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Staar facts 1-25
Term | Definition |
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1. Representative government | A system of government in which voters elect representatives to make laws for them |
2. republic | A nation in which voters choose representatives to govern them |
3. House of burgesses | The first representative assembly in the new world |
4. Three branches of government | Legislative , judicial , executive |
5. Magna carta | Signed in 1215 by king john was the first document that limited power of the ruler , and gave power of trial by jury |
6. English bill of rights | Basis for the american bill of rights |
7. Mayflower compact | An agreement signed in 1620 by the pilgrims in plymoth to promise and work together to make laws in order for the colony to succeed |
8. Jamestown | First permanent English settlement founded in 1607 |
9. Plymoth | Colony settled in 1620 by the pilgrims |
10. Christopher columbus | Set sail in 1492 |
11. Caravel | Fast ship used in exploration |
12. Astrolobe | Navigational instrument used to plot stars |
13 . mercantilism | Economic theory that a country can profit off of trading goods |
14. Free enterprise | The freedom of private businesses to operate competitively for profit with minimal government regulation |
15. Primary source | Original records of an event . EX - Eyewitness reports , speeches , letters , photographs , and artifacts |
16. Secondary source | Writings and interpretations made by historians , found from primary sources . EX- textbooks |
17. Fundamental orders of conneticut | First written consitituion in america |
18. Middle colonies | New York , Pennsylvania, Delaware , new jersey |
19. Southern colonies | Georgia , Virginia , north Carolina , south Carolina , maryland |
20 . new england colonies | Connecticut , Massachusetts, new Hampshire, Rhode island |
21 . puritans | Wanted to reform the english church |
22. Seperatists | Wanted to start their own church (also puritans) |
23. Proprietary colony | Colony run by individuals or group who was granted land |
24. Joint stock company | Colony in which investors buy stock in the company in return a share of its future profits |
25. Royal colony | A colony run by the governor or appointed official by the king or queen |