Great Awakening vs Enlightenment
How did the Enlightenment change the way colonists viewed society and Goverment?
Individuals have natural rights.
Started as conflict between the __________ and the ________
Frontier settlers and the Natives.
What caused the French and Indian war?
Britain and France both wanted the Ohio River Valley.
What did American Colonists dislike about British taxes?
Taxation without repersentation
Why did the British start taxing the colonists?
To pay back debts from the French and Indian war
What are the three natural rights and did they come from the Great Awakening or Enlightenment?
Life, Liberty, Property.
Enlightenment
Govenor Berkley refuses to support the ______ (HIS OWN PEOPLE)
Govenor Berkley supports the ______
Settlers
Native Americans
What is the other name for the French and Indian war?
The 7 years war.
What did the Stamp Act tax?
Newspaper, legal documents, playing cards
What was the Sons Of Liberty slogan about taxes?
"No taxation without representation!"
The Great Awakening increased an interest in _______
Higher Education
Bacons followers are _________
Indentured servants, Free men, poor farmers, Slaves
The Treaty Of Paris
What was the first battle of the war?
Lexington and Concord.
Why did the British go to Lexington and Concord?
To take weapons and gun powder from patriots.
How did The Great Awakening change the colonists views on society and Goverment?
De-emphasized the role of church authority
Stressed the importance of the individual
Who was Govenor Berkleys opponent?
Nathaniel bacon
What did the Ohio River Valley have that was so resourceful?
Fertile land, beaver pelts, raw materials
Who wrote the declaration of independence?
Thomas Jefferson
What is a boycott?
Refusal to buy goods.
Instead of the world being governed by chance or miracles, what is the world really guided by and who believed that?
The world is governed by mathematical principles.
The Enlightenment believed that.
Result of Bacon Rebellion?
Exposed resentments between former servants and wealthy. Searched for laborers less likely to rebel- slaves. Gave political participation to small land owners.
What was the name of the line that was along the Appalachian mountains to stop Colonists from settling west?
Proclamation line
Who wrote the pamphlet: Common Sense
Thomas Paine
Who rode through the night to warn the colonists about the British coming?
Paul Revere, William Dawes, Samuel Prescott