Roots of Democracy
Republican government and equality under the law came from this ancient civilization
What is Ancient Rome?
A philosophy of the 18th century that believed physical laws governed nature and natural laws governed human affairs
What is Enlightenment?
This is the first English colony.
What is Jamestown?
The year the Declaration of Independence was signed.
What is 1776?
As a result of the French and Indian War, this tax was imposed on the American colonies.
Direct democracy and citizens serve on juries are traditions of this ancient civilization.
What is Ancient Greece?
He believed that government should be balanced with separation of powers and three branches of government.
Who is Baron de Montesquieu?
The Mayflower Compact were laws created in this colony.
What is Plymouth?
A list of formal complaints that was part of the Declaration of Independence.
What is Grievances?
To justify the American Revolution, this pamphlet was written by Thomas Paine.
What is Common Sense?
The belief that all people, rich or poor, can achieve salvation comes from this ancient tradition
What is Christianity?
He believed that religion and government should be separate.
Who is Voltaire?
This was the assembly that started a representative government in the English colonies,
What is the House of Burgesses?
This section of the Declaration of Independence is the introduction.
What is the Preamble?
Lexington and Concord was the beginning of this conflict in America
What is the American Revolution?
The first document to place restrictions on English king's power.
What is the Magna Carta?
He argued that the people and government have a social contract.
Who is Jean Jacques Rousseau?
Between Massachusetts, Delaware, and North Carolina, which is known for farming and agriculture.
What is North Carolina?
The Declaration of Independence was written to this leader in England.
Who is King George III?
The Boston Tea Party came about because of this act.
What is the Tea Act?
The principle that a person cannot be held in prison without being charged with a specific crime.
What is Habeas Corpus?
People are born with natural rights (life, liberty, personal property) was claimed by this philosopher.
Who is John Locke?
English colonies supported this type of economic policy where a nation's wealth was measured by its supply of gold and silver.
What is Mercantilism?
Life, liberty and pursuit of happiness came from natural rights that was written by this philosopher?
Who is John Locke?
As a reaction to the Boston Tea Party, the following acts were imposed on the colonies by England.
What are the Intolerable Acts?