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20 Cards in this Set
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Great Awakening |
A religious movement that swept through the colonies in the 1730's and 1740's. |
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Enlightenment |
Intellectual movement stressing reason and science as the paths to knowledge. |
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Magna Carta |
A 1215 document granting rights to English people (trial by jury) |
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Parliament |
England's lawmaking body (colonist model for representative grovernment) |
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Glorious Revolution |
The takeover of the English throne by William and Mary during 1688 and 1689. |
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English Bill of Rights |
A 1689 royal agreement to respect the rights of English citizens and of Parliament (parliament made the laws, not the king). |
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Salutary neglect |
Leaving alone in a helpful way. |
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John Peter Zenger Trial JPZ |
A colonial publisher whose trial in 1735 led to freedom of the press. |
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French and Indian War |
A war between Britain and France for control of North America. |
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Albany Plan of Union |
First formal proposal to unite the British colonies. |
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Treaty of Paris 1763 |
Treaty ending the French and Indian War. |
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Pontiac's Rebellion |
Native American revolt against the British in 1763. |
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Proclamation of 1763 |
British order forbidding colonists to settle west of the Appalachians. |
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Ally |
Friends or groups with a common interest. |
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Rival |
Enemies. |
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Colonial Assembly |
The law making body of the colony. |
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Mayflower Compact |
A 1620 document written by the Pilgrims in Massachusetts (self-government and majority rule. |
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House of Burgesses |
The colonial assembly in Virginia. |
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Fundamental Orders of Connecticut |
The first written constitution in America. |
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Representative Government |
When people elect representatives to make laws and decisions on their behalf. |
