the Enlightment, great awaking, and Early Government Flashcards
What did William and Mary do in 1989?
Signed english bill of rights
How did colonists get around the navigation act?
Smuggling-importing and exporting illegally
What did Montesquieu belive about government?
seperation of powers in government
The Magna Carta was the first document to do what?
Limiting the monarch’s power (1215)
Who had the right to vote in early English colonies?
Only white men
What lead to the rise of many new churches in the new colony?
The change of the placement of the sermons, and the sermons
What was a result of the Great Awakening in the colonies?
Rise of many new churches in the cololies, churches welcomed more diverse people
Locke and Montesquienu were all thinkers from what movement?
The enlightment
What was the law makig group established in England to limit the power of the King?
The Parliment
Example from today’s government for Montesquienu’s idea of seperatioon powers?
Our government seperated into 3 branches (Legislative, executive, and Judicial)
How did the navigation act follow the economic system of mercantilism?
Guidlines on what to sell and where to sell it
What did the colonists begin to demand in order to have a voice?
They demanded the house of representatives (representation)
