Flashcards
Chapter 2 Vocab
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- 1Magna Carterused to limit the king's power
- 2Glorious RevolutionIn 1688, when William of Orange stole the throne from James II. This brought change in the English Constitution.
- 3Parliamentthe Legislative in England
- 4English Bill of RightsPassed by Parliament in 1689 after the Glorious Revolution. Established a limited constitutional monarchy
- 5Bicameralhaving two branches
- 6House of BurgessesIn 1619, first democratically elected legislative body in the colonies.
- 7Mayflower CompactIn the Plymouth colony, it was the first governing document
- 8Salutary NeglectInitiated by Prime Minister Robert Walpole to relax some of the strict rules and trade laws on the colonies
- 9French Indian War7 year war fought between the French and British. The Native Americans supported the French
- 10Proclamation of 1763Ed of the French Indian War
- 11MercantilismProfitable trading
- 12Boston Massacrestreet fight between the colonist and british troops. The troops murdered several colonists.
- 13"No Taxation Without Representation"there were no colonists in the Parliament
- 14Boston Tea PartyDestruction of Tea in Boston as political protest by the Sons of Liberty
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