Enlightenment
Who was the Enlightenment thinker who called for separate branches of government?
Who is Montesquieu
Who fought the British in the Seven Years War?
Who is the France
Name of the document signed in the 1680s that further limited the power of the King and Queen in England. We would borrow some of these days and apply them to our future government.
What is the English Bill of Rights
What was the famous slogan coined by the colonists during the American Revolution?
What is ¨No taxation without representation¨
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence
Who is Thomas Jefferson
What Enlightenment thinker said ¨Life, Liberty, and Property¨
Who is John Locke
What the other nickname for the Seven Years War?
What is the French and Indian War
What is the name of the Document signed aboard the ship forming a social contract amongst the colonists before the colonists unloaded at Plymouth Rock, MA
What is the Mayflower Compact
Who was the leader of the Continental Army in the American Revolution?
Who is George Washington
The concept of governing that states the people have a right to throw out tyrannical or unlawful governments
What is social contract theory
This Enlightenment Thinker was an early feminist and influenced later womens suffrage movements
Who is Mary Wollenstonecraft
Who was the founding father who fought in the Seven Years War
Who is George Washington
Name of the first law making body in the 13 Colonies
What is the VA House of Burgesses
What was the name of the protest group in the 13 colonies
Who was the Sons of Liberty
Which Colony had the most democratic freedom?
What is Charter Colonies
What Enlightenment thinker was oppossed to torture or ¨ cruel and unusual punishment¨
Who is Cessare Beccaria
What would the British accumulate during the Seven Years war, forcing them to eventually tax the 13 colonies?
What is debt
DAILY DOUBLE!!!
Name of the legal concept used by the colonists that allowed them to hold trials in the New World
What is the Common Law
What document was essentially a break up letter with the British Government
What is the Declaration of Independence
Which Colony had the least amount of Democratic Freedom?
What is Royal Colonies
Which Enlightenment Thinker thought people were naturally wicked and evil
Who is Thomas Hobbes
Who was the biggest loser of the Seven Years War?
Who is the Native Americans
What is the Magna Carta
What form of protest was used by the First Continental Congress against the British?
What is a boycott of British goods
Which Enlightenment thinker influenced Thomas Jefferson the most
Who is John Locke