The Enlightenment
The continent the Enlightenment began
Where is Europe?
This policy allowed the colonists to govern themselves for a time.
What is salutary neglect?
This was the first constitution of America.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
What is 9?
This amendment protects freedoms of religion, assembly, press, petition and speech
What is the 1st Amendment?
This Enlightenment thinker described life as being a "state of nature" that is "nasty, brutish and short."
Who is Thomas Hobbes?
This tax stated that the colonists had to pay extra money for tea.
What is the Tea Act?
This event saw to revise the Articles of Confederation
What is the Constitutional Convention?
This is where the Constitution was written
Where is Philadelphia?
This amendment lowered the voting age from 21 to 18
What is the 26th Amendment?
This Enlightenment thinker is credited with the concept of separation of powers.
Who is Montesquieu?
This event saw the deaths of 6 people and the soldiers responsible were found not guilty
What is the Boston Massacre?
These group of people favored a weak central government
Who are the Anti-Federalists?
This person wrote the Constitution
Who is James Madison?
This amendment established the Equal Protection clause
What is the 14th Amendment?
John Locke states that people have these things that cannot be taken away.
What are natural rights?
This event saw the Sons of Liberty dump millions of dollars worth of tea in the Boston Harbor
What is the Boston Tea Party?
These group of people favored a strong central government
Who were the Federalists?
This was later included to protect individual rights.
What is the Bill of Rights?
This amendment gave women the right to vote
What is the 19th Amendment?
This Enlightenment thinker states that people have the right to rebel against the government if the government fails to protect natural rights.
Who is John Locke?
During this event, the colonists wrote and signed the Declaration of Independence.
What is the Second Continental Congress?
This event led to the Constitutional Convention.
What was Shays Rebellion?
This deal combined ideas from the Virginia Plan and the New Jersey Plan
What is the Great Compromise?
What is the Connecticut Plan?
These amendments are known as the Reconstruction Era Amendments.
What are the 13th, 14th, and 15th Amendments?