Vocabulary
What is the meaning of a colony?
A group ruled by a country.
Nobles forced King John to sign what?
The Magna Carta
What were the three sets of colonies?
New england, middle, and southern colonies.
What is a monarch?
A King/Queen
John Locke argued that people possessed rights called ____.
Natural Rights
The pattern of trade that formed between America, Africa, and Europe was called ____.
The Triangular trade
What is a legislature?
A law making body.
When judges were asked to decide a case, what would they look for?
Precedent
What did the colones, that were found along the eastern seaboard under English control, have in common?
Their english heritage
what is a social contract?
An agreement among the people in society.
What system of law rests on court decisions rather than regulations written by lawmakers?
Common law
The spread of settlements led to conflict with who?
The Native Americans
What is a charter?
A document granting land.
Who's ideas became cornerstones for the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution?
John Locke and Baron de Montesquieu
The colony of New York became a ____.
Proprietary colony