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Enlightenment
100
Everything a person knows is based on knowledge and reason. (Natural science could/should be used to examine and understand all aspects of life).
What is rationalism?
100
The principal author of the Declaration of Independence.
What is Thomas Jefferson?
100
Delegates the colonies met to discuss problems with England and to promote independence.
What is the First Continental Congress?
100
England recognized American independence.
What is Treaty of Paris?
100
Everything we consider to be right is only right because we can test it using our 5 senses.
What is empirialism?
200
When we are born our minds are blank, it is only through experience that we gain knowledge. (Human mind at birth is like a blank tablet).
What is Tabula Rasa?
200
A famous French Enlightenment writer that believed in reparation of church and state. Also was imprisoned and exiled on several occasions due to his work.
Who is Voltaire?
200
This document lists the wrongs committed by the British King.
What is Declaration of Independence?
200
This was an important because it put all the ideas of the Enlightenment and fought until they achieved victories.
What is American Revolution?
200
The enlightenment didn't affect these group of people at all. They were actually looked down on for being ignorant.
Who are the peasants?
300
An act of the British Parliament in 1756 that made every public and legal document have a stamp on it. This stamp was a new way for the British to tax the colonist.
What is Stamp Act?
300
A person that said "In order to have a good society that is always progessing the people need to have freedom."
Who is John Stuart Mill?
300
Their job is to protect the job of people and if they decided to use their power in a way that will harm the peoples rights they can be removed.
What is Government?
300
This country's monarch provided money and arms support to the colonists.
What is France?
300
A book of revolutionary work filled with information and knowledge about everything. This book was forbidden due to its content.
What is Encyclopedia?
400
A group of Patriots dressed up like native Americans and got on the West Indies ship to dump 36 bags of tea into the water.
What is Boston Tea Party?
400
This person believed that conflicts with other countries should be kept serpent from trade and commerce. Nothing should affect the economy of a place no matter what conflict they were facing with another country.
Who is Catherine the Great?
400
Was mentioned in the Declaration of Independence as a tyrant ruler that didn't care about the people.
Who is the British King?
400
Taxes were too high and the British were angry.
What is immediate cause for the American Revolution?
400
People that believed they could use science to discover how humans behave.
What is social science?
500
Rights that cannot be taken away
What is unalienable?
500
This person's ideas include: People have natural rights to life, liberty, and property and that the government is created to protect the rights of people and has only the limited and specific powers the people consent to give.
Who is John Locke?
500
-People have "certain unalienable rights" :Life, Liberty, Pursuit of Happiness -People establish governments to protect those rights -Government derives power from the people -People have a right and a duty to change a government that violates their rights.
What is Ideas represented in the Declaration of Independence?
500
A belief that just by being a human-being you are already worthy in your own nature.
What is Human Dignity?
500
During the Enlightenment the people decided they wanted to be able to balance the power of the king by dividing it. This was done so that king wouldn't become a tyrant.
What is separation of power?