Enlightenment

Magna Carta

Glorious Revolution

English Bill Of Rights

Mayflower Compact

House of Burgesses

Dicameral

John Locke

Natural Rights
(Inalienable rights)

Social Contract

Baron de Montesquie

Separation Of Powers

Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

Triangular Trade

Salutary neglect

French Indian War
(seven year war)

Mercantilism

Stamp Act

Boycott

Boston Massacre

Boston Tea Party

Coercive Acts
(Intolerable Acts)

Proclamation of 1763

First Continental Congress

Olive Branch Petition

Second Continental Congress

Declaration of Independence

Thomas Jefferson

Articles of Confederation

Daniel Shays' Rebellion

Philadelphia Convention
(Constitutional Convention)

James Madison

Common Sense

Quartering Act