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Magna Carta   cornerstone of English justice and law ; signed by king john (of England) ; declared that the king and government were bound by the same law as the other citizens of England  
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Unalienable rights   Fundamental rights , or natural rights , guaranteed to people naturally instead of by the law. used as the foundation of the Declaration of Independence and the Bill of rights  
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Republic   A state in which the supreme power rest in the body of citizens entitled to vote and is exercised by representatives chosen directly or indirectly by them  
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Baron de Montesquieu   he first outlined the concept of separating the powers of government between the executive , legislative and judicial branches  
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Representative government   power is held by the people and exercised through the efforts of representatives elected by those people  
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Democracy   is a system of government where supreme political authority resides with the people  
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1776   a very important date for united states  
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1776   continental congress met  
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1776   july 4th we declared independence from great britian with the passage of the declaration of independence  
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1776   revolutionary war begins  
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1607   the Virginia company of London establishes the first permanent . English colony in north America in Jamestown  
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Samuel adams   cousin of john adams ; based in boston , MA ; he was one of the early founding fathers ; leader of the sons of liberty  
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Mayflower   drafted in 1620 by the pilgrims at Plymouth rock ; declared that 41 males who signed it agreed to accept majority rule and to do what was best for the colony  
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Ulysses s. grant   general during the civil war ; fought for the north , became commander of the whole union army ; he successfully guided the north to victory over the south  
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Mercantillism   an economic theory which states that a nations wealth is based on the amount of gold and silver bullion in its treasury  
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Virginia house of burgersses   created in 1619 , was an assembly of elected representatives from the Virginia colony . first form of representative government in the English colonies  
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absolute and belative chronology   absolute = to organize events in order from oldest to most recent (day,month,yesr) relative= depends less on specific dates , and more on relationship of events . example a story you have a begging , middle and end  
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articles of confederation   our first constitution; adapted on 1781 , during the American revolution ; created a weak national government and strong state government  
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Daniel Webster   famous senator from Massachusetts  
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Daniel Webster   very good speaker ; he helped keep the country together during the years of civil war  
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besssemere steel process   removes the impurities from iron to make steel .steel was very important to industrial revolution, it was hard to make until this method . because a very large industry  
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bill of rights   first 10 amendments to the u.s constitution on guaranteed basic rights and freedoms that every citizen has. government can not take away  
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U.S constitution   established the government of this country; has 7 articles and 27 amendments ; and establishes the rights of all citizens  
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civic victure   relatives to involvement in a community; citizens of a town , state or nation have an obligation  
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civil disobedience   the process of defying codes of conduct within a community or ignoring the policies and government of a state of government of a sates or nation when civil laws are considered unjust . civil rights movement  
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