Karteikarten

Chapter 2 Vocabulary

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1Enlightenment IdeasThe Enlightenment Period was 1700's-1800's; aka age of reason; One of the causes for the American Revolution
2Magna CartaForced King John to give his assent
3Glorious RevolutionThe overthrow of King James II
4English Bill of RightsFurther restricted the monarch's power
5John LockeJohn Locke was an English philosopher and physician regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers
6Natural RightsRights to life, liberty, and property that no government could take away
7Social ContractAn agreement among the people of a society
8Baron De MontesquieuA French writer who developed the idea of dividing the government into 3 separate powers
9JamestownA settlement in Virginia
10BicameralTwo chambers or branches
11House of BurgessesThe first representative assembly
12PilgrimsSomeone who travels to a new place for religious reasons
13Mayflower Compactfirst written framework of government established in the United States
14Indentured ServantsPeople had to work for an employer for a certain number of years to pay for their passage to the new world
15Triangular Slave TradeA transatlantic trade with slaves that had 3 stops
16Salutary Neglectavoiding strict enforcement of parliamentary laws meant to keep American colonies obedient to England
17French-Indian WarNorth American conflict in a larger imperial war between Great Britain and France known as the Seven Years' War
18MercantilismA country tries to gain wealth through trading with other countries
19BoycottRefusing to use something
20Stamp ActA British tax on stamps
21Declaratory Actan Act of the Parliament of Great Britain, which accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act
22Boston MassacreBritish soldiers open fired on a crowd killing 5 American colonists
23Boston Tea PartyColonists dumped 90,000 pounds of British tea into the Boston Harbor
24Intolerable ActsPunished the colonists for the Boston Tea Party
25"Common Sense"A book written by Thomas Paine
26Second Continental CongressMeeting of colonial delegates in 1775
27Declaration of IndependenceDeclared American independence
28Articles of ConfederationThe first official laws for the United States