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First representative government in the colonies, self-government
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1 Virginia House of Burgesses 2 Mayflower Compact
3 Bicameral Legislature 4 Proclamation Line of 1763
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Terms in this set (160)
, Mayflower Compact A document written by the Pilgrims setting
guidelines for self-government
Virginia House of Burgesses First representative government in the colonies,
self-government
Mercantilism Economic system where the mother country
benefits - raw materials sent from the colonies,
colonists buy finished products from the mother
country.
Common Sense 1776: a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that
claimed the colonies had a right to be an
independent nation
French and Indian War Caused the colonies to want to rebel against the
British
Proclamation Line of 1763 British say colonists can't settle past Appalachian
Mountains, don't want conflict with Native
Americans.
John Locke Enlightenment Thinker, influenced Jefferson and
Declaration of Independence. Believed that
people had natural rights to liberty, life and
property
Declaration of Independence 1776 statement, issued by the Second Continental
Congress, explaining why the colonies wanted
independence from Britain.
British Taxes Caused colonists to want to rebel (sugar, tea,
stamp etc).
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First representative government in the colonies, self-government
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1 Virginia House of Burgesses 2 Mayflower Compact
3 Bicameral Legislature 4 Proclamation Line of 1763
Don't know?
Terms in this set (160)
, Mayflower Compact A document written by the Pilgrims setting
guidelines for self-government
Virginia House of Burgesses First representative government in the colonies,
self-government
Mercantilism Economic system where the mother country
benefits - raw materials sent from the colonies,
colonists buy finished products from the mother
country.
Common Sense 1776: a pamphlet written by Thomas Paine that
claimed the colonies had a right to be an
independent nation
French and Indian War Caused the colonies to want to rebel against the
British
Proclamation Line of 1763 British say colonists can't settle past Appalachian
Mountains, don't want conflict with Native
Americans.
John Locke Enlightenment Thinker, influenced Jefferson and
Declaration of Independence. Believed that
people had natural rights to liberty, life and
property
Declaration of Independence 1776 statement, issued by the Second Continental
Congress, explaining why the colonies wanted
independence from Britain.
British Taxes Caused colonists to want to rebel (sugar, tea,
stamp etc).
