Lighten it Up
Great Thinkers
'Merica
Off with their Heads
Governments and Economies
100

This period of time is one of increased knowledge and art.  Big focus on what the relationship between man and his government should be. Also the idea that power come from people saying that it is ok to be governed.  This is called the Age of _______________

Enlightenment

100

This man believed in "Natural Rights" meaning everyone has rights the government can't take away like Life, Liberty and Property

John Locke 

100

The government collects these _________ from businesses and people, to pay for things like education and public safety

Taxes

100
This man helped end the French Revolution and take control of France.  He then made France into an Empire but lost it all

Napoleon 

100

The President is part of this branch of the government

Executive

200

Thomas Hobbs coined this theory that monarchs are given power by God to rule

Divine Right 

200

This man wrote the Communist Manifesto which laid out how Communism should work and function in a society

Karl Marx

200

This man rode at night from Boston to Lexington before being caught outside Concord.  He never did complete his Midnight Ride

Paul Revere 

200

The main cause of the French Revolution was that the ___________ __________ believed they were paying to much in taxes while the wealthy didn't pay anything.

Third Estate

200

What are the 2 parts of the Legislative Branch

House and Senate

300

John Locke believed in _________  ________ or the belief that all people are born with a clean slate

Tabula Rasa

300

This man came up with the idea that power comes from the consent of the governed. He believed people should give their power and control to the general public and enter into a "Social Contract" with other people

Jean-Jacques Rousseau

300

This document written mostly by Thomas Jefferson identified the reasons the British colonies wanted to be free from the control of England

Declaration Of Independence 

300

This was a time period right after the start of the French Revolution when France was guillotining many people. (What was that time called)

Reign of Terror

300

This type of government is controlled by the workers and they decide what is made.  Then the profits go back to the workers only because they are the owners

Communism

400

This theory or belief is that all men are born with certain rights that the government cannot take away

Natural Rights Theory 

400

This man believed in the French Revolution and approved of the Reign of Terror. He was executed by guillotine just like all the people who went before him. Viva La France

Maximilian Robespierre

400

Outlines the responsibilities of the United States Government; the first part of the U.S. Constitution.  It also tells purpose of government and guides decision making

The Preamble

400

Before the French Revolution, French society was divided into 3 different classes.  These classes were called 

Estates

400

In this type of economy both the government AND private businesses have a say in what is produced and how much to sell it for

Mixed Economy

500

This theory or idea is that power comes from the consent of the people/governed.  We all give up some rights or freedom to make sure we all have rights and freedoms.  We are all in this __________ ________ together!

Social Contract

500

This man believed in the Separation of Church and State.  Meaning religion should not be involved in the government 

Voltaire 

500

George Washington's Army spent the Winter in this place.  His army went in starving and not with a hoot but came out of this place strong and ready to take on the British

Valley Forge

500

At the beginning of the French Revolution, the citizens of Paris, stormed an armory/jail called what?  It is a holiday in France today called __________ Day

Bastille

500

What is it called when one business controls an entire market of a good or service

Monopoly

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