The slave trade was a practice whcih played a major rolein the colonial economy. It started when the African slaves were brought to the caribbean mainly to work in plantations, or in places were labor was needed, due to diseases and the mortality rate. At the beginning, the colonies did not really required large numbers of slaves.
The first colony receiving slaves was Virginia, which in 1619 received the first ones. This cipher grew up exponentially during thefollowing years,and it is estimated that by 1770,the numberof slaves was over 185.000 in Virginia alone, which makes it the Colony with the highest number.
During the English Commonwealth period, the Levellers demanded that all citizens should have a voice in the government.
Limited government = A principle of constitutional government; a government whose powers are defined and limited by a constitution.
the executive branch = the branch of government that carries out laws
supreme law of the land = Constitution
amendments = a way of changing the Constitution in order to adapt. It made the Constitution flexible and not rigid.
federalism = power is balanced between the states and the national government.
republicanism = the people exercise their power by voting and their political representatives
senate = the upper house of Congress; based on an equal number of representation for each state.
individual rights = personal liberties or privileges
the commander in chief = term for the president as commander of the nation's armed forces
El crecimiento de la civilización occidental se remonta a las inmensas contribuciones de los griegos en el campo de la política, el arte, la arquitectura, la literatura, el teatro, la filosofía, la ciencia y los deportes. Grecia es conocida como la cuna de la civilización occidental. La palabra "política" se deriva del griego polis
