US History 0.1-0.2 Study Guide

The legislature for the Jamestown colony established by the Virginia Company in 1619; first legislative assembly in North America

• House of Burgesses

• Mayflower Compact

• Magna Carta

• English Bill of Rights

The governing document for Plymouth Colony that established forms of self-government for the colonists

• House of Burgesses

• Mayflower Compact

• Magna Carta

• English Bill of Rights

A document limiting the power of the king of England and guaranteeing certain rights to Englishmen

• House of Burgesses

• Mayflower Compact

• Magna Carta

• English Bill of Rights

An act of Parliament that limited the rights of the English monarchy and enumerated certain political rights

• House of Burgesses

• Mayflower Compact

• Magna Carta

• English Bill of Rights

An intellectual movement in Europe during the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries that emphasized reason and individualism over faith and tradition.

• Enlightenment

• John Locke

• Great Awakening

• Thomas Jefferson

An English philosopher who wrote Two Treatises of Government

• Enlightenment

• John Locke

• Great Awakening

• Thomas Jefferson

A religious movement in the North American colonies that emphasized individual salvation and high standards of personal morality

• Enlightenment

• John Locke

• Great Awakening

• Thomas Jefferson

A Virginian statesman who wrote the Declaration of Independence and served as the third president of the United States.

• Enlightenment

• John Locke

• Great Awakening

• Thomas Jefferson

A Massachusetts statesman who served as the president of the Second Continental Congress

• George Washington

• John Locke

• John Hancock

• Thomas Jefferson

A Virginia officer and statesman who led the Continental Army during the Revolutionary War and swerved as the first President of the United States

• George Washington

• John Locke

• John Hancock

• Thomas Jefferson