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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Charles de Montesquieu | His ideas influenced the founding fathers, defined separation of powers |
| 1607 | Date of 1st permanent English settlement at Jamestown |
| John Locke | Wrote the Doctrine of Natural Rights which outlined the fundamental rights all humans should enjoy |
| Mayflower Compact | Written by Pilgrims in 1620–said they would follow the laws they wrote. (idea: power comes from the people & self-govt) |
| John Smith | Leader of Jamestown colony |
| William Penn | Founder of Pennsylvania; he believed in paying Indians for their land, freedom of religion, and self-government |
| Virginia House of Burgesses | First form of representative government in America |
| Fundamental Orders of Connecticut | 1st written form of government in America; gave the right to vote to non-church members drafted by Thomas Hooke |
| Middle Colonies | AKA the Breadbasket Colonies; raised lots of grain, animals, produced iron |
| Cultural Borrowing | To borrow and use an idea that you took from another culture |
| Mercantilism | Country controls the imports and exports of its colonies; “the colonies exist for the good of the mother country” |
| New England Colonies | Economy based on fishing & shipping trade; cold climate, short growing season; used town meetings to govern |
| Anne Hutchinson | Woman accused of heresy (false teaching); exiled from Massachusetts |
| William Bradford | Leader of Pilgrims at Plymouth |
| Roger Williams | Exiled from Massachusetts; founder of colony of Rhode Island |
| Southern Colonies | Longer growing season, fertile soil, grew cotton and Tobacco. Life revolved around plantations |
| Columbian Exchange | World wide exchange of animals, plants, culture, human populations including slaves), disease, and ideas |
| William Blackstone | His Doctrines of English Law became the basis of University Legal System in England and North America |
| Albany Plan of Union | First proposal to unite the American colonies; by Ben Franklin “Join or Die |
| The Middle Passage | Ship’s voyage importing slaves from Africa; many Africans died |
| Triangular Trade | Shipping and trade routes between the colonies & Africa & West Indies islands |
| Magna Carta | In 1215, King John was forced to share power with Parliament; (no one was above the law & right to trial by jury) |
| The First Great Awakening | Religious movement in the 1700s; increased religious toleration & more “equality in eyes of God” |
| The Enlightenment | Intellectual movement in 1700s; the power of REASON led to many inventions |
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