Civics Unit 2 Vocab

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Age of enlightment

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when english people began setting here in the 1600s

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Charter

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a written grant by a country's legislative or sovereign power

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Pariament

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in the UK) the highest legislature, consisting of the sovereign, the House of Lords, and the House of Commons

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Compact

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losely and neatly packed together; dense.

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Stamp Act

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an act of the British Parliament in 1756 that exacted revenue from the American colonies by imposing a stamp duty on newspapers and legal and commercial documents

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Declaration Act

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declaration by the British Parliament that accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act. directly taxed the colonies for revenue.

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Townshend Revenue Act

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imposed duties on glass, lead, paints, paper and tea imported into the colonies.

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Quartering Acts

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provided the British soldiers with any needed accommodations or housing. It also required colonists to provide food for any British soldiers in the area.

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Loyalists

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person who stayed loyal to the british

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Patriots

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a person who vigorously supports their country and is prepared to defend it against enemies or detractors

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John Locke

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seventeenth-century English philosopher. Didn't believe in monarchy.

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Thomas Hobbes

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person who believes in monarchy and state of Nature

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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Francophone Genevan philosopher, writer, and composer of the 18th century.

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Glorious Revolution

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revolution by the english pariliment that overthrew of King James II of England

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English Bill of Rights

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an English statute of 1689 confirming, with minor changes, the Declaration of Rights, declaring the rights and liberties of the subjects and settling the succession in William III and Mary II

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Common Law

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the part of English law that is derived from custom and judicial precedent rather than statutes.

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Jamestown

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The first permanent English settlement in North America

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House of Burgesses

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he lower house of the colonial Virginia legislature.

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Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

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adopted by the Connecticut Colony council. The orders describe the government set up by the waters of Connecticut. It was a Constitution for the colonial government of Hartford and was similar to the government Massachusetts had set up.

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Declaration of Independence

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defined as the formal statement written by Thomas Jefferson declaring the freedom of the thirteen American colonies from Great Britain

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Articles of Confederation

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he original constitution of the US, ratified in 1781, which was replaced by the US Constitution in 1789.

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Constitutional Convention

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five states called for a Constitutional Convention in order to discuss possible improvements to the Articles of Confederation.

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Virginia Plan

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was a proposal by Virginia delegates for a bicameral legislative branch. The plan was drafted by James Madison while he waited for a quorum to assemble at the Constitutional Convention of 1787.

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New Jersey Plan

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was a proposal for the structure of the United States Government presented byWilliam Paterson at the Constitutional Convention on June 15, 1787.

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Constitution

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a body of fundamental principles or established precedents according to which a state or other organization is acknowledged to be governed.

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Magna Carta

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a charter of liberties to which the English barons forced King John to give his assent in June 1215 at Runnymede. 2 : a document constituting a fundamental guarantee of rights and privileges.

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Mayflower Compact

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as the first governing document of Plymouth Colony. It was written by the male passengers of the Mayflower

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Due Process

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fair treatment through the normal judicial system, especially as a citizen's entitlement.

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Rule of Law

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the restriction of the arbitrary exercise of power by subordinating it to well-defined and established laws.

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Limited Government

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is a system ofgovernment that is bound to certain principles of action by a state constitution.

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Self-Government

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overnment of a country by its own people, especially after having been a colony.

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Continental Congress

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was a convention of delegates called together from the Thirteen Colonies which became the governing body of the United States (USA) during the American Revolution.