John Locke
Who was John Locke? (what was his job/main idea)
Job-Philosopher, Main Idea-State of Nature
Describe the Join or Die SEE section
Describe the colonies reduced SEE section
Snake, cut up, colony names, join back together before sundown.
Woman without arms, woman is Brittania, leaning on globe, give a silver coin to belasario.
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Describe the Sugar Act
Describe the Tea Act
Tax on sugar and molasses
Tax on tea imported from colonies
What is a state of nature?
Hypothetical State: rules, laws, government, or limits and boundaries.
Forbade Colonists from settling past the app. mountains, designed to maintain peace after french and indian war
What is the opinion of join or die
We need to join together and fight. Or else we will die.
What was the Boston Tea party
What is a social contract?
What where the writs of assistance
Allowed british soldiers to search ships and homes for stolen objects
If you keep fighting, people will be homeless, asking for coins. Stop fighting. Patriot. Colonists side
What is one complaint that the DOI gives?
Taxation without representation (pretty much whatever they say and then check it)
What is a natural right?
The rights that everyone is entitled to. They are born with these rights
Put taxes on products imported to the colonies
Who wrote Common Sense and what did they want?
What is the ideals section of the DOI
Saying what they want the states to be (idealistic)
How did colonists respond (in general) and to the quartering act?
Very angry, violated natural rights, Tarred and Feathered people etc...
What was John Locke's point about government
Everyone should be as free as possible, own property, and Life, Liberty, and Property
Who wrote Free thoughts and what did they want?
Samuel Seabury, LOYALIST, stay with britian
What was the purpose of the DOI
To declare freedom from britian and show reasons why we won't stay with them, and to get people on board
Describe the course of action at the Boston Massacre according to Documents
Colonist Teens threw ice and snowballs, chanted mean things, (felt threatened), called fire, fired, 5 colonists died