The American Revolution
The event where colonists (specifically the "Sons of Liberty") dumped large shipments of British tea into Boston Harbor is known as this
The Boston Tea Party
Absolute rulers who adopted some Enlightenment ideas were known as this
Enlightened Despots
This man thought people were greedy and selfish, and that we need a strong government to keep people in line
Thomas Hobbes
This refers to the agreement whereby people give up some freedom in exchange for a more orderly society
Social Contract
They were against it, and favored more individual liberty.
This man wrote the American Declaration of Independence
Thomas Jefferson
This person believed people were basically reasonable and moral, and opposed absolutism in favor of individual liberty.
John Locke
These refer to unchanging principals, discovered through reason, that govern all human conduct
Natural Laws
This was America's first "constitution" after we gained our Independence
The Articles of Confederation
During the American Revolution, colonists were split into three groups based on their support for the revolution. What were the groups?
Patriots (supported independence), Loyalists (opposed independence), and neutrals
List three enlightened despots
Joseph II
Frederick the Great
This word refers to French enlightenment thinkers who believed nothing was beyond human reason.
Philosophes
This man was the foremost support of the freedom of speech
Voltaire
Explain how governments and the Church reacted to the Enlightenment
They waged a war of censorship; banning and burning books.
This nation was our biggest ally during the American Revolution
How did King George III take back some power lost during the Glorious Revolution?
These were the French thinkers who focused on economic reforms
Physiocrats
What kind of economic system did Adam Smith advocate in his book "The Wealth of Nations?"
Free Market/Free Enterprise
Three branches/separation of powers/checks and balances
List 3 ways how the United States was influenced by the Enlightenment
Separation of Powers
Freedom of Speech
Government must be freely elected
Free Market economy
Locke influenced the Declaration of Independence
Why did King George III feel like he was right to tax the colonists in America?
He felt the British had protected them during the French and Indian War.
List three Philosphes
Montesquieu
Voltaire
Rousseau
Government should not have a role in the economy.
What did Rousseau believe about government?
Only government that had been freely elected may impose controls on peoples' behaviors