Early America
Enlightenment Philosphers
Revolutionary War
Important Documents
Vocabulary
100
This was the first successful colony in America.
What is Jamestown?
100
This philosopher created the idea of natural rights.
Who is John Locke?
100
Large debt acquired by the British government during this war caused salutary neglect to end by enforcing trade laws.
What is French and Indian War?
100
This document declared the colonies free from the British empire.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
100
This is when England did not enforce trade laws in the colonies.
What is salutary neglect?
200
This is the religious group that establish Plymouth and Massachusetts Bay colonies.
What are Puritans?
200
This philosopher developed the ideas of separation of powers and checks and balances.
Who is Baron de Montesquieu?
200
This act was a tax on newspapers and legal documents.
What is the Stamp Act?
200
This was a document that limited the power of the king/monarchy.
What is the Magna Carta?
200
These include Life, Liberty, and Property
What are natural rights?
300
This was a period of time where thousands of people moved to New England for religious freedom.
What is the Great Awakening?
300
This philosopher believe that an absolute monarchy was the best form of government.
Who is Thomas Hobbes?
300
This act put taxes on items colonists used most, like paper, tea, paint, glass, and lead.
What is the Townshend Acts?
300
This British document gave further rights to the people, such as the right to a trial by jury, no cruel and unusual punishment, etc.
What is the English Bill of Rights?
300
This is when judges would look back at previous case rulings to guide their own decision making.
What is precedent?
400
This was the first direct democracy in America.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
400
This is another term for 'natural rights,' used in the Declaration of Independence by Thomas Jefferson
What is inalienable rights?
400
This was a riot where the Sons of Liberty threw chests of tea into the Boston Harbor.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
400
This was a pamphlet that urged the colonists to fight for independence.
What is Common Sense?
400
An economic system where the purpose of a colony is to benefit the mother country
What is mercantilism?
500
This was the first representative democracy in America.
What is the House of Burgesses?
500
This idea states that people must give up some of their freedom to be protected by the government.
What is the social contract?
500
This act took away the colonists right to trial by jury. Hint: it goes by two names and you must name each part correctly!
What are the Coercive/Intolerable Acts?
500
This document was one of the first forms of government in America. It set up a direct democracy.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
500
A form of government where the government is divided into different levels, such as national, state, and local.
What is federalism?
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