Enlighten Books
John Locke Wrote
Two Treatise of Government
Other than Hobbes, how would you say Enlightenment thinkers feel about rules
the fewer the better
Colonists protested the Stamp Act because they believed in what phrase?
No taxation without representation
The only branch of government under the Articles of Confederation.
Legislative Branch
Thomas Pain wrote
Common Sense
Who inspired the Declaration of Independence?
John Locke
Sons of Liberty were a group of American colonists who worked to repeal the Stamp Act by doing what?
Publicly protesting and organizing boycotts
Under the Articles of Confederation, most of the power was where?
the states
Baron de Montesquieu wrote
The Spirit of Laws
Name the 3 unalienable rights
life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness
Why did the king begin to tax the colonists?
He needed money to pay off war debts from the French and Indian War
Under the Articles of Confederation, how many votes did each state get when voting on a new law?
Social Contract
Which Enlightenment thinker's ideas MOST influenced the CONSTITUTION?
Montesquieu
What was the name of the meeting of colonial leaders where all the colonies agreed to boycott British goods and wrote a letter to the King voicing their complaints?
First Continental Congress
a British-produced boundary marked in the Appalachian Mountains at the Eastern Continental Divide
Proclamation Line of 1763
What was the final event that signaled to Americans they need a new government because the Articles were not working?
Shays Rebellion
Voltaire wrote
Candide
What idea about the king did Enlightenment thinkers begin to question?
Divine Right Theory
This is a term for "general search warrant"
writs of assistance
What type of congress did the Articles of Confederation have?
unicameral