Grant M

Question 1

magna carta

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the first document to place restriction on an English rulers powers

Question 2

parliament

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a two house legislature, gave the right to approve new taxes

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bill of rights

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1688, boosted parliamentary power, queen mary signed it

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john peter zenger trial

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put on trial for libel, found innocent because what he said was true

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libel

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the publishing of statementsthat damage a persons reputation

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the glorious revolution

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removed king james II from the throne and invited his daughter mary and her husband william to rule england

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navigation acts

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supported mercantilism,shipments from europe had to go through england all imports had to come from british made ships,colonies could only sell key products to england

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gentry

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the upper class of colonial society

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legislature

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a group of people who have the power to make laws

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apprentice

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someone who learns a trade by working with someone in that trade for a certain period of time

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indentured servant

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signed a contract to work for 4 to 10 years in the colonies for anyone who would pay for his/her ocean passage to the Americas

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racism

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the belief that one race is superior or inferior to another

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slave codes

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strict laws that restricted the rights and activities of slaves

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benjamin franklin

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best loved colonial writer, famous for poor richards almanack which includes the phrase eat to live not live to eat

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the great awakening

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required colonists to attend church regularly

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the enlightnment

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the belief that that all problems could be solved by human reason european thinkers looked for natural laws

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divine right

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the beliefs that monarchs get their authorityto rule directly from god

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natural rights

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the rights that belong to humans when they are born

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john locke

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published two treatises on government, he argued that people have certain natural rights

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baron de montequieu

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a french thinker, influenced american ideas, published the spirit of the laws, favored seperation of powers which keeps any individual or group from gaining to much power

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seperation of powers

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division of the power of government into seperate branches

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executive branch

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enforce laws

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legislative branch

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made laws

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importance of land ownership

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allowed landowners the right to vote

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difference between indentured servants and slaves

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indentured servants only worked for 4 to 10 years while slaves worked forever, indentured servants werent auctioned off while slaves were

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tiangular trade

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a three way trade between the colonies, the islands of the carribean, and africa, first leg is sugar molasses and syrup, second leg is rum guns and other goods, third leg is human cargo/slaves

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salutary neglect

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where the mother country ignores their colonists, colonists liked it because they made a lot of money and they were independent, it ended because the mother country realized they were more successful and they decided to tax them more