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Pregunta | Respuesta |
Parliment | The British Legislator |
Legislature | A group of people that makes laws |
Precedent | A ruling that is used as the basis for a judicial decision in a later similar case |
Common Law | A system of law based on precedent and customs |
Compact | An agreement, or contract, among a group of people |
Town Meeting | A gathering of a local citizens to discuss and vote on important issues. |
Mercantilism | The theory that a country should sell more goods to other countries than it buys. |
Boycott | The refusal to purchase certain goods |
Congress | A formal meeting at which representatives discuss matters of common concern |
Independence | Self Reliance and freedom from outside control |
Confederation | A group of individuals or states that band together for a common purpose |
Glorious Revolution | 1688 the peaceful transfer of power in history of Britain; Parliament removed King James ll from throne and invited his daughter Mary and her husband William to rule instead |
Magna Carta | Great charter signed in 1215 by King John; limited power of the monarch and recognized rights of the nobles |
English Bill of Rights | In English history guaranteed free elections, the right to a fair trial, and made cruel and unusual punishment illegal. |
Natural Rights | right you are born with-life, liberty and property. |
Social contract | 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 |
Baron de Montesquieu | philosopher who came up with "separation of powers" |
Enlightenment | during the 1700's and 1800's movement that spread the idea that reason and science could improve society. |
Mayflower compact | document signed by the passengers on the mayflower, created a direct democracy in the new world |
House of Burgesses | bicameral legislator in Jamestown |
Proprietary colony | colony owned by a person who controlled the land a govt. |
Royal colony | colony owned by the king |
indentured servant | a person who agreed to work for a period of seven years to pay off the cost of their passage of the colonies |
Triangular trade | trade between europe,africa, and the americas, slaves from africa were trade fo 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 on the colonist |
French Indian War | also know as the 7 years war fought between england and france, and because of war debt england taxed the colonies |
No taxation without representation | slogan that summed up the colonists anger over the taxes and the fact colonies were not allowed to send representatives to parliment |
Boston massacre | March 5 1770 british soldiers opened fire on civilians killing 5 |
Stamp act | Taxed anything on paper |
Boston tea party | When colonists dumped 90,000 pounds of taxed british tea into the harbor |
Intolerable acts | also known as the coercive acts, they punished boston colonists for the boston tea party, the port was closed to trade |
Qurtering act | part of the intolerable acts, act that required colonists to house and feed british soldiers |
Common Sense | pamphlet written by thomas paine that was widely read in the colonies |
Battle of Lexington and Concord | 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 Americas independence |
D.O.I | Document that declared Americas freedom from Great Britain |
Thomas Jefferson | Chief author of the D.O.I |
John Locke | English philosopher who came up with natural rights |
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