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Flashcards by Bethany Davis, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Bethany Davis
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| Question | Answer |
| The british legislature | Parliament |
| a group of people that makes laws | Legislature |
| a ruling that is used as the basis for a judicial decision in a later, similar case | Precedent |
| system of laws based on precedent and customs | common law |
| an agreement, or contract, among a group of people | compact |
| a gathering of local citizens to discuss and vote on important issues | town meeting |
| the theory that a country should sell more goods to other countries than it buys | mercantilism |
| the refusal to purchase certain goods | boycott |
| a formal meeting at which representatives discuss matters of common purpose | congress |
| self-reliance and freedom from outside control | independence |
| a group of individuals or states that band together for a common purpose | confederation |
| Great charter signed in 1215 by king John; limited the power of the monarch and recognized rights of the nobles | magna carta |
| 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 | Glorious Revolution |
| in England history guaranteed free elections, the rights to a fair trial, and made cruel and unusual punishment illegal | English bill of rights |
| rights you are born with-life, liberty, and property | Natural rights |
| agreement between the people and the government; people agree to give up part of their freedom to govt. in exchange for protection of natural rights | social contract |
| philosopher who came up with "separation of powers" | Baron de Montesquieu |
| during the 17090's & 1800's movement that spread the idea that reason and science could improve society | Enlightenment |
| document signed by passengers of the Mayflower; created a direct democracy in the New World; also represents idea of a social contract | Mayflower Compact |
| bicameral legislature in Jamestown Virginia also the first representative democracy in the New World | House of Burgesses |
| colony owned by a person who controlled the land and government | Proprietary Colony |
| colony owned and ruled directly by the king | Royal Colony |
| a person who agreed to work for a period of 7 years to pay off the cost of there passage to the colonies | indentured servant |
| trade between Europe, Africa and America. Slaves from Africa were transported to America and traded for sugar and molasses | Triangular trade |
| the journey made across the atlantic ocean by slave ships | Middle Passage |
| "healthy or useful neglect"- england did not strictly enforce its laws to the colonies | salutary neglect |
| also called the seven years war between England and France because of war debt England began to tax the colonists | French Indian War |
| slogan that summed up the colonist anger over taxes and the fact the colonies were not allowed to send representatives to parliament | "no taxation without representation" |
| MArch 5 1770 British soldiers opened fire on a crowd killing 5 american colonists;event fueled the Americans hatred for the British | Boston Massacre |
| a tax on printed materials such as legal documents, mail, newspapers, etc | Stamp Act |
| colonists some dressed as indians sneaked aboard British ships and dumped 90,000 pounds of tea into the Boston Harbour | Boston Tea Party |
| also known as the Coercive Acts; these acts punished the Boston colonists for the Boston tea party; the Boston port was closed to trade and a new quartering act | Intolerable acts |
| part of the intolerable acts; act that required colonist to house and feed british soldiers | quartering act |
| pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that was widely read in the colonies; said colonies should be free and independent | common sense |
| "shot heard around the world"; first battle of the Revolutionary War | Battle of Lexington and Concord |
| meeting of colonial delegates in May 1775; a committee of 5 men were appointed to write a document declaring American independence | Second Continental Congress |
| the document addressed to king george II of England that declared American independence | Declaration of Independence |
| chief author of the D.O.I. | Thomas Jefferson |
| English philosopher whose natural rights philosophy was a BIG influence on Thomas Jefferson | John Locke |
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