Unit 2 Vocab

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Age of Enlightenment

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A scientific movement referred to by its participants.

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Charter

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A writen grant by a country's legislative or soverign power.

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Parliament

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The highest legislature.

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Compact

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Closely and neatly packed together.

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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.

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Declaratory Act

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An Act of the Parliament of Great Britain, which accompanied the repeal of the Stamp Act 1765 and the changing and lessening of the Sugar Act.

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Townshend Revenue Act

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A series of measures introduced into the English Parliament by Chancellor of the Exchequer CharlesTownshend in 1767.

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Quartering Acts

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A name given to a minimum of two Acts of British Parliament in the local governments of the American colonies to provide the British soldiers with any needed accommodations or housing.

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Loyalists

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A person who remains loyal to the established ruler or government.

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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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An English philosopher and physician, widely regarded as one of the most influential of Enlightenment thinkers and commonly known as the "Father of Liberalism".

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Thomas Hobbes

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An English philosopher, best known today for his work on political philosophy.

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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

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Glorious Revolution

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The overthrow of King James II of England (James VII of Scotland and James II of Ireland) by a union of English Parliamentarians.

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English Bill of Rights

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A British Law, passed by the Parliament of Great Britain in 1689 that declared the rights and liberties of the people and settling the succession.

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Common Law

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The body of English law as adopted and modified separately by the different states of the US and by the federal government.

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Jamestown

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The Jamestown settlement in the Colony of Virginia was the first permanent English settlement in the Americas.

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House of Burgesses

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The lower house of the colonial Virginia legislature.

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Fundamental Orders of Connecticut

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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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The statement adopted by the Second Continental Congress meeting at the Pennsylvania State House in Philadelphia.

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Articles of Confederation

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The 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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To discuss possible improvements to the Articles of Confederation.

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Virginia Plan

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A proposal by Virginia delegates for a bicameral legislative branch.

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New Jersey Plan

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A proposal for the structure of the United States Government at the Constitutional Convention.

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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 agreed to by King John of England.

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Mayflower Compact

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The first governing document of Plymouth Colony.

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Due Process

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Air 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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A principle of classical liberalism, free market libertarianism, and some tendencies of liberalism and conservatism in the United States.

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Self-Government

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

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Continental Congress

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A convention of delegates called together from the Thirteen Colonies which became the governing body of the United States during the American Revolution.