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Creado por Mahogany Alajiah
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Pregunta | Respuesta |
Enlightenment | European Intellectual movement in the 17th and 18th centuries emphasizing reason and individualism |
Magna Carta, 1215 | limited the king's power and gave equal rights to everyone |
Glorious Revolution | Overthrow King James II of England and putting his daughter Mary and her husband William in power |
English Bill of Rights | Limits the king's power, free elections to Parliament, right to a fair trial and no cruel or strange punishment |
Mayflower Compact | Governing document of Plymouth Colony. First written set of laws and government of the New World |
House of Burgess | First Democratically elected legislative body in the colonies |
Bicameral | Having two branches |
John Locke | Philosopher who mostly influenced the US Documents with Natural Rights, Right to Revolt and Social Contract |
Natural Rights | Right to Life, Liberty and Property |
Social Contract | We the people give up some of our freedoms and rights to do certain things in exchange that the government will protect our natural rights |
Baron de Montesquieu | Philosopher who came up with the idea of Separation of Powers |
Separation of Power | Government with 3 separate branches that have the power to check each other |
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut | First written constitution of the New World |
Triangular Trade | Trade between Europe, Africa and the Americas. Slaves from Africa were transported to America and traded for sugar and molasses. |
Salutary Neglect | Sometimes called healthy or useful neglect meant England did not strictly enforce its laws in the colonies |
French Indian War | French and Indians against the colonists. Colonies gain lots of territory. |
Mercantilism | A country should sell more goods to other countries than it buys |
Stamp Act | Tax on all printed materials |
Boycott | Refuse to buy certain goods |
Boston Massacre | March 5,1770 British troops opened fire on a crowd of colonists killing 5. |
Boston Tea Party | Colonists dressed as Indians and dumped 90,000 pounds of tea into the Boston Harbor |
Coercive Acts or Intolerable Acts | Punished the Boston colonists for dumping the tea. The Boston Harbor were closed to trade |
Proclamation of 1763 | Colonists couldn't settle in land beyond the Appalachian Mountains |
First Continental Congress | First meeting of the delegates from the Colonies in Philadelphia. |
Olive Branch Petition | Letter made for King George III from members of the Second Continental Congress. Last attempt to avoid a war. |
Second Continental Congress | Meeting of the Delegates in 1775, committee of 5 men to write the Declaration of Independence |
Common Sense | pamphlet written by Thomas Pained saying that the colonies should be free and independent |
Declaration of Independence | Document addressed to King George III declaring American Independence |
Thomas Jefferson | Chief Author of DOI |
Article of Confederation | 1st government, system for 10 years and created a league of friendship between the colonies |
Daniel Shays' Rebellion | Daniel Shays led a rebellion against the federal government under the AOC |
Philadelphia or Constitutional Convention | Met in 1787 to fix the AOC but just writes a New Constitution |
James Madison | Father of the Constitution |
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