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JUSTICE - THE ACT OR PROCESS OF PROMOTING WHAT IS FAIR AND CORRECT.
JOHN LOCKE - PHILOSOPHER WHO WROTE, "THE TWO TREATISES OF GOVERNMENT" THIS EXPLAINS HOW GOVERNMENT GETS ITS POWER, AND HOW PEOPLE SHOULD BE GOVERNED. I. LOCKE BELIEVED POLITICAL POWER COMES FROM PEOPLE, NOT GOD. II. SOCIAL CONTRACT: UNWRITTEN CONTRACT WITH GOVERNMENT THAT SAYS, "THE GOV. CAN RULE PEOPLE, IF THE GOV. PROVIDES NATURAL RIGHTS." (LIFE, LIBERTY, AND PROPERTY) III. IF GOV. BREAKS CONTRACT, THE PEOPLE HAVE THE RIGHT AND RESPONSIBILITY TO REVOLT. STAMP ACT - BRITISH TAX ON EVERYTHING THAT MOSTLY INCLUDED PAPER GOODS SUCH AS CARDS, DIPLOMAS, AND CONTRACTS. DAUGHTERS OF LIBERTY - JUST LIKE THE SONS OF LIBERTY, EXCEPT THEY ALSO MADE RAGGED CLOTHING FOR COLONISTS TO WEAR. BOSTON TEA PARTY - A RAID, WHERE COLONISTS DRESSED AS NATIVE AMERICANS DUMPED SHIPPED TEA INTO BOSTON HARBOR. MODERATE - TYPICALLY OPPOSE EXTREME BEHAVIOR. THE FIRST CONTINENTAL CONGRESS - DELEGATES FROM COLONIES MET TO TALK ABOUT THE FUTURE. THEY DECIDED TO NOT OBEY INTOLERABLE ACTS AND MEET AGAIN LATER IF THINGS DIDN'T IMPROVE. |
COLONY - A PIECE OF LAND GOVERNED BY AN EXTERNAL POWER, TYPICALLY USED FOR MONEY.
ALBANY PLAN OF UNION - MEETING AMONG COLONISTS TO DETERMINE THE FUTURE DIRECTION OF THE FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR. BEN FRANKLIN WANTED TO FORM A NATIONAL FEDERAL GOVERNMENT. QUARTERING ACT - THIS ACT FORCED THE COLONISTS TO HOUSE, FEED, AND MAINTAIN BRITISH SOLDIERS. BOSTON MASSACRE - WHERE A GROUP OF BRITISH SOLDIERS ALLEGEDLY FIRED UPON UNARMED COLONISTS, KILLING THEM. COERCIVE ACTS - APPLIED TO MASSACHUSETTS. IT WAS USED TO STOP PROTESTS AGAINST BRITAIN. RADICAL - A PERSON WHOSE VIEWS ARE MORE EXTREME. |
ENGLISH BILL OF RIGHTS - DOCUMENT WRITTEN IN 1689 THAT TOOK POWER FROM THE KING AND GAVE IT TO THE PEOPLE.
FRENCH AND INDIAN WAR - BRITAIN WON, AT THE COST OF GREAT DEBT. COLONISTS WERE FORCED TO PAY HIGH TAXES FOR THE WAR, BUT HAD NO REPRESENTATION. SONS OF LIBERTY - GROUP OF MEN WHO PROTESTED THE STAMP ACT. TEA ACT - A MAJOR TAX ON TEA IN THE COLONIES. INTOLERABLE ACTS - INCLUDED THE COERCIVE AND QUEBEC ACTS. FUNDAMENTALIST - SOMEONE WHO SEEMS TO ALWAYS HAVE RADICAL OPINIONS. |