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Misc
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A form of government in which people elect representatives to govern them.
What is a Republican Government
100
This editor was tried for seditious libel for accusing the governor of the colony for wrongdoing. The found him not guilty because what he printed was true, and helped establish the principle of freedom of the press in the U.S.
Who is John Peter Zenger?
100
The Columbian Exchange, where Native Americans and Colonists learned and absorbed ideas and culture from one another, had this drawback for Native Americans.
What is deadly diseases?
100
Colonies in this region were dominated by religion, and, because large-scale farming wasn't possible, became a center for shipping, fishing and ship building.
What is New England?
100
This philosopher expanded John Locke's Contract Theory to say that government is a Social Contract, where people make a contract with each other, not a ruler, and give up some of their freedoms for the good of the group.
Who is Jean Jacques Rousseau?
200
A charter the English barons forced King John to sign in 1215 that said the king could not tax without consent of the Great Council or imprison without a jury trial. It showed citizenry could legally limit the king's power.
What is Magna Carta?
200
A powerful intertribal alliance to discuss common concerns each year, but did not interfere in affairs of member tribes.
What is Iroquois Confederacy?
200
As a result of this war, from 1754 - 1763, the French lost Quebec to the British, and ended French power in North America.
What is French and Indian War?
200
These Colonial workers couldn't pay their own passage to America and bound themselves to someone who would pay for them to come.
What are indentured servants?
200
This requires that a jailed person be brought promptly to court and prevents citizens from being thrown in jail without a valid reason.
What is Habeas Corpus?
300
This event in 1688 led to the signing of the English Bill of Rights, which gave Parliament more power than the King or Queen.
What is the Glorious Revolution?
300
After the colonies declared their independence from Britain, this created a weak central government with no president, no national court system, no taxes, no ability to handle problems between the states. It was too weak to survive.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
300
This colony allowed people from all religions, including Jews.
What is Rhode Island?
300
These colonies had a warm climate and rich soil and could grow crops for export such as tobacco, rice and indigo. Crops were first cultivated by indentured servants, then by enslaved Africans.
What are the Southern Colonies?
300
In 1754, the British called a conference where Ben Franklin proposed a central colonial government to bolster colonial defenses and seek better relations with the Iroquois. The plan failed because the British feared it gave too much power to the colonists.
What is Albany Plan of Union?
400
This theory by John Locke says that people choose to be governed in order to live in an orderly society. Government only rules by the consent of the governed. A ruler who fails to protect the rights of the people may be overthrow
What is Contract Theory?
400
The first representative assembly in America, established in 1619, that had a bicameral (two-house) legislature modeled after Parliament.
What is Virginal House of Burgesses
400
After Pontiac's War in 1763, Parliament passed this act, which stated that colonists were no longer allowed to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains. Colonists resented this, and some ignored it.
What is Proclamation of 1763.
400
These colonies had a more diverse population and therefore, more religious tolerance. They consisted of New York and Pennsylvania.
What are Middle Colonies?
400
A government where supreme authority rests with the people, either directly or through elected representatives.
What is Democracy?
500
The Enlightenment philosopher who said government should limit its power by dividing it among three separate branches, and by giving each branch the ability to check the power of the other two.
Who Baron de Montesquieu
500
This was a contract signed by the Pilgrims in which colonists consented to be governed by a government that they created.
What is Mayflower Compact?
500
This was the major motive in founding Virginia, Delaware, New York, North and South Carolina and Georgia.
What is economic?
500
Of the Colonial workers, which had no opportunity for economic advancement of any kind?
What are slaves?
500
In, 1639, this was the first written constitution in America, founded on rights of people, regardless of religious belief. The government was not involved with the church, and the church did not try to run the colony.
What is Fundamental Orders of Connecticut?