Social contract

Baron de Montesquieu (big idea)

Jamestown, Virginia

Bicameral

House of burgesses

Pilgrims

Mayflower compact

Indentured servants

Triangular slave trade

Salutary neglect

French/indian war

Mercantilism

Boycott

Stamp act

Declatory act

Boston massacre

Boston tea party

Intolerable acts

Common sense

Second continental congress

Declaration of independence

Articles of confederation

Daniel shays rebellion

John Locke

Thomas jefferson

Battle of lexington and concord

English bill of rights

Natural rights

Social contract

Enlightenment

Proprietary colony

Royal colony

Middle passage

Parliament

Legislature

Precedent

Common law

Compact

Town meeting

Congress

Independence

Confederation

Magna carta

Glorious Revolution