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The English King who was publicly executed during the English Civil War.
Who is Charles I?
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The government in which the monarch has total power and answers to no one.
What is Absolutism?
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This event made Britain a territorial powerhouse in North America, but also made the empire go into into debt.
What is the French and Indian War?
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The first government of the United States. It was democratic to a fault because it was hard to get anything done.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
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The Enlightenment idea that all citizens agree to follow the laws of their government and the government agrees to protect their rights.
What is The Social Contract?
200
The document Parliament forced Charles I to sign because it limited his power, but he ignored it.
What is Petition of Right?
200
The ideology (philosophy or point of view) that gives a king absolute power in a government.
What is Divine Right of Kings?
200
The first battle of the American Revolution in 1775.
What is Lexington and Concord?
200
The first ten amendments to the Constitution. They protected the individual from the power of the government.
What is The Bill of Rights?
200
He said that if a government is not protecting the rights of its people then the people should overthrow it.
Who is John Locke?
300
The English King who was replaced by Parliament in 1688 because he was a Catholic.
Who is James II
300
This system limits the power of the king and protects rights of the individual.
What is constitutional government?
300
In response to this event the British closed the port of Boston which made colonists unify and be more determined to fight the British.
What is Boston Tea Party?
300
According to the Constitution, this group empowers the government. This is an important Enlightenment idea.
Who are the citizens of the United States?
300
The English Civil War was fought between these two groups.
Who are the Royalists who supported the king and tended to be Anglican vs. the Parliament who tended to be Puritan.
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The document that King William of Orange signed in 1688 to create a Constitutional Monarchy.
What is The English Bill of Rights?
400
The right that an individual must go before a judge and face evidence based charges before being locked up.
What is Habeus Corpus?
400
An American slogan that was used to protest their lack of representation in Parliament?
What is "no taxation without representation?"
400
The method by which the Constitution ensures that no one person or branch of government becomes too powerful.
What are checks and balances?
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The document that helped establish the idea that the King's power should be checked in England. It was signed by King John in 1215.
What is The Magna Carta?
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He ruled England for ten years after the English Civil War even though he was not royalty.
Who is Oliver Cromwell?
500
The historical term for the event that created a Constitutional Monarchy in England in 1688.
What is the Glorious Revolution?
500
Laws that restricted American trade to force them to only trade with and pay taxes to the British? It was an expression of mercantilism.
What are the Navigation Acts?
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A dominating and major element to American politics today that is not outlined in the Constitution.
What are political parties?
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The group of delegates who lead the colonies and ran the war from 1774-1777. This group wrote and sent the Declaration of Independence.
What is The Continental Congress?
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