Early Influences
Who is "King John?"
This man believed that all people were naturally evil, and needed a monarchy to control them.
Who is "Thomas Hobbes?"
The very first SETTLEMENT in the "new world" was known as...
What is "Jamestown?"
This event featured the colonists dumping massive amounts of tea into the Boston Harbor to protest the tax on tea, as well as the monopoly on tea held by the British East India Company.
What is the "Boston Tea Party?
The writer of Common Sense.
Who is "Thomas Paine?"
Following the medieval times, a period of time wherein new ideas around philosophy, science, and religion came to fruition is known as the...
What is the "Enlightenment?"
This person believed in life, liberty and property as natural rights of people.
Who is "John Locke?"
Name five of the original 13 colonies. (Abbreviations are fine).
NH, MA, RI, CN, NY, PA, NJ, DE, MD, VA, NC, SC, GA
The number of colonists that died in the streets of Boston during the Boston Massacre.
What is "5?"
This tax on the colonies dealt with taxes on all paper products or documents.
What is the "Stamp Act?"
Name the three social classes under the feudal system in England (HINT: the system when the Magna Carta was written).
What are the "Kings and Royalty, Barons/Nobles/Lords, and Slaves/Peasants?"
This woman was responsible for pushing for women's equal rights in the workplace and society during the Enlightenment.
Who is "Mary Wollstonecraft?"
The primary cash crop that was successfully grown, especially in the southern colonies, was ________________.
What is "tobacco?"
This economic policy states that you should always sell more than you buy, and it required colonies to send raw materials for production to England.
What is "Mercantilism?"
List the three unalienable rights from the Declaration of Independence.
What are "life, liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness?"
The United States Bill of Rights is both similar and different from its counterpart, the __________________________.
What is the "English Bill of Rights?"
Rousseau was most commonly known for _______________________ Theory, which posited that people will receive protection in return for giving up certain rights and freedoms.
What is "Social Contract?"
This document set the basis for democracy in what would soon be America, as it was decided on the boat taking the early colonists to their destination.
What is the "Mayflower Compact?"
A healthy ignoring of the colonies by England.
What is "Salutary Neglect?"
The primary writer of the Declaration of Independence.
Who is "Thomas Jefferson?"
Name both of the key American principles that are derived from the Magna Carta's influence.
What are "Rule of Law" and "Right to a Fair Trial?"
Argued that there should be a clear and defined separation between church and state.
Who is "Voltaire?"
List the three primary reasons as to why the British chose to colonize America in the first place.
What is "Religious Freedom, Economic Opportunity, and Political Liberty?"
This cause of the revolution featured a hidden tax on certain goods that further enraged the colonists due to the dishonesty by England as well as "no taxation without representation."
What are the "Townshend Acts?"
This meeting did not feature conversations about breaking from England, but rather, featured conversations about how the colonists wanted to respond to the Coercive Acts, and what rights they were going to demand from England moving forward.
What is the "First Continental Congress?"