the act of ending something; during this historical period, the movement to end slavery
What is abolition
100
A document that made the king subject to the law
What is the Magna Carta?
100
Right to a fair speedy, public (criminal) trial by a jury and right to an attorney
What is the Sixth amendment?
100
Black Death
What happened on 1348-1351?
100
part of the British government in which members make laws for the British people
What is Parliament?
200
freeing someone from the control of another
What is emancipation
200
Each branch of government has different responsibilities which acts as a check on the power of other branches
What is the Separation of Powers?
200
Reserves powers to the state governments
What is the Tenth amendment?
200
Great Depression begins
What happened on 1929?
200
tax on goods brought into a country
What is a Tariff?
300
former slave, popular public speaker who gave speeches for abolition, publisher of The North Star,anti slavery newspaper
Who is Frederick Douglass
300
A system of government created by the people who also agreed to be governed by that government
What is Popular Sovereignty?
300
Protects against cruel and unusual punishment and excessive bail
What is the Eighth amendment?
300
constitution written
What happened on 1787?
300
cruel use of authority
What is Tyranny?
400
preacher, lead the deadliest slave revolt in American history in 1831
Who is Nat Turner
400
A document that declared the supremacy of the Parliment
What is the English Bill of Rights?
400
Involves a disagreement between two or more individuals
What is a Civil trial?
400
Bill of rights
What happened on 1791?
400
The laws passed by the British Parliament in 1774 that closed Boston Harbor, dissolved the Massachusetts assembly, and forced Boston colonists to house British soldiers.
What are Intolerable Acts?
500
radical abolitionist, editor of The Liberator which promoted immediate emancipation
Who is William Lloyd Garrison
500
A system of government that prevents any branch of government from becoming too strong
What is Checks and Balances?
500
No quartering of soldiers in homes
What is the Third amendment?
500
Declaration of Independence
What happened on 1776?
500
The war between Great Britain and its thirteen American colonies from 1775 to 1783 that led to the founding of the United States of America.