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Chapter 2 Flashcards
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- 1Magna CartaSigned in 1215; primarily secured liberties for England's elite classes
- 2Social ContractOriginating during the enlightenment age; the belief that societies exist through a mutual contract between individuals, and the state exists to serve the will of the people
- 3Baron De MontesquieuFrench political philosopher, who came up with the Separation of powers that was a major contribution to the political theory
- 4Jamestown, VirginiaFirst permanent English settlement in the Americas
- 5BicameralA bicameral legislature is where the legislators are separated into two separate branches
- 6House of BurgessesThe first legislative assembly of elected representatives in North America
- 7PilgrimsEarly settlers of the Plymouth Colony
- 8Mayflower Compactfirst governing document of Plymouth Colony;They were fleeing from religious persecution by King James of England
- 9Indentured ServantA person under contract to work for another person for a definite period of time, usually without pay but in exchange for free passage to a new country
- 10Triangular Slave TradeSlaves were traded between Africa, the Caribbean, and the American colonies
- 11Salutary NeglectBritain's absence in colonial America due to pressing issues in England left the colonies alone for the most part to govern themselves
- 12French & Indian War (7 years war)A war fought between Great Britain and France and their allies.
- 13MercantilismBelief in the benefits of profitable trade
- 14BoycottWithdraw of using or buying goods as a form of protest
- 15Stamp ActAct against colonists by imposing taxes on newspapers and legal documents
- 16Declaratory ActAct of the Parliament of Great Britain, which accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act 1765 and the changing and lessening of the Sugar Act.
- 17Boston MassacreA fight between British soldiers and several colonists which resulted in the injury and murder of several colonists
- 18Boston Tea PartyAn act of protest against taxation; Samuel Adams and the Sons of Liberty boarded three ships in the Boston harbor and threw 342 chests of tea overboard
- 19Intolerable ActsBritish laws passed by the Parliament of Great Britain 1774 toward punishing the Massachusetts colonists for the actions taken in the incident known as the Boston Tea Party
- 20"Common Sense"Pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that inspired people in the Thirteen Colonies to declare and fight for independence from Great Britain
- 21Second Continental CongressConvention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting in the summer of 1775, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- 22Declaration of IndependenceStatement adopted by the Continental Congress meeting at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on July 4, 1776, which announced that the thirteen American colonies regarded themselves as thirteen newly independent sovereign states, and no longer a part of the British Empire
- 23Articles of ConfederationWritten document that established the functions of the national government of the United States after it declared independence from Great Britain
- 24Daniel Shays RebellionSeries of protests in 1786 and 1787 by American farmers against state and local enforcement of tax collections and judgments for debt.
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