Name one of the acts that the colonists disagreed with.
Stamp, Tea, Intolerable, Quartering, Townshend
100
Name three types of government
Monarchy, Direct Democracy, Representative Democracy, Theocracy, Anarchy, Oligarchy, Dictatorship.
100
What is a state of nature?
What peoples lives were like before society. No government, "survival of the fittest"
100
Name two of the political philosophers.
Locke, Hobbes, Montesquieu, Rousseau.
100
A government where its ruler gets their power from god or a higher power.
What is a Theocracy
200
What are three items the Stamp Act taxed?
Newspapers, legal papers, playing cards.
200
A type of government where people vote through representatives.
What is representative democracy.
200
A pamphlet written by Thomas Paine to convince colonists to join the rebellion against the British.
What is Common Sense.
200
I wrote the Second Treatise of Civil Government. I believe in a Constitutional Monarchy, and Life, Liberty, and Property. Who am I?
John Locke.
200
a system that ensures that no one branch of the government becomes too powerful
checks and balances.
300
Why did the Colonists throw tea into the Boston Harbor during the Boston Tea Party?
What is the Tea Act.
300
An autocratic government where power is inherited.
What is a Monarchy.
300
A theory of sacrificing some individual freedoms for protection from the government.
What is a Social Contract.
300
I worte Leviathan and believe in an Absolute Monarchy. I believe that people give up their freedom and equality to the government in exchange for order and security. Who am I?
Thomas Hobbes.
300
Type of government where power is taken by force. Citizens are not allowed to speak out against the government.
What is a dictatorship
400
Why were the British taxing the colonists?
To pay back debts from the French and Indian war.
400
A government ruled by a few, can be religious, military, or theocratic.
What is an Oligarchy.
400
The theory that the governments power comes from the people it governs.
What is Consent of the Governed.
400
I wrote The Spirit of Laws. I believe a republic is the best form of government, and that the function of government is to maintain law and order and to protect liberty and property. I proposed the idea of separation of powers and checks and balances. Who am I?
Charles Montesquieu
400
the type of government that is not currently being used anywhere in the world
What is anarchy.
500
What was the main reason the colonists were upset with the intolerable acts?
They had no representation in Parliament. They didn't want to be taxed without representation.
500
A government ruled by one.
What is Autocracy.
500
The theory of dividing the government up so that no one area of the government could become too powerful
What is Separation of powers.
500
I wrote the Social Contract. I believe a direct democracy is the best form of government. I think laws should be arrived at by direct debate and vote and that full citizen participation is critical. Who am I?
Jean-Jacques Rousseau.
500
Choose one character from LOTF and describe what type of government they represent (not Jack or Ralph)