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Flashcards by Krislyn Lewis6276, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Krislyn Lewis6276
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| Question | Answer |
| parliament | the british legislature |
| legislature | a group of people that makes laws |
| mercantilism | the theory that a country should sell more goods to other countries than it buys |
| boycott | the refusal to purchase certain goods |
| independence | self-reliance and freedom from outside control |
| confederation | a group of states that band together for a common purpose |
| Magna Carta | great charter signed in 1215 by king john limited the power of the monarch and recognized rights of the nobles |
| glorious revolution | 1688 the peaceful transfer of power in history of England: parliament removed king James II from throne and invited his daughter Mary and her husband William to rule instead |
| English bill of rights | in english history guaranteed free elections the right to a fair trial and made cruel and unusual punishment illegal |
| natural rights | rights you are born with-life, liberty and property |
| social contract | agreement between the people (the governed) and the government people agree to give up part of their freedom to govt, in exchange for protection of natural rights |
| baron be montesquieu | philosopher who came up with "separation of powers" |
| enlightenment | during the 1700's and 1800's movement that spread the idea that reason and science could improve society |
| mayflower compact | document signed by passengers if mayflower created a direct democracy in the new world also represents idea of a social contract |
| house of burgesses | bicameral legislature in jamestown virginia also was the first representative democracy in the new world |
| indentured servant | a person who agreed to work for a period of 7 years to pay off the cost of their passage to the colonies |
| triangular trade | trade between europe africa and the americas; slaves from africa were transported to the americas and traded for sugar and molasses |
| middle passage | the journey across the atlantic ocean made by slave ships |
| salutary neglect | sometimes called healthy or useful neglect meant england did not strictly enforce its laws in the colonies |
| french indian war | also called the seven years war between england and france; because of war debt england began to tax the colonies 6 |
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