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unit2studyguide-SIOP
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| direct democracy. | Government in which ALL citizens vote on the laws and run the government. |
| republic. | Government in which citizens ELECT representatives to make government decisions for them. |
| justinian. | An emperor who had Roman laws into a code (book of laws). |
| John Cocke. | English philosopher who developed the idea of social contract. |
| Montes Quieu. | philosopher who said that the best way to limit government is to separate power. |
| Magna Carta. | Document in England (1215) that increased peoples' rights; we borrowed the idea of "rule of law" from this document. |
| Code of Hammurabi. | first written code of laws. |
| rule of law. | idea found in Magna Carta that says citizens AND the government must obey the laws. |
| common laws. | Body of law based on COURT DECISIONS instead of written laws; borrowed this idea from England |
| precedent | A decision made in a court case that is used to decide future cases |
| parliament. | The group of legislators who made the laws in England. |
| congres. | legislative (lawmaking) body in the United States today. |
| House of Burgess | first government in Jamestown, Virginia-- it was a form of REPRESENTATIVE democracy. |
| plantation. | large farms in the south, many of these farms had slaves. |
| Triangular Trade Route | Route between Europe, Africa and the Americas in which many different goods were traded. |
| Neglected | the middle part of shipping rout in which slaves were treated badly on ships. |
| Writs of assistance | search warrants that allowed the British to search whatever they wanted for whatever reason. |
| consent. | this means to agree |
| dissent | this means to disagree |
| proclamation of 1763 | British law that prohibited the colonists from crossing beyond the Appalachian Mountains. |
| tea party | to protest British taxes the colonists dressed as Indians and threw the taxed tea into Boston Harbor |
| Boston Massacre | the shot fired in Lexington between British troops &colonial militia; started Revolutionary war |
| Thomas Jefferson | the main author (writer) of the Declaration of Independence. |
| continental army | the army by the 13 colonies. |
| U.S. Constitution | a plan of government |
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