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Flashcards by swhitfield, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by swhitfield
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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 othr contries 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 nobles |
| Glorious Revolution | 1688 the peaceful transfer of power in history of England: Parliament removed King James ll 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 unusal punishment illegal |
| Natural Rights | rights you are born with-life, liberty & property |
| Social Contract | agreement between the people (the governed) and the government; People agree to give up part of thir freedom to govt. in exchange of natural rights |
| Baron De Montesquieu | philosopher who came up with Enlightenment |
| Enlightenment | "separation of powers" |
| Mayflower Compact | document signed by passengers of mayflower; created a direct democracy in the New World; also represents idea of a social contract |
| House of Burgess | 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 coloniesEr |
| Triangular Trade | trade between Europe, Africa and the Americas; slavs from Africa were transported to the Americas and traded for sugar and molasses |
| Middle Passage | the journey across the Alantic 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 |
| "No Taxation Without Representation" | slogan that summed up the colonists anger over taxes and the fact the colonies were NOT allowed to send representatives to Parliment |
| Boston Massacre | March 5 1770 British soldiers opened fire on a crowd killing 5 American colonists; event fueled the Americans hatred for the British |
| Stamp Act | a tax on printed material such as legal documents; mail, newspaper, etc. |
| Boston Tea Party | colonists some dressed as Indians sneaked aboard British ships and dumped 90,000 pounds of tea into the Boston Harbor |
| Intolerable Acts | also known as the Coercive Acts; these acts (laws) punished the Boston colonists for the Boston Tea Party; the Boston port was closed to trade and a new Quartering Act |
| Quartering Act | part of the Intolerable Acts: act that reaquired colonist to house and feed British soldiers |
| Common Sense | pamphlet written by Thomas Pained that was widely read in the colonies: said colonies should be free and Indpendent |
| Battle of Lexington and Concord | "shot heard around the world"; first battle of the Revolutionary War |
| Second Continental Congress | meeting of colonial delegates in mary 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 |
| John Locke | English Philosopher whose natural rights philosophy was a BIG influence on Thomas Jefferson |
| Fundamental Orders Of Connecticut | 1st written constitution in the New World |
| Proclamation of 1763 | England said colonist could not settle new lands beyond the Appalachian Mts. |
| Articles Of Confedreation | our 1st governemet; lasted for about 10 years; created a "league of friendship" between the 13 states |
| Daniel Shay's Rebellion | a wake up call for American; Daniel Shays led a rebellion of Massachusetts farmers agaisnt the federal govt. under the AOC |
| Philadelphia Convention | aka Constitutional Convention; met May-Sept. 1787 delegates suppose to amend (fix) the Articles of Confederation ended up writing a ne constitution |
| James Madison | Father of the Constitution |
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