History Flashcards
What is the Magna Carta
First English document to put some limits on the Power of King
What was the English Bill of Rights
Guaranteed certain basic rights to all citizens
Exports/imports
Export- to sell goods abroad;
Import- to buy good from foreign markets
Navigation acts
Series of laws passed between 1651 and 1673 passed by England
Two reasons for growth in the colonies
- Large scale immigration from Europe ( and to slave trade from Africa)
- Women were younger and tended to have children earlier and have a lot of kids.
Who could vote in the colonies
White men who owned property
Apprentice
Learning assistants
Literacy
The ability to read and write
Great awakening
Religion revival in the American colonies from the 1720s-1740s
Enlightenment
Spread the idea that knowledge, reasons, and science could improve society
Two of the strongest power in Europe by the 1700’s
England and France
French and Indian war
War in North America between England and France that would last nine years (1754-1768)
Country that most Natives Americans sided with
France
Militia
A group of citizens trained to fight in emergencies
Albany plan of union
A plan suggested by Ben Franklin