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| many of the rights that American citizens enjoy today can be traced to the political and legal traditions of England and to the ideas of a cultural movement |
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| a law making body - known as parliament |
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| a ruling in an earlier case that was similar |
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| rests on court decisions rather than regulations written by law makers |
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| rights to life, liberty, and property that no gov. could take away. |
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| is an agreement among the people in a society |
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| a group of people in one place who are ruled by a parent country elsewhere |
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| provided investors partial ownership and a share in future profits |
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| written document granting land and the authority to set up colonial government |
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| an agreement or contract among a group of people |
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| the owner or proprietor, owned the land and controlled the government |
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| one owned and ruled directly by the king |
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| those who followed a faith other than the official religion of England, the Anglican religion |
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| founders of Massachusetts/ wanted to purify the Anglican church |
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| Puritans considered themselves ____. / people on a religious journey |
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| acceptance of other religions ; puritans don't believe it |
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| made it possible for poor people to come to the Colonies |
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| large estate/ large-scale agriculture |
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the pattern of trade that developed among the Americas, Africa, and Europe
REFERENCE TO THE TRADE MAP PLEASE. |
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| areas of flat, low plains, near the seacoast of Virginia and North Carolina |
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| theory that a country's power depends on its wealth |
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| self-reliance and freedom from outside control. |
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| What were the Middle Colonies made of? (4 States) |
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| New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, and Delware. |
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It was established so it could be a place where
debtors and poor people could make a fresh start
created by James Oglethorpe
Georgia was created to serve as a buffer zone between
Spanish Florida and the rest of the English Colonies. |
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| What was the Triangular Trade? |
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The way in which slaves were brought to the Americas.
Europeans take slaves to the Americas (Left point)
Europeans take sugar, cotton, rum, tobacco, and
coffee back to Europe. (Middle point)
Europeans take pots, pans, guns, alcohol, and horses
to Africa. (Right point) |
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| Why did people come to America? (5) |
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People came to America because of Religious Ideals,
Prisoners sent to America, Charters, Indentured
servants, and slaves. |
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God created an orderly universe, Locke + Montesquieu,
aruged that the laws that governened nature also
applied to human life + society, 1600s, new ideas
about gov. laws, rights, + society. |
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Lawmaking body, stronger than King/Queen, Drew up
English Bill of Rights, Developed into legislature by
late 1300's, Since 1688 no king has been more
powerful than parliament. |
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Rests on court decisions rather than regulations
written by lawmakers. Developed rules to live by,
Precedent, ruling in an earlier case that was
similar, Our own laws about property, contracts, and
personal injury are based on common law. Court
decisions became basis of law.. |
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John Locke: English writer, supported Glorious
Revolution. Argued that people were born free, equal,
and independent. Natural rights to life + liberty +
property. Social contract give up certain rights for
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Montesquieu: French writer, developed gov. so that no
one can become too strong or threat individual
rights. Had idea that there should be branches,
believed in seperation of power. |
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| Protected nobles rights + privileges. |
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| Mayflower Compact + Town Meetings |
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| Rules of Pilgrims + need to know how to govern themselves + direct democracy |
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| Fundamental Orders of Connecticut |
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| America's first written constitution, document called for an assembly of elected rep. from each town to make laws popular elections |
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| Why was Pennsylvania popular? |
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| It was a popular colony because it offered religious freedom |
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| The Great Awakening brought about new ideas about religion - people wanted more of a personal religious experience. As a result of the Great Awakening, new religious groups formed and many other religions were broken up. |
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| a policy of loose control and healthy neglect. So, the salutary neglect is when the Great Britain doesn't make strict laws. |
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| put Mercantilism into action. It was a law that stated that the 13 colonies could only trade with England. |
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| A law passed by the British that stated that colonists were forbidden to settle west of the Appalachian Mountains without permission from the British Gov. |
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| The stamp act enforced a tax that all colonists would have to pay on all legal documents. |
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| required colonists to provide housing for British Soldiers. |
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| The Tea Act was passed on 1773. The British East India Tea Company paid no taxes on importing their tea. |
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| a group of colonists who organized different forms of protest throughout the colonies. Organized boycotts. |
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| In 1765, 9 of the 13 colonies sent representatives to NY. The reps. came up with a declaration against British, Stamp Act was repealed. |
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| The Boston tea party was a response to the Tea Act. Colonists dumped 342 chests of British tea into the Boston Harbor |
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| limited the civil rights of the colonists. (e.g. curfews) |
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| first Continental Congress |
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| Sept. 1774 - 12 of the colonies sent delegates to Philadelphia to discuss concerns. Called ____ Delegates asked that the rights of the colonists be restored, then the American Revolution started. |
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| Declaration of Independence |
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| The declaration explained why America needed to be free. Showed colonists' beliefs in the rights of individuals. Approved on July 4, 1776 |
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| ____ wrote the Declaration of Independence |
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| Second Continental Congress |
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| An appointed committee to write a document that would announce independence for the U.S. |
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| Declaration of Independence approved on? |
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| How did the ideas of the Enlightenment influence the formation of American Government? |
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| The ideas of the Enlightenment influenced the formation of American Gov.'s because new ideas about gov. law rights + society. Plus branches, so they influenced a lot. |
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| Why are John Locke and Baron de Montesquieu so important to the development to American Gov. |
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| John and Baron was so important because John suggested the idea of natural rights. Baron suggested the idea of separation of powers. So they contributed a lot, we use a lot of there ideas. |
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| How did the colonies under English control make their money? |
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| Different regions of America needed to adapt to their environment. New England made money by manufacturing. The Middle Colonies made money by ports and growing wheat. The Southern Colonies made money by growing cash crops. |
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| Why did people immigrate to the Americas in the 1600s and 1700s? (5) |
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| People immigrated because of religion, prisoners sent to America, Charters, indentured servants, and slaves. |
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| Why was slavery needed in the South more than any other region of the colonies? |
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| slavery was needed because of plantations (large estate), needed for growing many cash crops, and needed workers. No indentured servants, so we resorted to slaves using the triangular trade. owners needed cheap labor |
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| Explain Baron de Montesquieu's Separation of Powers |
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| baron wanted to develop a system of gov. so that no one can become too strong or threat individual rights. Had idea that there should be branches. etc |
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| Explain John Locke's Natural Rights and Social Contract. What do these ideas have to do with American Gov.? |
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| We use a lot of John Locke's ideas. For exmaple, we use John Locke's natural rights in our constitution, and it is based on natural rights. social contract was an idea giving up certain rights for protection, which we citizens, do give up certain rights (e.g. cannot make a terroristic comment) in exchange 4 protection. |
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| Why did colonists want independence from England? (5) |
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| Colonists want Independence because of, Mercantilism, navigation acts, proclamation of 1763, the stamp and quartering act, the tea act (1773), |
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| Why was the future of the "U.S." uncertain after the Declaration of Independence was signed? |
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| the future of the US was uncertain because we didnt have a developed government, and true freedom would not come until the war ended + great britian officially recognized u.s. as independent nation |
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| Why did England start to raise taxes for the colonists during 1760s |
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| passed to raise tax in order to put mercantilism into action. they wanted to be a powerful nation + also needed money after the french and indian war. |
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