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Desmonique Brown01 English 40 cards

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