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Flashcards by Mahogany Alajiah, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Mahogany Alajiah
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| Question | Answer |
| 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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