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Vocab. SS
Chapters 2-3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Government | the organization that provides for the safety and security of a nation,state,city,ect.it also has the responsibility to protect the rights of citizens |
| Salutary Neglect | British policy of leaving the American colonies alone as they paid their taxes and did not cause trouble;allowed the colonies to develop self-government |
| John Locke | English philosopher that developed the idea of unalienable rights, he believed that government should answer to the people and that people had the right to get rid of a government that treated them unfairly |
| Magna Carta | 1215-King John of England was forced to give up some of his powers to the nobles;gave citizens protection of property rights and right to trial by jury |
| Royal Govenor | administrator of a colony; chosen by the King; did not usually care what colonists wanted their government to do |
| parliament | Legislative body of England; made laws; English citizens were represented here; colonists were not |
| English Bill Of Rights | 1689-gave more rights to English citizens such as, Freedom of Speech and the Right to Petition and some Freedom of Religion |
| John Peter Zengar | Newspaper publisher that criticized the royal governor of New York, was put on trial but not found guilty; helped established the idea of freedom of the press in the colonies |
| Charles de Montesquieu | French philosopher that developed the ideas of separation of powers which was later included in the U.S. Constitution |
| William Blackstone | English developer of the idea of 'common law' which means that crimes are tried and punished in similar ways across the country |
| Tyranny | Unfair or abusive government |
| Representative Government | Citizens choose members from their communities to speak for them in a legislative; type of democracy |
| Albany Plan of Union | A plan , proposed by Benjamin Franklin, to united the colonies for protection during the French and Indian War, not adopted by the colonies |
| First Great Awakening | A religious movement that swept through the colonies during the 1730's and 1740's, encouraged people to be responsible for their choices, preached equality and the right to challenged authority |
| Propaganda | Using exaggeration of events to manipulate people's opinion, the Boston Massacre was used as propaganda |
| Boycott | To refuse to buy a product as a form of protest,the Stamp Act protests were successful boycotts |
| Sons of Liberty | group of colonists that took action against British policies, responsible for the Boston Tea Party, Samuel Adams and John Hancock were the main leaders |
| Continental Army | Created by the Second Continental Congress to fight the war of independence against the British, George Washington was the commander |
| Revolution | To act against your government in order to overthrow it, sudden change |
| Delegates | People chosen to represent a community at an important meeting |
| Unalienable Rights | the right given by God to humans, cannot be taken away by any government, first described by John Locke and then included in the Declaration of Independence by Thomas Jefferson |
| Secondary Continental Congress | meeting of delegates from several colonies that created the Continental Army and wrote the Declaration of Independence |
| Committees of Correspondence | Groups created to spread information throughout the colonies about the activities of the British and the Patriots, Wentworth Cheswell relayed messages for them |
| Common Sense | A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that argued for independence, made many people become patriots |
| Patriot | A colonist that wanted independence from Great Britain |
| Loyalist | A colonist that remained with Great Britain |
| Milita | A volunteer member of an army that fought against the British, an example were the Minutemen at Lexington and Concord |
| King George III | King and ruler of Great Britain(England) |
| Writs of Assisstace | Documents that allowed British officials to search for illegal goods, usually required very little evidence to get, were part of the Townshend Acts |
| "Shot Heard 'round the World" | The battles of Lexington and Concord were considered the first flight for the rights of the citizen |
| Declaration | A formal announcement |
| Independence | To be completely free from |
| Unalienable | Cannot be separated from |
| Declaration of Independence | Adopted by the Second Continental Congress on July 4th, 1776, written by Thomas Jefferson with help from Ben Franklin and John Adams on ideas of John Locke |
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