Enlightenment
Magna Carta
Glorious Revolution
English Bill Of Rights
Mayflower Compact
House of Burgesses
Dicameral
John Locke
Natural Rights
(Inalienable rights)
Social Contract
Baron de Montesquie
Separation Of Powers
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
Triangular Trade
Salutary neglect
French Indian War
(seven year war)
Mercantilism
Stamp Act
Boycott
Boston Massacre
Boston Tea Party
Coercive Acts
(Intolerable Acts)
Proclamation of 1763
First Continental Congress
Olive Branch Petition
Second Continental Congress
Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
Articles of Confederation
Daniel Shays' Rebellion
Philadelphia Convention
(Constitutional Convention)
James Madison
Common Sense
Quartering Act