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Flashcards by Bryan Padilla, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Bryan Padilla
almost 8 years ago
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| Question | Answer |
| Enlightenment | aka "Age of Reason"; 1700's & 1800's movement that spread the idea that reason and science could improve society. |
| Mayflower Compact | document signed by passengers of Mayflower; created a direct democracy in the New World; also represents the idea of a social contract. |
| House of Burgesses | 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 colonies. |
| triangular trade | trade between Europe, Africa and the Americas; slaves from Africa were transported to the Americas and traded for sugar and molasses. |
| Middle Passage | the journey across the Atlantic 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 Parliament. |
| Boston Massacre | March 5 1770 British soldiers opened fire on a crowd killing 5 american colonists; event fueled teethe Americans hatred for the British. |
| Stamp Act | a tax on printed materials such as legal documents, mail, newspapers, 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 required 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 independent |
| Battle of lexington and Concord | "shot heard around the word"; first battle of the revolutionary 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 2 of England that declared American independence |
| Thomas Jefferson | Main 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 colonists could not settle new lands beyond the Appalachian Mts. |
| Articles of Confederation | our 1st government; lasted for about 10 years; created a "league of friendship" between the 13 states |
| Daniel Shay's Rebellion | a wake up call for Americans; Daniel Shays led a rebellion of Massachusetts farmers against the federal govt. under the AOC |
| Philadelphia Convention | ada Constitutional Convention; met May Sept. 1787 delegates suppose to amend (fix) the Articles of Confederation; end up writing a new constitution |
| James Madison | Father of the Constitution |
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