Constitution

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Enlightenment	a European intellectual movement of the late 17th and 18th centuries emphasizing reason and individualism rather than tradition
Magna Carta	a charter of liberties to which the English barons forced King John to give his assent in June 1215 at Runnymede
Glorious Revolution	the last genuine revolution in Britain. Because there was little armed resistance in England to William and Mary, the revolution is also called the Bloodless Revolution.
English Bill of rights	The Bill creates separation of powers, limits the powers of the king and queen, enhances the democratic election and bolsters freedom of speech.
Mayflower Compact	an agreement to establish a government, entered into by the Pilgrims in the cabin of the Mayflower on November 11, 1620.
House of Burgesses	the assembly of representatives in colonial Virginia.
Bicameral	(of a legislative body) having two branches or chambers.
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	privileges and basic freedoms people were entitled to simply because of their existence.
Social Contract	an implicit agreement among the members of a society to cooperate for social benefits
Baron de Montesquieu	generally referred to as simply Montesquieu, was a French lawyer, man of letters, and political philosopher who lived during the Age of Enlightenment.
Separation of Power	an act of vesting the legislative, executive, and judicial powers of government in separate bodies.
Fundamental orders of Connecticut	The orders describe the government set up by the Connecticut River towns, setting its structure and powers.
Triangular trade	the trade in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries that involved shipping goods from Britain to West Africa to be exchanged for slaves
Salutary neglect	the unofficial, long-term seventeenth- and eighteenth-century British Crown policy of avoiding strict enforcement of parliamentary laws meant to keep American colonies obedient to England.
French and Indian War	the war in America in which France and its Indian allies opposed England
Mercantilism	belief in the benefits of profitable trading; commercialism.
Stamp Act	an act of the British Parliament in 1756 that exacted revenue from the American colonies by imposing a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents
boy cott	withdraw from commercial or social relation
Boston Massacre	a street fight that occurred on March 5, 1770, between a "patriot" mob, throwing snowballs, stones, and sticks, and a squad of British soldiers
boston tea party	was a political protest by the Sons of Liberty in Boston, on December 16, 1773.
Intolerable Acts	the American Patriots' term for a series of punitive laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 after the Boston Tea party.
Proclamation of 1763	forbade all settlement past a line drawn along the Appalachian Mountains.
First Continental Congress	a meeting of delegates from twelve of the thirteen colonies that met on September 5 to October 26, 1774 at Carpenters' Hall in Philadelphia
Olive Branch Petition	was 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	a convention of delegates from the Thirteen Colonies that started meeting in the summer of 1775, in Philadelphia
declaration of independence	the 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	served as the written document that established the functions of the national government of the United States after it declared independence from Great Britain.
daniel shays rebellion	a series of protests in 1786 and 1787 by American farmers against state and local enforcement of tax collections and judgments for debt.
constitutional convention	The gathering that drafted the Constitution of the United States in 1787
james madison	James Madison, was a political theorist, American statesman, and served as the second President of the United States
Common Sense	pamphlet written by Thomas Paine in 1775–76 that inspired people in the Thirteen Colonies to declare and fight for independence from Great Britain in the summer of 1776
quartering act	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.

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