
- 15Declaration of IndependenceKing George addressed this document for America to be independent
- 16Thomas JeffersonAuthor of the D.O.I
- 17John LockeEnglish philosopher on natural rights was a BIG influence for Thomas Jefferson
- 18English Bill of RightsGranted free elections, the right to a free trial, and made cruel and unusual punishment illegal
- 19Natural RightsRights you are born to with-life, liberty and property
- 20Mayflower CompactSigned by the passengers of the Mayflower created by the democracy of the New World, represents the idea of the Social Contract
- 21House of BurgessesThe first representative democracy in the New World
- 22Proprietary ColonyColony owned by a person who controlled the land and govt.
- 23Royal colonyColony owned and ruled directly by the king
- 24Indentured ServantA person that agrees to work for 7 years to pay the cost of their passage to the colonies
- 25Triangular tradeA trade between Europe, Africa, and America; slaves from Africa were transported to America and traded for sugar and molasses
- 26Middle passageThe journey across the Atlantic Ocean made by slave ships
- 27Salutary NeglectEngland did not strictly enforce laws in the colonies
- 28French and Indian War7 years war between England and France
- 29"no taxation without representation"Summed up the colonists anger over taxes and the colonists were NOT allowed to send representations to Parliament
- 30ParliamentA British legislature
- 31LegislativeA group of people that makes laws
- 32PrecedentA ruling that is used as the basis for a judicial decision in a later, similar case
- 33Common LawA system of law based on precedent abd customs
- 34Town MeetingA gathering of local citizens to discuss and vote on important issues
- 35MercantilismThe theory that a country should sell more goods to others than it buys
- 36BoycottThe refusal to purchase certain goods
- 37CongressA formal meeting at which representatives discuss matters of common concern
- 38IndependenceSelf-reliance and freedom from outside control
- 39ConfederationA group of individuals or states that band together for a common concern
- 40Glorious Revolution1688 the peaceful transfer of power in history of England: Parliament removed King James ll from throne and invited his daughter Mary and her husband William to rule instead
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