Enlightenment
This movement focused on liberty, individual rights, and self government. The thinkers of this movement inspired Thomas Jefferson when he wrote the Declaration of Independence!
What is Enlightenment?
Which document lead to the eventual split of the 13 Colonies from Great Britain?
The Declaration of Independence
Double Points! The _____ act said that colonists could only buy tea from the East India Tea Company. Colonists responded with the ___________________.
Tea act; Boston Tea Party
The inability of the federal government to collect taxes led to this event where farmers attacked the federal arsenal and attempted to destroy tax records.
Shays's Rebellion
This group was trying to win support for the Constitution. Double points if you can tell me the name of the 85 essays they wrote in support of the Constitution.
Who are Federalists. Bonus: Federalist Papers
Enlightenment thinkers believed that the Legislative, Executive, and Judicial branch should be separate. What is this called? Double points if you can tell me whose idea this was...
Separation of Powers... Bonus: MONTESQUIEU!
Double points. The ____________ only protected nobles and landholders' rights. It was the first document to EVER limit the power of the monarchy and establish limited government. The _________ was a result of the Glorious Revolution and guaranteed rights to all English Citizens.
Magna Carta; English Bill of Rights.
What is the name of the act that put a tax on finished goods?
Townsend Act
List 2 things that the Second Continental Congress did. (Double points if you can list all 3 things....)
1. Olive Branch Petition
2. Declare Independence
3. Write Articles of Confederation
This group felt the new government would overpower the states.
Who are Anti-Federalists
He believed government should protect natural rights aka "life, liberty, and property" (Enlightenment Thinker)
Who is John Locke
What were complaints in the Declaration of Independence called?
Grievances
This act stated that colonists must provide housing for British soldiers... It was meant to punish the Colonists and is part of the Coercive (Intolerable) Acts
What is the Quartering Act
List 2 weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation
No power to tax,
Couldn't regulate trade between states,
No federal court system,
No chief executive,
Hard make laws (9 states must approve),
Nearly impossible to change (all 13 states had to approve)
This group felt the government should protect fundamental rights and that the new government gave congress too much power.
Who are Anti-Federalists
Jefferson was inspired by the idea of natural rights when this document was being drafted. He wrote about Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness. This document really pushed the idea that people should rule their own governments
What is The Declaration of Independence
This was a written plan for SELF government established by the pilgrims
What is the Mayflower Compact
What was the cause and the effect of the Stamp Act? Must include both!
Cause: Pay for French and Indian war.
Effect: Colonists boycotted British goods
People were terrified after Shays' Rebellion, which caused them to want a stronger government than the Articles of Constitution, leading to this meeting..
Constitutional Convention (AKA Philadelphia Convention)
This was added to the Constitution as a compromise between the Federalists and Anti-Federalists
What is the Bill of Rights
What is the term that Locke gave to the agreement that people have with their government? In other words, people must approve of their leaders.
Social Contract
This pamphlet moved the urged the colonists to declare independence. Focused on the fact that people should be in control of the government - Bonus -Must include who wrote it!
What is "Common Sense"... written by Thomas Paine (T. Paine)
List one right protected by the Magna Carta
Fair and Speedy Trial
No taxation without Representation
Put the following events in order: Articles of Constitution, Constitutional Convention, Declaration of Independence, Shays' Rebellion, Colonial Acts
1. Colonial Acts, 2. Declaration of Independence, 3. Articles of Confederation, 4. Shays' Rebellion, 5. Constitutional Convention
List one of the 3 writers of the Federalist Papers. They wrote these essays to support the Constitution
Alex Hamilton, John Jay, or John Madison