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| Question | Answer |
| Enlightenment | idea and cultural movement |
| Magna Carta | 1215, nobles rebelled against King John. Signed an agreement that protected the nobles' privileges and authority. |
| Glorious Revolution | Parliament overthrew the king and invited his daughter and her husband to rule, but only if they signed an agreement that limited their powers. |
| English Bill Of Rights | Document that further restricted the monarch's power |
| Mayflower Compact | Pilgrims drew up a written plan for government. |
| House of Burgesses | first representative assembly in the English colonies |
| Dicameral | divided into two branches or chambers |
| John Locke | Natural rights (life, liberty, and property) |
| Natural Rights (Inalienable rights) | people were born equal with rights to life, liberty, and property |
| Social Contract | agreement among the people in a society |
| Baron de Montesquie | Came up with the idea about dividing the branches of government into different parts, so no one part would have too much power. |
| Separation Of Powers | 3 branches of government (Judicial, Executive, Legislative) |
| Fundamental Orders of Connecticut | America's first written Constitution. Representative democracy |
| Triangular Trade | the pattern of trade that developed among the Americas, Africa, and Europe |
| Salutary neglect | sometimes called healthy or useful neglect meant England did not strictly enforce its laws in the colonies |
| French Indian War (seven year war) | french and indians fought against British and colonies (won Land) |
| Mercantilism | the theory that a country should sell more goods to other countries than it buys |
| Stamp Act | a tax on printed materials such as legal documents, mail, newspapers, etc. |
| Boycott | the refusal to purchase certain goods |
| Boston Massacre | 3/5/1770 British soldiers opened fire on a crowd killing 5 American colonists; event fueled the Americans hatred for the British |
| Boston Tea Party | Colonists some dressed as Indians sneaked aboard British ships and dumped 90,000 pounds of tea into the Boston Harbor |
| Coercive Acts (Intolerable Acts) | these laws punished the Boston colonists for the Boston Tea Party; the Boston port was closed to trade and a new Quartering Act |
| Proclamation of 1763 | England said colonists could not settle new lands beyond the Appalachian Mountains |
| First Continental Congress | 12-13 delegates came together at the first of the American Revolution |
| Olive Branch Petition | last letter sent to King George lll sent from the second continental congress ; represented last attempt to avoid war |
| Second Continental Congress | meeting of colonial delegates in May 1775; a committee of 5 men were appointed to write a document declaring American Independence |
| Declaration of Independence | the document addressed to King George ll of England that declared American Independence |
| Thomas Jefferson | chief author of the D.O.I |
| Articles of Confederation | our first government; lasted for about 10 years; created a "league of friendship" between the 13 states |
| Daniel Shays' Rebellion | a wake up call for Americans; Daniel Shays led a rebellion of Massachusetts farmers against the federal govt. under AOC |
| Philadelphia Convention (Constitutional Convention) | met May Sept. 1787 delegates suppose to amend (fix) the AOC; end up writing a new constitution |
| James Madison | Father of the Constitution |
| Common Sense | pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that was widely read in the colonies; said colonies should be free and independent |
| Quartering Act | part of the intolerable acts; act that was widely read in the colonist to house and feed British soldiers |
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