Enlightenment
This philosopher believed in the social contract with the government only getting its power from the consent of the people
Locke
This was the act that made the English monarch the head of the Anglican Church.
Act of Supremacy
What is the name of the House in Virginia government?
House of Burgesses
This philosopher believed that religion is a personal choice that the government should stay out of
Voltaire
This was the name given to Protestants who fled religious persecution by the Anglican Church.
Pilgrims
Provide two cash crops that became popular in the middle and southern colonies during the 17th & 18th centuries.
tobacco and rice
These were the first two English monarchs to dis-establish the Catholic Church and begin the Church of England.
King Henry VIII and Elizabeth I
Who established the colony of Pennsylvania in 1681?
William Penn
What two powers did the General Assembly have in Virginia despite not being sanctioned by the crown?
Have a military and collect taxes
Define benign neglect
The system where Britain had power in the colonies but didn't do anything active with it so the colonies did what they wanted
What was the purpose of Maryland colony?
to be a safe place for the English catholics
What was the name of the governing body in Georgia?
Board of Trustees
Who argued all people should be involved in government, and that the goal or will of the people should be treated as a collective will that no one person or minority group should impede?
Jean-Jacques Rousseau
Explain how the Anglican church came to be and why the Puritans didn't like it?
What is an oligarchy? What is it called in Carolina?
Government of a small group called Lord Proprietors