U.S. Colonial Era and Foundations Vocabulary

Historical Foundations

        Enlightenment

        Locke

        Montesquieu

        Voltaire

        Rousseau

        Magna Carta

        habeas corpus

        English Bill of Rights

        Glorious Revolution

Colonial Experience

        Mayflower Compact

        town meetings

        House of Burgesses

        Local Government

        Property Rights

        Albany Plan of Union

        The Zenger Case

        Salutary Neglect

Revolutionary America

        natural rights

        Benjamin Franklin

        George Washington

        John Adams

        Samuel Adams

        Patrick Henry