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Civics & EconomicsUNIT 1: Foundations
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Key TermsAncient GreeceMagna CartaBicameralJoint-Stock Company1st Great AwakeningSocial ContractSeparation of PowersCommon LawProprietary Colony
Ancient RomeColumbusJamestownSalem Witch TrialsPilgrimsEnlightenmentNatural RightsSelf Governing
ColonyRoyal Colony
Foundations of American Govn’tAncient Greece
birthplace of direct democracy, Plato, Aristotle and political thinking
Ancient Romebirthplace of the Senate, Representative government and our legal system
1215 Magna Carta took power from king John and gave it to the nobles
1300’s Parliament Legislative body created to make laws for the English people –Bicameral
1492 Columbus(Spain) Nina, Pinta, Santa Maria
Discovers the Caribbean Islands
1600’s New World Colonization
America is SettledReasons to settleThe 3 Gs…GoldGodGlory
GoldWanted to make money. Thought they’d
find gold like the Spanish did. (They didn’t)1609 Jamestown, Virginia
first permanent settlement in the new world
Founded by the Virginia Joint-Stock CompanyJoint-stock company- company of
merchants who invest money to start a colony with the hope of making a return (based on proportion put in) shared risk
GodReligion in the New WorldCatholics: the oldest established Christian religionFled to the new world, were persecuted by the other established religious coloniesSettled in Maryland (which was religiously tolerant)
Religious Dissenters: any person whose religious beliefs go against the dominate religionMany left Europe for the
new world to get religious freedom.
Once they got to the new world did they give other’s
religious freedom?
Quakers: settled Pennsylvania; religiously tolerant; pacifists (peaceful); early Amish
Puritans: believed in purifying or reforming the church of England; very strict religious beliefs; religiously intolerant
Pilgrims: people who make a religious journey (i.e. Pilgrims founding Plymouth, Massachusetts)
Salem Witch Trials: period of trial and execution of 22 accused witches due to intolerance and land battles
First Great Awakeninga period of religious revival in the 1720s
Lead by Jonathan EdwardsGave the sermon “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God”
GloryIdeas of the New WorldThe Enlightenment: 1500’s; period of history in which science, political thought, and reason became a way of explaining the universe
Jean Jacques RousseauSocial Contract Theory: unwritten contract between the government and its people People give up rights, government provides for the people
People can break away from government if they are not providing
Baron de MontesquieuSeparation of Powers: the idea that government should divide its powers into multiple branches to avoid tyrannyHow many branches
in the U.S. Government?
John LockeNatural Rights: rights all men have: life, liberty, propertyAKA: inalienable rights
used Rousseau’s ideas of social contract to defend his point Does this sound
familiar?
Other Radical Ideas about Government
Common Law- a system of law based on precedent and customDo not have to be written down
Egalitarianism: idea that everyone is equal
Types of Colonies
Self-Governing (Charter) colony- owned by the King , but run by another person with his permissionEx. Jamestown, Va. Run by the Virginia company with the permission of the king
Proprietary colony -colony owned and run by someone other than the kingJames OglethorpeGeorgia ColonyServed as a safe haven for run away debtor
Also a buffer between the English colonies and the Spanish
Royal colony- Colony owned and governed by the English MonarchyAll colonies were Royal Colonies
Governed by representatives of the Monarchy
Ex. Duke of York…All become Royal colonies eventually
Activity: Venn Diagram
p. 24
The 13 Colonies Chart
Use the computers and use your books to find the answers
Key TermsAncient GreeceMagna CartaBicameralJoint-Stock Company1st Great AwakeningSocial ContractSeparation of PowersCommon LawProprietary Colony
Ancient RomeColumbusJamestownSalem Witch TrialsPilgrimsEnlightenmentNatural RightsSelf Governing
ColonyRoyal Colony