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Chapter 2 Civics and Economics Vocabulary

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1Enlightenmenta movement that spread the idea that reason and science could improve society
2Magna Cartaa document that protected the nobles authority and privileges
3Glorious Revolutionthe transfer of power monarch to parliament
4English Bill of Rightsit was further restricted monarchs power
5Mayflower COmpacta written set of rules for first settlers in America
6House of Burgessesthe first representative assembly in colonies
7Dicameralthe legislature composed of an upper house, the Senate, and a lower house, the House of Delegates
8John Lockean English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers and commonly known as the "Father of Liberalism"
9Natural Rights (aka inalienable rights)rights that people supposedly have under natural law
10Social Contractan agreement among people in a society with the government
11Baron De Montesquieudeveloped the idea of separate branches of government to balance each other
12Separation of Powersa political doctrine originating in the writings of Montesquieu in The Spirit of the Laws where he urged for a constitutional government with three separate branches of government
13Fundamental Orders of Connecticutthey describe the government set up by the Connecticut River towns, setting its structure and powers
14Triangular Tradethe system of trading slaves across the Atlantic
15Salutary Neglectit was Britain's unofficial policy, initiated by prime minister Robert Walpole , to relax the enforcement of strict regulations, particularly trade laws, imposed on the American colonies late in the seventeenth and early in the eighteenth centuries
16French Indian War (aka Seven years War)a war that was fought between the colonies of British America and New France, with both sides supported by military
17Mercantilismthe belief in the benefits of profitable trading
18Stamp Acta British law requiring colonists to attach stamps to newspapers and legal documents
19Boycottthe withdraw from commercial or social relations of a country, organization, or person
20Boston Massacrecolonists were angered by and made trouble for British
21Boston Tea Partycolonists dumped tea into Boston Harbor
22Coercive Acts (aka Intolerable Acts)it restricted colonists civil rights
23Proclamation of 1763it forbade all settlement past a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains
24First Continental COngressrepresentatives from colonies met and sent document to King George demanding to restore rights
25Olive Branch Petitiona letter to King George III, from members of the Second Continental Congress, which represents the last attempt by the moderate party in North America to avoid a war of independence against Britain
26Second Continental Congressdecided to write Declaration of Independence
27Declaration of Independecea formal statement written by Thomas Jefferson declaring the freedom of the thirteen American colonies from Great Britain
28Thomas Jeffersonan American Founding Father who was principal author of the Declaration of Independence
29Articles of Confederationthe original constitution of the US which was ratified in 1781
30Daniel Shay's Rebellionthe name given to a series of protests in 1786 and 1787 by American farmers against state and local enforcement of tax collections and judgments for debt
31Philadelphia Convention (aka Constitutional Convention)the gathering that drafted the Constitution of the United States in 1787
32James Madisonwas a political theorist, American statesman, and served as the fourth President of the United States
33Common Sensea pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775–76 that inspired people in the Thirteen Colonies to declare and fight for independence from Great Britain
34Quartering Acta name given to a minimum of two Acts of British Parliament in the local governments of the American colonies to provide the British soldiers with any needed accommodations or housing
35"No Taxation Without Representation"a slogan originating during the 1750s and 1760s that summarized a primary grievance of the American colonists in the Thirteen Colonies, which was one of the major causes of the American Revolution
36Parliamentthe British legislature
37Legislaturea group of people that makes laws
38Independenceself-reliance and freedom from outside control
39Confederationa group of states that band together for a common purpose
40Indentured Servanta person who agreed to work for a period of 7 years to pay off the cost of their passage to the colonies
41Middle Passagethe journey across the Atlantic Ocean made by slave ships
42Battle of Lexington and Concord"shot heard around the world"; first battle of the Revolutionary War