SS Flashcards
John Locke
Enlightment officer that influenced declaration of americas independencae.
Social contract
an agreement
Demorcracy
Citizens have say in government
Mayflower compact
A doceument that settled agreement between the people of Plymouth
Enlightment
18th century intellectual movement that emphasized reason rather than tradation
Self Government
that act of making rules for ones own self
Virginia House of Burgess
First english government in North America
New England Town hall Meetings.
the act of a group of individuals gathering together to make decisions located in new England
Salutary Neglect
The british policiy of allowing the 13 colonies to rule themselves
French and Indian war
1754-1763- war between Britian and France over North American territory.
Proclamation of 1763
a british boundray that restricted the colonists from settling past the applachian mountains
Parliament
The governers of enlgland
Albany Plan of Union
a plan to unite the13 colonies to help the British fight in the french and indian war.
Stamp Act
A law that increased taxes on all paper products
Sugar act
a law that increased taxes on sugar products
townshed act
a law that increased taxes on many daily items
quatering act
a law that forced colonists to house and feed british soldiers
patriot
Colonists who were against British rule and wanted to become independant
Loyalist
colonists who were loyal to great britian
Under John Locke’s “social contract” idea, - what is the most effective type of government?
Democracy
How is the Mayflower Compact an example of democracy?
People agreeing with each other about govenment.
Why was the French and Indian War a turning point between the Colonists and the British?
Because the Colonists were made on how much war debt the british government was on war expenses and the british taxed the colonists to pay all this off
What was Ben Franklin’s purpose of creating the “Join or Die” snake cartoon?
To tell colonists that if we do not come together we will all die and lose everything.
What led to the Proclamation of 1763?
The french and indian war
