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1
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What did Americans Revere and had a huge impact on their political ideas?

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English heritage

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What was established in 1607 and was the first permanent English settlement in North America

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Jamestown

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Are what has been the cornerstone of English liberties and was transferred to America in 1607 and states that the inhabitants of the colony shall have an injury all liberties franchises and immunities as if they had been abiding and born within this our realm of England

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Common law

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How many English colonies were established on the eastern seaboard of North America from 1607 to 1732

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13

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What governing system was established in 1619 in Virginia and was America’s first representative government

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House of burgesses

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What founding document was created in 1620 by the pilgrims as a covenant to provide government for the establishment of the Plymouth colony

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Mayflower compact

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Who was one of the early governors of the Plymouth colony and had served as a governor for over 30 years throughout his career

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William Bradford

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Which group of colonists experimented with a communal economy from 1621 to 1623 with disastrous effects and replaced it with a competitive economy based on private property with greater prosperity

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The pilgrims

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Which economic system adopted by the pilgrims resulted in confusion and discontent and retarded much in employment

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The communal experiment (system)

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Which economic system later adopted by the pilgrims resulted in very good success for a maid all hands industrious so as much more corn was planted and otherwise would have been

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The competitive experiment

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What documents were granted by the king of England to establish colonial government and provide for governors and legislatures

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Colonial charters

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What color he was established in 1630 by Puritans who sought religious freedom for themselves

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Massachusetts Bay colony

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Who organize the settlement of this colonies became one of its early governors and 1629

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John Winthrop

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What form of government was established in Massachusetts and had no distinction between religious in civil crimes

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A Puritan theocracy

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What barcode was created in 1636 and became the first basic system of laws in the New England colonies

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Great fundamentals

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Which Puritan later let the establishment of Connecticut and 1636

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Thomas Hooker

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What sounding document was written in 1639 and is Americas first formal constitution and is also considered the first written constitution in modern times

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Fundamental orders of Connecticut

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18
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The foundation of authority is laid firstly in the _____

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Free consent of the people

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As God has given us _____ Let us take it

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Liberty

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What form of local government became very prominent in New England

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Town government

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What was the foundation of popular government that had representatives to pass laws for the colonies

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Colonial legislative assembly’s

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List the three forms of colonial government

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Charter propriety royal

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What governing body offered no representation for American colonist and did little to regulate the domestic affairs of the colonies by the late 17th century

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English Parliament

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What term refers to the list relationship that existed between the American colonies and mother England during the 17th century

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Salutary neglect

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What country maintains loose governmental control is at the very beginning of colonial America

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England

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Which English political philosopher was a large chief justice of the Kingsbench wrote case of proclamations and 1610 and championship previously of the law independence of judges in English common law

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Edward Coke

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____ is the life of the law need to come in law itself is nothing else but _____. The law which is perfection of _____

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Reason

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Which king of England rain from 1625 to 1649 inside to start the authority of parliament through real action

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Charles the first

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Which founding document was created by Parliament and signed by the king and 1628 to limit the power of the king and force the king to roll according to law

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Petition of right

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What conflict took place from 1642 to 1646 between the supporters of Parliament and the supporters of the king and resulted in the overthrow of the English monarchy and the creation of the commonwealth of England

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English Civil War

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Who is the only thing in English history to be publicly executed

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Charles I

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What name is given to the time. From 1649 to 1660 in English history and refers to the time when England was ruled by Puritans without a king

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Interregnum

33
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Which English political philosopher served as a secretary to all of your camera wrote areopagitica 1644 and argue for the freedom of the press and representative government

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John Milton

34
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Who kills a man kills a reasonable creature gods image but he who destroys a ___ ____ kills reason itself kills the image of God as it were in the eye many a man lives a burden to the earth but a ____ ____ Is the precious lifeblood of a master spirit and bombed and treasured up on purpose to a life beyond life

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Good book

35
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Which English political philosopher wrote Leviathan in 1651 promoted absolute obedience to the sovereign and stated that life in a state of nature is solitary poor nasty British and short

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Thomas Hobbes

36
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What kind of state is promoted by Thomas Hobbes

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All powerful

37
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What political philosophy promotes the concept that the state is the ultimate source of authority and power and that societal problems should be solved by the state

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Statism

38
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Who is the Lord protector of England from 1653 until his death and 1658

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Oliver Cromwell

39
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What refers to the abandonment of commonwealth of England and the return of English monarchy and 1660

