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Flashcards by Ashlea Williams, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Ashlea Williams
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| Question | Answer |
| Parliment | the British legislature |
| Legislature | a group of people that makes laws |
| Mercantilism | the theory that a country should sell more goods to other countries than it buys |
| Boycott | the refusal to purchase certain goods |
| Confederation | a "loose" association between the 13 colonies |
| Magna Carta | Great Charter signed in 1215 by King John; limited the power of the monarch and recognied rights of the nobles |
| Glorious Revolution | 1688 the peaceful transfer of power in history of England: Parliament removed King James ll from the throne and invited his daughter Mary and her husband William to rule instead |
| English Bill of Rights | 1689; gave rights to people in England; guaranteed free elections, the right to a fair trial, and made cruel and unusual punishment illegal |
| Natural Rights | rights you were born with-life, liberty, and property |
| Social Contract | agreement between the people (the governed) and the government; People agree to give up part of their freedom to govt. in exchange for protection of natural rights |
| Baron De Montesquieu | Philosopher who came up with "separation of powers"; his name has 3 syllables for the 3 branches of govt. |
| Enlightenment | aka "Age of Reason"; 1700's & 1800's movement that spread the idea that reason and science could improve society |
| Mayflower Compact | Document signed by passengers of Mayflower; created a direct democracy in the New World; also represents idea of a social contract |
| House of Burgesses | bicameral legislative in Jamestown, Virginia; also was the first representative democracy in the New World |
| Indentured Servant | a person who agreed to work for a period of 7 years to pay off 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 ships |
| Salutary Neglect | sometimes called healthy or useful neglect meant England did not strictly enforce it's laws in the colonies |
| French Indian War | also called the Seven Years War between England and France; because of war debt England began to tax the colonies |
| "no taxation without representation" | slogan that summed up the colonists anger over taxes and the fact the colonies were NOT allowed to send representatives to Parliament |
| Boston Massacre | March 5, 1770 British soldiers opened fire on a crowd killing 5 American Colonists; event fueled the Americans hatred for the British |
| Stamp Act | a tax on printed materials such as legal documents, mail, newspapers, etc. |
| Boston Tea Party | colonists some dressed as Indians sneaked aboard British ships and dumped 90,000 pounds of tea into the Boston Harbor |
| Intolerable Acts | also known as the Coercive Acts; these acts (laws) punished the Boston colonists for the Boston Tea Party; the Boston port was closed to trade and a new Quartering Act |
| Quartering Act | part of the Intolerable Acts; act that required colonist to house and feed the British soldiers |
| Common Sense | pamphlet written by Thomas Pained 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 delegates 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 ll of England that declared American independence |
| Thomas Jefferson | main author of the D.O.I |
| John Locke | English philosopher whose natural rights philosophy was a BIG influence on Thomas Jefferson |
| Articles of Confederation | our 1st government; lasted for about 10 years; created a "league of friendship" between the 13 states |
| Daniel Shay's Rebellion | a wake up call for Americans; Daniel Shays led a rebellion of Massachusetts farmers against the federal govt. Under the AOC |
| Philadelphia Convention | aka Constitutional Convention; met May-Sept. 1787 delegates suppose to amend the Articles of Confederation; end up writing to a new constitution |
| James Madison | Father of the constitution |
| Articles of confederation (AOC) | our 1st govt.; under the AOC the 13 states acted like 13 independent countries competing against each other |
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