Chapter 2 Flashcards
This document established a temporary government for the 41 signers community.
Mayflower compact
The government is formed by the consent of the governed
Social contract
The first written constitution in the New World
Fundamental Orders of Connecticut (1639)
Required parents to provide for the education of their children that they might “read and understand the principles of religion and the capital laws of the country.”
Act of 1642
Required every town of fifty families or more to provide a primary school for its children
“Old Deluder Satan” Act (1647)
What were the first four colleges and what were there principles?
Dartmouth: opened in 1754 as a Christian school for Indians.
Princeton: chartered in 1746 (originally known as the college of New Jersey) as a school of distinguished spiritual character and leadership.
Harvard: started in 1636 and it’s purpose was to study the knowledge of God and Jesus Christ which is eternal life.
Yale: opened in 1701 and opened to provide an orthodox alternative to Harvard
An act of the parliament of Great Britain setting procedures of governance in the province of Quebec
The Quebec act
A right that cannot be given by government because it’s not the governments to give
Unalienable right
