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Intellectual movement emphasizing reason, natural rights, and government by the people.
What is the Enlightenment?
A deadly confrontation between British soldiers and colonists; used as propaganda by revolutionaries to fuel anti-British sentiment.
What was the Boston Massacre?
This document states:
"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."
What is the Declaration of Independence?
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Adam Smith is considered the founder of this idea that said government should not interfere in the economy.
The largest ocean on Earth.
👉 What is the Pacific Ocean?
Limited the power of the king; established rights for citizens.
What is the Magna Carta?
A secret organization that opposed British policies, led protests, and played a key role in the Boston Tea Party.
Who are the Son's of Liberty?
Colonists who supported remaining under British rule.
What are loyalists?
This economic system founded by Karl Marx seeked to eliminate class divisions and eliminate private property.
What is Communism?
The process plants use to make food using sunlight.
👉 What is photosynthesis?
Agreement for self-governance by Mayflower colonists.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
A document written by Thomas Jefferson declaring the American colonies' independence from Britain.
What was the Declaration of Independence?
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Written by Thomas Paine, this widely read pamphlet called for independence fron Great Britain.
The working class in a capitalist society, according to Marx.
What is the Proletariat?
The capital city of France.
👉 What is Paris?
First representative government in the colonies. It was limited; Voting limited to land-owning white males.
What is the Virginia House of Burgesses?
A British policy of loosely enforcing laws in the American colonies as long as they remained profitable; ended after the Seven Years’ War.
What is Salutory Neglect?
Colonists who supported independence.
What are Patriots?
An economic philosophy advocating minimal government intervention in business and the economy.
What is Laissez-faire economics?
The author who wrote Romeo and Juliet.
👉 Who is William Shakespeare?
Local gatherings where citizens vote directly on issues.
What are New England Town Hall Meetings?
A British tax on printed materials in the colonies; led to widespread protests and boycotts.
What is the Stamp Act?
The idea that government power comes from the people
What is consent of the governed?
The wealthy class in a capitalist society who own the means of production.
What is the Bourgeoisie?
The number of continents on Earth.
👉 What is 7?