Enlightenment thinkers
Which enlightenment thinker believed people were naturally greedy, cruel, and selfish, and wanted a social contract with the government to keep society safe and orderly?
Who is Thomas Hobbes?
Slaves were counted towards the population, but only 3 out of every 5 counted (favored by the south).
What is the 3/5ths Compromise?
Who wrote the Declaration of independence?
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
What is the largest known protest against English trade regulations, and a stepping stone to the American Revolution?
What is the Boston Tea Party?
These people favored a STRONG central government.
Who are Federalists?
Which enlightenment thinker believed that people were born good- with a "tabula rasa" and that their environment was the corrupting force?
Who is John Locke?
This plan called for three branches of government, with the legislative branch being a bicameral legislature with both houses' representation based on states population (favored southern states).
What is the Virgina plan?
Thomas Paine wrote this to encourage the American colonies to declare their independence by writing.
What is Common Sense?
What is known as the official beginning of the American Revolution?
What is Lexington and Concord?
This type of government was in place in England when the colonies were first established.
What is a Monarchy?
What did Montesquieu advocate?
What is Separation of Powers?
This plan called for a unicameral legislature based on equality (favored northern states).
What is the New Jersey Plan?
Who was the president of the Constitutional Convention?
Who is George Washington?
American colonists protested the taxes on colonial goods and British imports by ___.
What is organized boycotts of British goods?
These people favored a WEAK central government.
Who are Anti-Federalists?
Who originally said "all men are created equal"?
Who is Jean-Jacques Rousseau?
This plan was a compromise between the Norther and Southern states that congress would not tax exports or interfere with the slave trade for 20 years.
What is the Commerce and Slave Trade?
Patrick Henry and Thomas Jefferson were both main supporters of which group?
What is an Anti-Federalist?
What rebellion in protest against economic injustices was led by farmers?
What is Shays Rebellion?
A delegate from a small state to the Constitutional Convention would have MOST LIKELY initially favored ___.
What is the New Jersey Plan?
Which philosopher believed humankind was good when in a state of nature but has been corrupted by society and the growth of social interdependence?
Who is Jean-Jacques Rousseau?
This compromise led to the lower house being represented by states population and the upper house being represented by two representatives per state.
What is the Great Compromise?
Which party did Alexander Hamilton affiliate with?
What is the Federalist Party?
The issue that most directly led to the American Revolution was ___.
What is taxation without representation?
What form of government is ruled by religious leaders?
What is Theocracy?