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Restoration

40
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Which king of England rain from 1660 to 1685 and oversaw the return of the angelic in church Parliament and hereditary monarchy

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Charles II

41
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What active parliament was created in 1679 to protect individuals freedom from arbitrary stay action in prevented arbitrary imprisonment

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Habeas corpus act

42
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Which English political philosopher wrote this course is concerning government in 1680 promoted republican government limited government and the right of citizens to alter or abolish corrupt government and was executed in 1683 for his political ideas

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Algernon Sidney

43
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The ____ of Nations are from God and nature not from Kings

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Liberties

44
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Which king of England rain from 1685 to 1688 was greatly dislike this is Catholic beliefs and Catholic friends policies

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James II

45
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What event in English history take place in 1688 without budget and resulted in the removal of James the second from the throne of England

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Glorious revolution

46
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Who became the king and queen of England and 1689 in real jointly as limited monarchs

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William and Mary

47
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What sounding document was created by Parliament and signed by the king and queen of England and 1689 rejected the doctrine of divine right rule and protected individual freedoms and the

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English bill of rights

48
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List four rights that the English bill of rights protected

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Petition government, speedy fair trial, trial by jury, right to bear arms

49
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Listen to things that the government is prohibited from using against the people

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Cruel and unusual punishment and excessive fines or bails

50
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What form of government is based on the principle that the monarch is limited in power and us to act within parameters established by law

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Constitutional monarchy

51
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Which governing body became more powerful than the king after the glorious revolution

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Parliament

52
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Which English political philosopher was the most influential political thinker of the 17th century wrote to treaties of civil government and 1690 and promoted natural rights private property and the abolition of tyrannical government

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John Locke

53
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What event is greatly influenced by this book

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War for independence

54
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The state of nature has a _____ To government which obliges everyone and reason which is that law teachers all mankind who will but consulted that being all equal an independent no one thought to home another in his life health liberty or possessions

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Law of nature

55
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What is the existence of an individual human being

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Life

56
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What is the freedom of individuals from outside compulsion or coercion

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Liberty

57
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What is the right to the fruits of one’s labor

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Property

58
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What political principle states that the government is created to protect the natural rights of individuals and is limited and it’s authority and there is trust between those who covered and those who are governed and when the government break that trust and infringes on the natural rights of the people other people have the right to abolish the government

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Social contract

59
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In regards to the proper role of government which political philosopher stated the end of lies not to abolish a restaurant but to preserve and in large freedom

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John Locke

60
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What’s American founding documents heavily influenced by the ideas of John Locke

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Declaration of

61
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Which founding father use John Locke’s ideas on natural rights in writing the declaration of independence

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Thomas Jefferson

62
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Which queen of England range from 1702 to 1714 and was the last of the Stewart dynasty

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Clean and

63
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What name was given to the union that was created in 1707 between England and Scotland

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United Kingdom of Great Britain

64
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Which king of Britain range from 1714 to 1727 and was the first of the Hanoverian dynasty

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King George I

65
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Who is Brittany’s first Prime Minister

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Sir Robert Walpole

66
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What office was created in 1721 and is the most in your cabinet minister in the executive branch of government in the British parliamentary system

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Prime Minister

67
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Which king of Britain rain from 1727 to 1760

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King George II

68
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Who is selected colonial governors by the 18th century

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King

69
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What active parliament text goods from non-British colonies in order to regulate trade with its colonies in 1733

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Molasses act

70
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What name is given to the 18th century

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Age of reason

71
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What is another name for the age of

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Enlightenment

72
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Which to English political philosopher his route for the independent work in the early 18 century

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John Trenchard and Thomas Gordon

73
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What name was given to a series of articles that were written by prominent English political philosophers from 1720 to 1723 that popularized limited government an individual liberty and heavily influenced the American founding fathers

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Cato’s letters

74
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Which American founding father stated that Cato’s letters in their independent work and all the writings of change in Gordon became fashionable reading

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John Adams

75
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_____ is the power which every man has over his own actions and his right to enjoy the fruits of his labor art and industry as far as buying it he hurts not the society or any members of it by taking from any member or by hindering him from enjoying what he himself enjoys the fruits of a man’s honest industry are they just rewards of it a certain to him by natural and eternal equity as his title to use them in the matter which he thinks fit in the city above imitations every menace so Lord and arbiter of his own private actions and property

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Liberty

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