| Term | Definition |
|---|
| Swaraj | to rule one self. |
| Upanishads | people from ancient india, referenced the Bhagavad Gita |
| Bhagavad Gita | the book the Upanishads used, like the bible to chistians |
| Duality of Freedom | Internal and external freedom. |
| Ancient india | Orgins of freedom |
| Plato | Critic of Greek democracy. |
| Democracy | ruled by the people. |
| Pereicles | Father of democracy |
| socrates | Plato's mentor |
| ancient greece | 1st truly democratic society. |
| christ | Spread the word of internal freedom. |
| truth | Truth for internal freedom not being a slave to forieghn ideas. |
| modern age | when people stopped being surfs and under kings, and began to think for themselves, precursor to the renaissance |
| Renaissance | The revival of letters, and then of art, which marks the transition from medieval to modern time. |
| John Locke | Wrote Two Treatises on Government as justification of Glorious Revolution and end of absolutism in England. He argued that man is born good and has rights to life, liberty, and property. To protect these rights, people enter social contract to create government with limited powers. If a government did not protect these rights or exceeded its authority, Locke believed the people have the right to revolt. The ideas of consent of the governed, social contract, and right of revolution influenced the United States Declaration of Independence and the U.S. Constitution. He also laid the foundations for criticism of absolute monarchy in France. |
| Private Property | Property owned by individuals and bussinesses, rather than by the government |
| Social Contract | an implicit agreement among people that results in the organization of society |
| Magna Carta | "great charter" talks about limiting the power of a government restricting its absolute power. |
| Parliament | group of people coming to gether to make a decision. |
| King john | King of England who raised taxes and punished his enemies without a trial. He is best known for being forced to sign the Magna Carta. |
| Common law | the king is below the law, and everyone has some form of rights |
| Anglo-Saxon | Germanic tribesmen that spread freedom |
| British Bill of Rights | like the bill of rights in America, but for Britain, 1689 |
| Petition of rights | limited the English monarchs power to tax people without the consent of parliment and garenteed certain rights to English subjects |
| Germania | Anglo saxon home land |
| Evolution | slow change |
| Revolution | Rapid Change |
| Legislation | Passing laws |
| Legitimate | Official |
| consent | willing participant |
| Rule of Law | Laws are developed fairly and enforced equally for all people regardless of wealth, power, or background |
| Colony | An extension of a countries boarders in a forgien land |
| Slavery | Property for the sole purpose of working. |
| Paternalism | Parent country doing things for its "child" colony even if against its will for best outcome. |
| Exploitation | Useing some one for only one side gains not both |
| Colonialism | Expansion of Boarders |
| System | series of things working together in a common goal. |
| Volatile | Unstable |
| Pathogens | Disease |
| Paradox | Two contridictory statements existing at the same time. |
| Racism | Potential judged by physical characteristics that are inheritited. |
| Cultural Imperialism | Forceing a different culture upon a people |
| 1607 | Jamestown founded |
| Tyranny | Unjust use of government power |
| Boycott | Avoiding use of somthing |
| Repeal | To render of no further effect. |
| Proclamation of 1763 | Restriction of Westward colonization. |
| Stamp Act | Taxation of legitimate documents |
| Quartering Act | Made people house soilders. |
| Townsend acts | Taxed common imports |
| French & Indian War | British and indian forces fought French Indian forces on american soil. |
| Boston Massacre | British soldiers fired upon a crowd while at a bank. |
| George Washington | first president of the US. |
| John Adams | Draftor of Declarration of independence |
| Ben Franklin | Draftor of Declaration of independence |
| Intolerable Acts | Acts that accelerated the american revolution. caused out rage from colonies |
| king George III | King during the time of American revolution |
| Thomas Jefferson | Draftor of the declaration of independence |
| 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 |
| Enlightenment | It developed as a result of the scientific revolution |
| justification | reasons explaining why somthing is right |
| Delegate | Elected offical |
| State | the group of people comprising the government of a sovereign state |
| Confederation | the act of forming an alliance or confederation |
| Sovereignty | The authority of a nation-state |
| Congress | a meeting of elected or appointed representatives |
| republic | a political system in which the supreme power lies in a body of citizens who can elect people to represent them |
| Treason | an act of deliberate betrayal |
| Abolish | do away with |
| nation | a politically organized body of people under a single government |
| Country | a political union, much like a large state, that governs itself |
| Federalism | division of power between the national and state governments |
| James Madison | Bill of rights author |
| Compromise | an agrement that both parties agree on after disagreeing on their own solutions. |
| Secession | formal separation from an alliance or federation |
| John C. Calhoun | North carolina leader that lead sucession |
| Abraham Lincoln | President of America during civil war. Abolished slavery. |
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