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Declaration of Indep
Declaration of Independence for US Government
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Royal Colony | In this colony, direct control by the King. It has a King appointed governor and any laws that are passed are approved by the governor and King. Elected legislatures are also present. |
| Proprietary Colony | this colony was established by a King granting land to a proprietor or business owner. The colony is operated by the proprietor's wishes. There were elected legislatures though |
| Charter Colony | these colonies were granted to colonist. They had elected legislatures and were largely self-governing |
| Different Reasons (investments, religious freedom, debt relief) | The colonies were established for this. |
| Declaration of Independence | The most famous "break up letter" in American history. |
| King George III | This English monarch was responsible for loosing the American Colonies from British control. |
| A self sufficient government | Due to the distance of 3000 miles between America and England, this type of government was common in the American Colonies. |
| Stamp Act | This tax is an example of the British legislature that was being passed. The American colonist felt that they should not be taxed because they had no representation in English Parliament. |
| The First Continental Congress | This Congress met in the spring of 1774. They sent a letter to the King protesting unfair treatment and taxes by the British Government. At this time, the Americans did NOT want their independence. |
| The Second Continental Congress | This Congress met in May 1775 with the purpose of declaring independence from Great Britain after more strict and repressive laws were passed on the American Colonies. |
| Republicanism | government should be based on the consent of the people; people exercise their power by voting for political representatives |
| Limited Government | the principle that allows government to do only what the people allow it to do |
| Individual/Natural Rights | a personal liberty an privilege guaranteed to citizens by the government or by God/nature |
| Checks and Balances | the ability for different parts of the government to exercise control over the other branches |
| Separation of Powers | the division of basic government roles into branches |
| Federalism | a system of government where power is shared between the central government and the subnational units |
| Popular Sovereignty | a government in which the people rule; a system in which the residents vote to decide an issue |
| John Locke | This Enlightenment thinker promoted the "Social Contract Theory" and wrote the book 2nd Treaties on Civil Government. |
| Thomas Hobbes | This Enlightenment thinker promoted the "Social Contract Theory" and wrote the book Leviathan. |
| Charles de Montesquieu | This Enlightenment thinker promoted the concept of "Separation of Powers" |
| Jean-Jacques Rousseau | This Enlightenment thinker was a French philosopher and author during the Enlightenment. He saw current governments as corrupt. |
| Mary Wollstonecraft | This Enlightenment thinker was a self-educated philosopher from England. Her focus on women’s rights and education helped to start 19th century Feminism, a movement for women’s equality. |
| Social Contract Theory | is the view that a persons' moral and/or political obligations are dependent upon a contract or agreement among them to form the society in which they live. |
| The Enlightenment | a European intellectual movement of the late 17th and 18th centuries emphasizing reason and individualism rather than tradition. |
| Preamble | a preliminary or preparatory statement; an introduction. The Declaration of Independence begins with one of these. |
| Grievance(s) | an official statement(s) of a complaint over something believed to be wrong or unfair. |
| Federalism | is the mixed or compound mode of government, combining a general government (the central or federal government) with regional governments (provincial, state, Land, cantonal, territorial or other sub-unit governments) in a single political system. |
| King George III | “He has refused to pass other laws…unless those people would relinquish their right of Representation”. He is whom? |
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