Chapter 2 Civics and Economics Vocab.

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Chapter 2 Vocab
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Magna Carta An authorization that King John was forced to issue by English barons
Glorious Revolution "Bloodless Revolution" When Mary II and Her husband William III replaced her father James II
Parliament The highest authority in Great Britain
English Bill of Rights An act that was passed on December 16,1689 by Parliament
Bicameral 2 branches/chambers
House of Burgesses 1st Legislative body in Britain-American colonies democratically elected
Mayflower Compact What the pilgrims had to sign before boarding the mayflower to flee from religious persecution
Salutary Neglect England Ignored 13 colonies for 150 years
French & Indian War French and Native Americans fights against Britain and Colonists
Proclamation of 1763 Forbid settlement past a line along the Appalachian Mountains
Mercantilism Profitable trading
Boston Masscare Patriots threw snowballs at British guards and they let fire killing 5 and hitting 11
No taxation without representation People must be consulted before taxing them
Boston Tea Party 342 cases of tea were thrown overboard in the Boston Harbor
Legislature people that make laws
Boycott To withdraw from
Independence To be free and self dependent
Confederation Number of groups in alliance
Natural Rights Rights everyone is born with: Liberty and property and no man can take it away
Social Contract An agreement between government and the people
Baron de Montesquieu "separation of powers"
Enlightenment Reason science and reason could improve
Indentured Servant Person under contract to work for someone else
Triangular trade trade between Europe, Africa and the Americas
Middle Passage Slave ships crossed Atlantic Ocean
Stamp Act Tax on anything on paper
Intolerable Acts Punished colonists for Boston Tea Party
Quartering Act COlonists had to house and feed British soldiers
Common Sense pamphlet written by Thomas Paine
Battle of Lexington And Concord First Revolutionary War
Second Continental Congress Declaration of Independence was made
Declaration of Independence majority Written by Thomas Jefferson and 2nd continental congress
Thomas Jefferson Wrote most of the declaration of independence
Articles of confederation Original constitution of the US
Daniel Shay's Rebellion name given by american farmers against law enforcement
Philadelphia convention drafted constitution of US
James madison political theorist
Olive branch petiton North america to avoid war against Britain
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