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STAAR FACTS
Facts 1-25 History
Term | Definition |
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Representitive Gov | system of gov in which voters elect representitives to make laws for them |
House of Burgesses | first representative assembly in the new world |
Three Branches of Gov | Legistlative, Executive, Judicial |
Magna Carta | first document sighned in 1215 them limited power of the ruler and gave trail by jury |
English Bill of Rights | protected rights of English citizens, became basis for U.S. Bill of Rights |
Mayflower Compact | document sighned by pilgrims in 1620 that promised to agree on laws and work together to make Plymouth succeed |
Jamestown | fist successful english colony in the new world, founded in 1607 |
Plymouth | colony founded by the pilgrims in 1620 |
Columbus | discovered the Americas in 1492 for the Queen of Spain |
Caravel | fast exploring ship |
Astrolobe | navigating tool used to plot the stars |
Mercantilism | economic theory that a countrys power is based off of it's wealth and that a country should sell more than buy |
Free Enterprise | freedom of private businesses to compete for profit with minimal regulation |
Primary Souces | a first hand account of an event |
Secondary Sources | a second hand or not direct account of an event |
Fundamental Orders Of Connecticut | first written counstitution in the Americas |
Middle Colonies | New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania |
Southern Colonies | North, South Carolina, Georgia, Maryland |
New England Colonies | New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island |
Puritans | those who saught to reform the english church |
Separatists | those who wished to separate from the church of England |
Proprietary Colony | colonies run by people which whom the land was granted |
Joint Stock Colony | a colony where people by stock in the company in return for share in future profits of the colony |
Royal Colony | colonies which are owned by the government |