Enlightenment Philosophers
This writer's work emphasized the importance of tolerance, especially religious tolerance.
Who was Voltaire?
This is a confident and forceful statement of fact or belief, like "Dogs are better than cats".
What is an assertion?
This was a direct tax on any paper products, like newspapers or legal documents, that the American colonists had to pay.
What is the Stamp Act?
The primary author of The Declaration of Independence.
Who was Thomas Jefferson?
The first constitution of the United States, created to form a perpetual union and a league of friendship among the thirteen states.
What is the Articles of Confederation?
This French philosopher called for separation of powers and checks and balances in government.
Who was Montesquieu?
This supports an assertion.
What is reasoning?
The Tea act gave this to The British East India company.
What is a monopoly?
This Enlightenment Philosopher had to biggest impact on the ideologies found in the Declaration of Independence.
Who was John Locke?
Under the Articles, there was only ONE branch of government which was...
What is the Legislative Branch?
This British woman was one of the first to call for equal rights.
Who was Wollstonecraft?
This supports reasoning.
What is evidence?
This was the meeting in Philadelphia where most of the founding fathers sent a list of grievances to King George III.
What was The First Continental Congress?
Paragraphs 3-21, mostly just a list, address these.
What are colonist's grievances?
One positive aspect of the Articles of Confederation is that it set certain liberties, like education and not allowing slavery, in new territories (current day Illinois, Michigan, Wisconsin, Indiana, Ohio). This authorization is known as...
What is the Northwest Ordinance?
This philosopher had a dim view of human nature stating that men had "a perpetual and restless desire for power that ceases only in death."
Who was Hobbes?
This is the first step of refuting an argument.
What is to restate the argument being challenged.
This officially ended The Revolutionary War.
What was The Treaty of Paris?
This is where governments get their just powers.
What is the consent of the governed?
Shays’ Rebellion is a significant event because it:
What is ended the Articles and start a new US Constitution?
This Italian judge wrote On Crime and Punishment, which greatly influenced the American legal systems and the rights of the accused.
Who was Beccaria?
To finish refuting an argument, one should...
What is to make a comparison, or contrast in some kind of statement that demonstrates your ability to resolve two opposing ideas.
The location(s) of "The shot heard around the world."
Where was Lexington and Concord?
Your rights according to The Declaration of Independence.
What are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness?
When discussing the government under the Articles of Confederation, one of the central issues that the Constitutional Convention had to decide was...
What is how to create a stronger national government with limited powers?