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Who was Baron de Montesquieu
The man who suggested the separation of powers
why was the separation of powers a good thing?
Because thing king can be too powerful. the power go to his head. gets an evil laugh and try to take over the world
What is the legislative branch
The branch that makes laws
what is the executive branch
the branch that executes the law
Who was john locke?
he was the man who had the idea of natural rights
what r Natural righrs
the rights of life liberty and property. and the power to overthrow the king.
what r Divine rights
Rights that came from god that were given to the king. He had all the power
what is racism
skin color discrimination
the magna carta
intended to limit the powers of the monarch and proclaimed certain liberties for “freemen”.
what is the parliament
The Parliament was a governing body in England
what is the bill of rights
the Bill of Rights is the name given to the first ten amendments to the US Constitution.
what is the english bill of rights
The English Bill of Rights are an Act Declaring the Rights and Liberties of the Subject and Settling the Succession of the Crown.
what did the john peter zenger rial do
The Zenger case helped establish the American commitment to freedom of the press.
what is libel
making a false statement of fact that injures someone’s reputation.
The glorious revolution
The Glorious Revolution was an event in the history of England in 1688. The people of England didn’t like the king, King James II because he wouldn’t let them vote or worship God in the way they wanted to. They invited William III of Orange-Nassau to take over as king. William was King James II’s nephew and Mary’s first cousin. He came to England with his wife Queen Mary, the daughter of King James II. They let the old king escape, so he moved to France out of fear.
what is the navigation acts?
These acts were a series of twenty-nine laws passed to control colonial trade and shipping.
gentry
A member of a house in the royal court.
what is a legislature
sombody that makes laws
what is an apprentice
An apprentice is essentially the student/helper of a master craftsman. For example, in the old days, a 12 year-old boy who wanted to be a blacksmith would seek to be a blacksmith’s apprentice, so he can learn all about the craft and business of a blacksmith. The blacksmith teaches the apprentice all he knows, and in return the apprentice assists the blacksmith and does many of the more menial, trivial work that the blacksmith is too busy to do.
what is an indentured servant
An indentured servant is one whose service is formally contracted
slave codes
Laws for the slaves to make resistance hard for them.
benjamin franklin
He was a leading author and printer, political theorist, politician, postmaster, scientist, inventor, satirist, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat.
Benjamin Franklin was a noble man. He invented a lot of things and he was very smart. Benjamin Franklin also signed the declaration of independence. He was one of the founding fathers of america.
what was the great awakening
The Great Awakening was primarily a period of economic prosperity brought about by colonial trade.
what was the enlightenment
a philosophic movement of the 18th century marked by a rejection of traditional social, religious, and political ideas and an emphasis on rationalism.
