Roots of American Democracy Test

Mr. Moore - civics - first test

1215

magna Carta year

magna Carta

English nobles rebelled against King John and made him sign this

Another name for Magna Carta

Great Charter

House of Commons and House of Lords

the 2 houses

House of Commons

represents the public, making and reviewing laws, and holding the government accountable

House of Lords

Revises legislation, investigates public policy, and holds the government accountable

1689

English Bill of Rights year

protestant country

England was a __________ _______

1688

Glorious Revolution year

Glorious Revolution

James II is replaced by William and Mary in a bloodless coup

Protestant

William and Mary were __________

Constitutional Monarchy

A system of government in which a monarch serves as the head of state, but their powers are limited by a constitution

English Bill of Rights

limited power of the Monarchy and established a constitutional monarchy

Common Law

based on precedent

Precedent

a prior judicial decision or ruling that serves as an example or authority for deciding similar cases in the future

Jean Jaques Rousseau

social contract

Baron de Montesquieu

separation of powers

1607

Virginia House of Burgesses year

Virginia House of Burgesses

1st permanent settlement in Jamestown and also was self governing

Mayflower Compact

pilgrims signed this for a direct democracy

1620

Mayflower signage year

tidewater crops

southern colonies crops

America, Europe, and Africa

Triangular Trade countries

Charlestown South Carolina

Leader in trade due to their harbor

Magna Carta

equal treatment under law

John Locke

Natural Rights

Breadbasket colonies

what were the middle colonies known as

Southern colonies

Agrarian colonies

Mercantilism

wealth is power

George Calvert

Founded Maryland as the only Catholic colony

Slave Codes

codes that say that slaves are human beings while also stating that they are property

500+ acres

how big are plantations

Virginia

one joint-stock company

Carolinas

proprietary colonies

1729

year that Carolinas become royal colonies

Pennsylvania

Quakers founded this join-stock company

join-stock company

common wealth

Religious dissenters

those who followed a religion other than official religion of England

Anglician/Church of England

Official religion of England

Propriety

what kind of colony was New York

Royal

what kind of colony was New Jersey

1702

what year did New Jersey become a royal colony

pilgrims

people on religious journeys

Thomas Hook

who led a church in Connecticut

Roger Williams

founded Rhode Island as a colony of religious freedom

The Great Awakening

religious revivals in 1720s

single woman

there was more incentive to be a ______ ______

theocratic

what kind of colony was the new England colony

1641

year of Massachusetts body of liberties

Massachusetts body of liberties

protected individual rights

12/13

how many colonies had bicameral legislatures

bicameral legislatures

two house legislatures

Pennsylvania

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