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| Pregunta | Respuesta |
| parliament | the british legislature |
| legislature | a group of people that make law |
| mercantilism | the theory that a country should sell more good to other countries than it buy |
| boycott | the refusal to purchase certain good |
| magna carta | great character signed in 1215 by king john limited the power of the monarch and recognized right of the noble |
| glorious revolution | 1688 the peaceful transfer of power in history of england parliament removed king 2 from throne and invited his daughter mary and her husband william rule instead |
| english bill of right | gave right to people england guaranteed free election the right to a fair trial and made cruel and unusual punishment illegal |
| natural right | right you are are born with life liberty 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 right |
| baron de montesquieu | philosopher who came came up with separation of power his name has 3 syllables for branches of govt. |
| enlightenment | movement that spread the idea that reason and science could improve society |
| mayflower compact | mayflower created created a direct democracy in the new world also represent idea of a social contract |
| house of burgesses | bicameral legislature is jamestown virginia also was the first representative democracy in the new |
| indentured servant | a person who agreed to work for a period of 7 year 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 ship |
| salutary neglect | sometime called healthy or useful neglect meant england did not strictly enforce it law in the colonies |
| french and indian war | also called the seven year year between england and france because of war debt england began to tax the colonies |
| no taxation without representation | slogan that summed up the colonist anger over taxes and the fact the colonies were not allowed to send representative to parliament |
| boston massacre | march 5 1770 british soldier opened fired on a crowd killing 5 american colonies event fueled the american hatred for the british |
| stamp act | a tax on printed material such as legal document mail newspaper etc |
| boston tea party | colonist some dressed as indian sneaked aboard british ship and dumped 90,000 pound of tea into the boston harbor |
| intolerable act | also known as the coercive act these act law punished the boston colonist for boston tea party the boston port was close to trade and a quartering act |
| quartering act | part of the intolerable act that required colonist to house and feed british soldier |
| common sense | pamphlet written by thomas that was widely read in the colonies said colonies should be free and independent |
| battle of lexington and concord | shot heard around the world first battle of the revolutionary war |
| second continental congress | meeting of colonial delegate 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 right philosophy was a big influence on thomas jefferson |
| fundamental order of connecticut | 1st written constitution in the new world |
| proclamation of 1763 | england said colonist could not settle new land beyond the appalachian mts |
| articles of confederation | our 1st government lasted for about 10 year created a league of friendship between the 13 state |
| daniel shay rebellion | a wake up call for american daniel shay led a rebellion of massachusetts farmer against the federal govt under the aoc |
| philadelphia convention | aka constitutional convention met may sept 1787 delegate suppose to amend the articled of confederation end up writing a new constitution |
| james maddison | father of the constitution |
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