Why Government?
Hobbes believed that WHO should be in charge of a Country?
An absolute monarch
The Declaration of Independence was signed at this gathering in Philadelphia...
The Second Continental Congress
Who authored the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson feat.
Ben Franklin and John Adams
Paul Revere's etching of the Boston Massacre was titled this:
The Bloody Massacre
What are two of the symbols that appear in Paul Revere's "THE BLOODY MASSACRE"
A dog AND a woman in black.
The ideas of these three early social contracts were used to inspire the Founding Fathers
Magna Carta - 1215
Mayflower Compact - 1620
English Bills of Rights - 1688
This period lasted from 1650-1763 where the Colonies largely governed themselves.
The Period of Salutary Neglect
What is one of the two key principals in the Declaration of Independence?
Consent of the governed OR natural rights
TRUE OR FALSE: Colonist used propaganda poorly during the road to revolution?
FALSE; Patriots such as Ben Franklin and Patrick Henry were very effective in their use of propaganda during the years leading up to the American Revolution.
John Locke believed in this type of government:
Democracy
John Locke believed that people were...
Naturally good, would work together, born with a blank slate.
Which major event caused the British to be interested in the Colonies again?
The French and Indian War
The Declaration of Independence is an example of this part of Locke and Hobbes political theory:
A social contract
Ben Franklin's publishing of the "JOIN OR DIE" picture was featured during which war?
The French and Indian War
The Intolerable Acts were passed to punish which city and why?
Boston, for the Sons of Liberty carrying out the Boston Tea Party
What is a social contract?
Where a group of people give up some rights to their government, in order for their rights considered to be more important, shall be protected by the government.
The Sons of Liberty, the group responsible for the Boston Tea Party was angry about what abuse of power?
NO TAXATION WITHOUT REPRESENTATION
The Declaration of Independence specifically outlines these three natural rights:
Life, Liberty and Pursuit of Happiness
Double Jeopardy: MAGNA BRITTANIA her colonies reduced was published by Benjamin Franklin...who was his audience?
The King and Parliament, what would happen if they continued to treat the colonies the way they were currently treating them.
Why were a series of taxes passed in the years following the French and Indian War?
The British government was in significant debt, and the King believed the Colonist had a duty to help repay that debt.
John Locke believed that when a government did not do its job, protect the rights of the people, and becomes tyrannical...Citizens have the right to do what?
Revolt; Right of Revolution
The signing of the Declaration of Independence was considered an act of ________ by the King.
Treason, punishable by death
Which state abstained from voting on the passage of the Declaration of Independence?
New York (cowards)
a systematic method of communicating your ideas to influence a population toward a cause.
What are the THREE colonial regions? What were their economic areas?
Middle - Farming/ Merchants
Southern - Cash Crops / Plantations