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22 Cards in this Set
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Parliament
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Henry III, 1300's, England, for the first time England was becoming a representative democracy
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The House of Burgesses
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Colonists, 1619, Jamestown, first American representative democracy
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Magna Carta
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English Nobles, 1215, England,
Limited the power of the monarchy by establishing a contract based on consent and due process. |
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Mayflower Compact
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Colonists, 1620, Massachusetts, first direct democracy established in America
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Glorious Revolution
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King James II + William and Mary, 1600's-1680's, England, The English Bill of Rights and the showing of the supremacy of Parliament. Reinforced idea for consent and social contract.
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Colonial Government
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Colonists, 1733, 13 original colonies, Each colony had a legislature upper and lower house.
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Enlightenment Period
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John Locke + Voltaire + Montisque + Rousseu, 1600-1700's, England and France, Shifted the way people began to look at a society as a whole and the role of the individual, Theocracy ----> Secular
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Declaration of Independence
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Colonists + Thomas Jefferson, July 4th 1776, Philly, Penn, was the first time a revolution was justified based on the ideas from John Locke and the Enlightenment Period.
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Fears of the Articles of Confederation
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Fear of a strong national government
Some states would dominate others in a national gov. |
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Problems of the Articles of Confederation
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No money and no power to get it
No power over the states governments and their citizens Unenforceable trade governments Unfair competitions among states Threats to citizens rights to property |
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Solution to fear of a strong national government
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Create a weak national government
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Solution to fear that some states would dominate others in a national government
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Give each state one vote
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Mercantilism
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theory that a country should sell more goods than it buys
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Ways John Locke's philosophy was incorporated into the Declaration of Independence
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1) Life, Liberty, and Property
2) Right to a revolution 3) Consent of the governed |
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Unalienable
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cannot be taken away
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3 unalienable rights
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life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
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merciless savages, barbarians, not real people.
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How are Native Americans referred as in the Declaration of Independence?
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life, fortune, and honor
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What price were the signers of the Declaration of Independence willing to pay in order to achieve freedom?
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Daniel Shays
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In November, 1786, 1200 farmers stormed a government arsenal in Springfield under who?
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Shays Rebellion
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What made the politicians seriously rethink the Articles of Confederation?
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Parts of the Declaration of Independence
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Preamble, Declaration of Natural Rights, List of Grievances, and the Resolution of Independence by the United States.
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Articles of Confederation
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John Dickinson, 1776, Pennsylvania, was first government ever fully established by the United States as a country, but did not go very well.
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