Chapter 2 Civics and Economics Vocabulary

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Chapter 2 Civics and Economics Vocabulary
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Enlightenment a movement that spread the idea that reason and science could improve society
Magna Carta a document that protected the nobles authority and privileges
Glorious Revolution the transfer of power monarch to parliament
English Bill of Rights it was further restricted monarchs power
Mayflower COmpact a written set of rules for first settlers in America
House of Burgesses the first representative assembly in colonies
Dicameral the legislature composed of an upper house, the Senate, and a lower house, the House of Delegates
John Locke an English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers and commonly known as the "Father of Liberalism"
Natural Rights (aka inalienable rights) rights that people supposedly have under natural law
Social Contract an agreement among people in a society with the government
Baron De Montesquieu developed the idea of separate branches of government to balance each other
Separation of Powers a political doctrine originating in the writings of Montesquieu in The Spirit of the Laws where he urged for a constitutional government with three separate branches of government
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut they describe the government set up by the Connecticut River towns, setting its structure and powers
Triangular Trade the system of trading slaves across the Atlantic
Salutary Neglect it was Britain's unofficial policy, initiated by prime minister Robert Walpole , to relax the enforcement of strict regulations, particularly trade laws, imposed on the American colonies late in the seventeenth and early in the eighteenth centuries
French Indian War (aka Seven years War) a war that was fought between the colonies of British America and New France, with both sides supported by military
Mercantilism the belief in the benefits of profitable trading
Stamp Act a British law requiring colonists to attach stamps to newspapers and legal documents
Boycott the withdraw from commercial or social relations of a country, organization, or person
Boston Massacre colonists were angered by and made trouble for British
Boston Tea Party colonists dumped tea into Boston Harbor
Coercive Acts (aka Intolerable Acts) it restricted colonists civil rights
Proclamation of 1763 it forbade all settlement past a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains
First Continental COngress representatives from colonies met and sent document to King George demanding to restore rights
Olive Branch Petition a letter to King George III, from members of the Second Continental Congress, which represents the last attempt by the moderate party in North America to avoid a war of independence against Britain
Second Continental Congress decided to write Declaration of Independence
Declaration of Independece a formal statement written by Thomas Jefferson declaring the freedom of the thirteen American colonies from Great Britain
Thomas Jefferson an American Founding Father who was principal author of the Declaration of Independence
Articles of Confederation the original constitution of the US which was ratified in 1781
Daniel Shay's Rebellion the name given to a series of protests in 1786 and 1787 by American farmers against state and local enforcement of tax collections and judgments for debt
Philadelphia Convention (aka Constitutional Convention) the gathering that drafted the Constitution of the United States in 1787
James Madison was a political theorist, American statesman, and served as the fourth President of the United States
Common Sense a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775–76 that inspired people in the Thirteen Colonies to declare and fight for independence from Great Britain
Quartering Act a name given to a minimum of two Acts of British Parliament in the local governments of the American colonies to provide the British soldiers with any needed accommodations or housing
"No Taxation Without Representation" a slogan originating during the 1750s and 1760s that summarized a primary grievance of the American colonists in the Thirteen Colonies, which was one of the major causes of the American Revolution
Parliament the British legislature
Legislature a group of people that makes laws
Independence self-reliance and freedom from outside control
Confederation a group of states that band together for a common purpose
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
Middle Passage the journey across the Atlantic Ocean made by slave ships
Battle of Lexington and Concord "shot heard around the world"; first battle of the Revolutionary War
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