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Description: James Madison was the author of the Constitution.
Historical Relevance: James Madison's contribution led to the creation of the law of the US, Constitution.

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Description: John Locke came up with the idea of Natural Rights.
Historical Relevance: He ideas of Natural Rights influenced both the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence.

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Description: Thomas Jefferson was the author of Declaration of Independence.
Historical Relevance: He wrote the Declaration of Independence which marked the official step of Americans towards independence.

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Def: This amendment covered the freedom of speech, religion, to assemble, and press.
Historical Relevance: This amendment protects the basic rights of Americans. It is also a sign of democracy.

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Def: Establishment Clause is a passage from the First Amendment that states the government should never establish a state religion.
Historical Relevance: This passage shows the Americans were free from government coercion to support a certain religion.

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Def: Free Exercise Clause is a passage from the first amendment that states people's right to practice their religion.
Historical Relevance: This passage is important because citizens finally had the rights to practice their religion. It shows the process of the United States moving to democracy.

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Def: Abolitionists were people that wanted to abolish slavery.
Historical Relevance: The abolitionists show the idea of democracy and equality.

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Def: The Second Great Awakening was a religious revival that brought new movements about human rights.
Historical Relevance: The Second Great Awakening promoted the temperance, abolition, and women' s rights. It shows that the rights of citizens are still improving at that time.

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Def: The Bill of Rights is also known as the first ten Amendments of the constitution.
Historical Relevance: The Bill of Rights protected basic rights and freedoms of the citizens.

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Def: This statement said American continents should not be viewed as open to colonization anymore.
Historical Relevant: The Monroe Doctrine protected people in America from the European Nations.

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Def: Quakers was a religious group that supported the abolitionists.
Historical Relevance: The Quakers was a sign of more and more people were supporting equality than slavery in the 1800's.

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Def: Power was divided between national government and state government.
Historical Relevance: Federalism strengthened the power of the central government, but remained right for the states. This solved the weak central government problem.

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Def: This is a compromise between the New Jersey Plan and Virginia Plan. It split the congress into two parts, the House of Representatives and the Senate.
Historical Relevance: The Great Compromise solved the problem of how many representatives each state can have.

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Def: This document served as the law of the United States before the Constitution.
Historical Relevance: This document was not successful and made the government weak by giving too much power to the states. It eventually led to the creation of the Constitution is used today.

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Def: This amendment fully banned slavery.
Historical Relevance: The 13th amendment was a sign of equality because it officially ending slavery.

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Def: Enlightenment was an intellectual movement that encouraged people to think with reasons.
Historical Relevance: This intellectual movement let the colonists question the British.

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Def: People are born with natural rights, including right of life, liberty, and property.
Historical Relevance: The author of Natural Rights, John Locke, was influenced by Enlightenment and started thinking for people's rights.

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Def: The 13 colonies of Americans signed this document to sever their political connection with Britain.
Historical Relevance: This document was largely influenced by John Locke's ideas of natural rights.

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Def: The Separation of Powers is the division of government power to three branches: legislative, executive, judicial.
Historical Relevance: The Separation of Powers used Montesquieu's ideas from Enlightenment.

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Def: The First Great Awakening was a period of time when religious devotion was revived.
Historical Relevance: American colonies were questioning British rulers more and more at that time.