Charles-louis montesquieu contributed to the ideals of american government by articulating the concepts of or the division of authority amongst various branches of government.
social contract
checks and balances
natural rights
separation of powers

the hostility and legal persecution facing english them to seek a new home in what would become massachusetts, where they could have religious freedom.
nobles
priests
puritans
cavaliers

the new england colonies were dependent on fishing, trade, and shipping, while the southern colonies relied on agriculture and the on a mix of agriculture and trade.
middle colonies
northern colonies
thirteen colonies
british colonies

the british crown offered or written permission, for explorers such as sir walter raleigh to form colonies in the new world.
constitutions
declarations
charters
proclamations

the economic concept of a colony sending all of its raw materials to the home country while the home country was the sole source of manufactured goods for the colony.
exploration
socialism
mercantilism
capitalism

the an english legal document, signed in 1215 by king john, which sought to limit a monarch’s arbitrary and unlimited power over the people, a concept that was solidified centuries later in the english bill of rights.
mayflower compact
13th amendment
declaration of independence
magna carta

the first permanent english settlement in the new world, jamestown, was able to thrive primarily due to the discovery of a cash crop known as
fish
cotton
tobacco
roanoke

during the exploration and settlement of the new world, or businesses wherein stockholders shared both profits and risks, were formed with the sole purpose of colonizing the americas and obtaining a profit from the resulting raw materials.
joint-stock companies
trading firms
india companies
international corporations

a reference to a “british” person would today refer to someone from the
france
european union
united states
united kingdom

the thirteen colonies would come to be governed as meaning that the mass of people would vote on representatives who would then convene to decide on government issues.
socialist democracies
autocracies
representative democracies
constitutional dictatorships

settler is known for choosing the site that would become the city of boston, proclaiming the new massachusetts bay colony a “…city upon a hill…” to his friends (in reference to his hopes that it would prove to be a moral and cultural capitol).
sir walter raleigh
benjamin franklin
john winthrop
roger williams

the puritans first came to the new world in 1620 aboard a ship called the
queen anne's revenge
titanic
golden hind
mayflower

the a document drawn up by the first puritan settlers in an attempt to organize themselves in a government for the betterment of their whole society.
english bill of rights
declaration of independence
magna carta
mayflower compact

"" was the concept of poor settlers paying for their passage from the old world to the new via selling themselves into bondage to a rich landowner for a period of seven years, after which they were free to settle where and as they .
indentured servitude
commonality
slavery
mercantilism

william penn, the founder of pennsylvania, refused to include a of office in his colony’s charter, meaning that religion would not be used to qualify or disqualify someone from serving the colony’s government.
political
religious
military
practical

the became the first piece of legislation in the colonies that guaranteed all christians the freedom to worship as they .
declaration of the rights of man
english bill of rights
magna carta
maryland toleration act

enlightenment thinker john locke inspired american government when he wrote about natural rights and a where the government is bound to protecting the rights of citizens while citizens were bound to submitting to the government’s legal authority.
declaration of the rights of man
social contract
representative assembly
state of nature

the puritans first came to the new world in 1620 aboard a ship called the
mayflower
golden hind
queen anne's revenge
titanic