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- 1ParliamentThe british legislature
- 2LegislatureA group of people that make laws
- 3MercantilismThe theory that a country should sell more goods to other countries than it buys
- 4BoycottThe refusal to purchase certain goods
- 5IndependenceSelf-reliance and freedom from outside control
- 6ConfederationA group of states that band together for a common purpose
- 7Magna CartaGreat charter signed in 2115 by king John ;
- 8Glorious Revolution1688 the peaceful transfer of power in history of England ; parliament removed King James 2 from throne and invited his daughter Mary & her husband William to rule instead
- 9English Bill of RightsIn English history guaranteed free elections, the right to a fair trial and made cruel and unusual punishment illegal
- 10Natural RightsRights you are born with- life,liberty & property
- 11Social ContractAgreement between the people and the government ; people agree to give up their freedom to govt. in exchange for protection of natural rights
- 12Baron de MontesquieuPhilosopher who came up with "separation of powers"
- 13EnlightenmentDuring the 1700's & 1800's movement that spread the idea that reason and science could improve society
- 14Mayflower CompactDocument signed by passengers of Mayflower ; created a direct democracy in the New World ; also represents idea of a social contract
- 15House of BurgessesBicameral legislature in jamestown, Virginia ; also was the 1st representative democracy in the New World
- 16Indentured servantA person who agreed to work for 7 years to pay off the cost of their passage to the colonies
- 17Triangular tradeTrade between Europe, Africa and the Americans ; slaves from Africa were transported to the Americans and traded for sugar and molasses
- 18Middle PassageThe journey across the Atlantic Ocean made by slave ships
- 19Salutary neglectSometimes called healthy or useful neglect meant England did not strictly enforce its laws in the colonies
- 20French Indian WarAlso called the seven years war between England and France ; because of war dept England began to tax the colonies
- 21"no taxation without representation"Slogan that summed up the colonist anger over taxes and the fact the colonies were NOT allowed to send representitives to Parliament
- 22Boston MassacreMarch 5th 1770, British soldiers opened fire on a crowd killing 5 American colonist ; event fueled the Americans hatred for the British
- 23Stamp ActA tax on printed materials such as legal documents ; mail, newspapers, ect.
- 24Boston Tea PartyColonist some dressed as Indians sneaked aboard British ships and dumped 90,000 pounds of tea into the Boston Harbor
- 25IntolerableAlso known as the Coercive Acts ; these acts punished the Boston colonist for the Boston Tea Party , the Boston port was closed to trade and a new quartering Act
- 26Quartering ActPart of the intolerable acts ; act that required colonist to house and feed british soldiers
- 27Common sensePamphlet written by Thomas Pained that was widely read in the colonies ; said colonies should be free and independent
- 28Battle of Lexington and Concord"shot heard around the world" ; first battle of the Revolutionary War
- 29Second Continental CongressMeeting of colonial delegates in May 1775 ; a committee of 5 men were appointed to write a document declaring American independence
- 30Declaration of IndependenceThe document addressed to King George the 2nd of England that declared American independence
- 31Thomas JeffersonChief author of the D.O.I
- 32John LockeEnglish philosopher whose natural rights philosophy was a BIG influence on Thomas Jefferson
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