What is a New Nation?
Colonists lived here longer than any region
What is New England?
Use the the idea of a state of nature to justify a proper goverment
What is the main idea of John Locke's Treatises of Goverment?
This conflict resulted in a British victory with British gaining new territory.
What is the Seven Years War?
The primary writer of the Declaration of Independence
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
The congress passed this to ask the colonies to stop importing goods from the British isles beginning on December 1, 1774
What is the Articles of Association?
Cold with long winters, land was thin and rocky.
What was climate?
French pollical philosopher who advocated the separation of executive and legislative and judicial powers.
Who is Baron de Monstequieu
This proclamation states that colonists cannot explore past the Appalachian Mountains.
What is the Proclamation of 1768?
Represented the United States in France during the American Revolution
Who is Benjamin Franklin?
The first formal state by a nation's people asserting their right to choose their own government
What is Declaration of Independence?
Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia
What are southern colonies?
Contributed to moral psychology, had an influence on later thinkers and political philosophy.
What is Jean Jacques Rousseau?
The first internal tax levied directly on American colonists by the British parliament.
What is the Stamp Act of 1765?
Also known as the ''Father of this Country''
Who is George Washington?
This document served as the United States first constitution
What is the Articles of Confederation?
New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware, Maryland
What is middle colonies?
Two Treatises of Goverment
What's John Locke mainly known for?
A board of customs commissioners to help stop smuggling and corruption among local authorities
What is Townshend Acts of 1767?
Helped write the Bill of Rights
Who is James Madison?
Hundreds of Massachusetts farmers led by Daniel Shay's rebelled against the goverment in response to raised taxes.
What is Shay's Rebellion?
An economy policy where a mother country uses it's colonies to make money
What is mercantilism?
Made central contributions to the development of liberalism
Who is John Locke?
A deadly street brawl between American colonists and a British soldier occurring on March 5, 1770
What is the Boston Masscre of 1770?
First secretary of the treasury of the United States
Who is Alexander Hamilton?
What is the Constitutional Convention?