Key Terms Flashcards
The economic policy of Great Britain in the 17th and 18th centuries. The policy’s goal was to increase the wealth of UK by obtaining large amounts of gold and silver by establishing a favorable trade balance.
Mercantilism
The exchange of plants and animals between the new world and Europe following the discovery of America in 1492
Columbian Exchange
The puritans established the ______________ to ease requirements for church membership.
Half-Way Covenant
An 18th century philosophy stressing that reason could be used to improve the human condition.
Enlightenment
The belief that god created the universe but allowed it to operate through the laws of nature Thomas Jefferson, Benjamin Franklin
Deism
The wave of religious revivals that spread across the colonies during the 1730s and 1740s
First Great Awakening
The belief that government should be based on the consent of the people.
Republican government / Republicanism
Division of power among 3 branches
Separation of Powers
The system in which each branch of government can check the power of another branch.
Checks and Balances
The Supreme Court can strike down an act of a congress by declaring it unconstitutional. Established on Marbury v Madison
Judicial Review
The development of a national transportation system
Internal Improvements/American system
The idea that refers to the idealization of women in their roles as wives and mothers.
Cult of Domesticy/Republican Motherhood
A philosophical and literary movement of the 1800s that emphasized living a simple life and celebrating the truth found in nature and in personal emotion and imagination.
Transcendentalism
The belief that humans can use conscious acts of will to create communities based upon cooperation and mutual respect
Perfectionism
