Magna Carta and English Bill of Rights
This document detailed the rights and responsibilities between the King and the barons of England
What is the Magna Carta?
The reason why the Virginia House of Burgesses is important
What is it became the first Elected Representative Assembly in the New World?
An emotion-packed Christian movement that swept through the colonies in the 1730s and 1740s
What is the Great Awakening?
In mercantilism, this term refers to the country that sets up colonies in other parts of the world
What is the Mother Country?
The two houses of English government that we base our own Senate on
What are the House of Lords and the House of Commons?
The meaning of the term "salutary neglect".
What is making laws, but not enforcing them?
The two important leaders of the movement
Who are
1. Jonathan Edwards
2. George Whitefield
The 2 goals of the Navigation Act
What are...
1. Ensure Britain gets $$$
2. Limit the trade of the colonies to only Britain
Effect of Magna Carta on our own Constitution
What is like Magna Carta limited the power of the king; today, the President has limited power as well.
Two reasons why the Mayflower Compact is important to our form of government today
What are...
1. Agreed to the idea of Majority Rule (not rule by one)
2. The Mayflower Compact was the first attempt at Self-Government in the New World.
3 idea the Great Awakening promoted
What are...
1. Promoted equality for ALL (Women, African Americans, Native Americans)
2. Promoted Religious tolerance (New Churches)
3. Encouraged people to question authority
The two reasons the Navigation Act led to more criminal activity
What are...
1. raised importing or exporting goods illegally
2. increased the amount of piracy
The three things Sir Edmond Andros did to consolidate power for himself
What are...
1. increased the power of the Royal Governor
2. dissolved all colonial assemblies
3. Limited Town Meetings to only once a year
The reason colonial meetings were so important.
What are...
1. They functioned as a way to give people a voice in decisions
2. The colonists were starting to make decisions on their own without input from the king.
two ideas the enlightenment stressed
What are
1. science
2. reasoning
The main idea of Adam Smith's Wealth of Nations
What is the economy is “free” of government control?
The difference between Magna Carta and the English Bill of Rights
What is Magna Carta gave more rights to the barons, while the English Bill of Rights gave more power to the people
The three new rights under the Fundamental Orders of Connecticut
What are...
1. Extended voting rights to non-church members
2. Limited the power of the Colonial Governor
3. Expanded the idea of Representative Government
2 effects of the Enlightenment
What are...
1. Influenced people to question if the government was protecting their natural-born rights
2. Promoted an increase in equal rights and participation for women.
2 differences between mercantilism and a free economy (free enterprise)
What are...
1. In mercantilism, the colonies were discouraged from producing manufactured goods.
2. The United States government does not control the economy but it does create regulations to make sure that everybody participates fairly.