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Ch 2- Colonial Flashcards

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Magna Carta :

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  • known as Great charter ( Latin)
  • unwritten constitution
  • put limits on Kim Jong I
  • 1215
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Limited govt. :

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  • Has limitation

- can only do what it’s specified to

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What Kim Jong I couldn’t do:

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  • (123)
  • no taxation without getting permission
  • can’t take away land without reason
  • no imprisonment without reason
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Glorious revolution:

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England finds a brand new Protestant , William of Orange, and make a peaceful transition

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English bill of rights :

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  • Takes more power away from the king
  • 1688
  • then starts with the rights ( speech etc)
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Representative govt. :

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  • Where representatives make the law for the people

- England rep. Is a parliament

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House of Commons:

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  • house of reps.

- for people like us

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House of Lords:

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  • senate

- in by birth

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John Locke’s writings name is …

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  • Two treaties on govt. (Book)

- about the social contract

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John Locke thought that legitimacy of govt. ….

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  • cones from the people

- if the people don’t like the govt. They rebel

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John Locke thought our natural rights where:

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Life
Liberty
Property

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In English colonies who had voting rights :

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White men

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Mayflower compact

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  • 1620

- first written form of govt. In the 13 colonies

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In the English colonies governance would be by …

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A majority rule

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The first legislative body was in:

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Virginia ( called house of burgesses )

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Duties of legislatures:

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  • make the law
  • enforce the law
  • interpret the law
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Separation of powers:

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When you divide up the work the work of the law in 3 branches

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British views of the colonies’ purpose:

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  • behave (follow rules)
  • buy only from England
  • provide them with anything they wanted (trees= boats)
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Salutary neglect :

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  • 1607-1750
  • we followed their law by providing them resources
  • but we rolled ourselves as if we were a country
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Impact of the French and Indian war for the colonies :

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  • we no longer had to worry about French

- we got a lot of territory

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Impact of the French and Indian war on the British:

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  • English empire got bigger

- they went into debt and couldn’t pay for the war

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Stamp act

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  • 1765
  • Taxed 5 items
  • paper, books, pamphlet, playing cards, dice
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The colonists refused the stamp act by :

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  • Putting together the Stamp act congress

- refused to buy stuff till they got rid of the stamp act

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Who was expected to pay the taxes?

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The colonies

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Boston tea party’s purpose:

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  • 1773

- didn’t want taxes on tea

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Because of the boston tea party the British responded by…

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Passing the Townsend duties ( intolerable acts)

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American colonies called the Townsend duties :

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Intolerable acts

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Townsend duties included:

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  1. The port of boston closed

2. Military rule

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How did the colonists view themselves ?

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  • they were loyal English citizens

- citizens of whatever country thy live in

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Albany plan of union :

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  • author Benjamin Franklin

- purpose was to get the colonies ready for war

30
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Why was the Albany plan of union rejected?

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The king of England didn’t want them to unite and kick him out

31
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Who attended the first continental congress?

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  • Sam Adams
  • John Adams
  • George Washington
  • John Hancock
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How many colonies attended the first continental congress?

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12/13

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What was the reason for the first continental congress ?

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To deal with the intolerable acts in 1774

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What decisions did they make in the first continental congress?

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  • To boycott all English goods

- agree to meet again

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