Enlighlenment/ American Rev.
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- Mary Wollstonecraft
- English writer and early feminist who denied male supremacy and advocated equal education for women
- Parliament
- a legislative assembly in certain countries (e.g., Great Britain)
- Articles of Confederation
- a constitution drafted in 1777 and ratified in 1781; weak central govt. that could make laws or regular commerce
- Treaty of Paris
- agreement signed by British and American leaders that stated the United States of America was a free and independent contry
- popular sovereignty
- created by and subject to the will of people
- social contract
- the notion that society is based on an agreement between government and the governed in which people agree to give up some rights in exchange for the protection of others
- enlightened despotism
- absolute monarchs ruled according to principles of the Enlightenment
- opera
- a drama set to music
- mercantilism
- an economic system (Europe in 18th C) to increase a nation's wealth by government regulation of all of the nation's commercial interests
- Thomas Jefferson
- wrote the declaration of independence influenced by John Locke.
- Bill of Rights
- a statement of fundamental rights and privileges (especially the first ten amendments to the United States Constitution)
- Declaration of Independence
- the document recording the proclamation of the second Continental Congress (4 July 1776) asserting the independence of the colonies from Great Britain