Enlightment
Rights people naturally have by virtue of being human (life, liberty, property).
What are "natural rights"?
He wrote the social contract.
Who is Jean-Jacques Rousseau?
Soldiers’ spirit and confidence is known by this word.
What is morale?
The day the Patriots attacked the British in 1776.
What is Christmas day?
The document signed the 4th of July.
What is The Declaration of Independence?
The idea that government should have minimal involvement in the economy
What is laissez-faire?
According to this philosopher, all knowledge comes through sense experience.
Who is David Hume?
This term described colonists’ public gatherings to voice political complaints.
What are protests?
This city’s capture by the British forced Washington’s army to retreat.
What is New York city?
He declared the colonies to be in "open rebellion".
Who is King George III?
The belief that God exists but does not interfere in human affairs.
What is Deism?
This thinker compiled and published the Encyclopedia.
Who is Denis Diderot?
Colonists who remained loyal to the British King were called this.
Who are loyalists?
A surprise attack on German troops in New Jersey boosted American morale.
What is the Battle of Trenton?
The British did this to the American patriot's property in New York?
What is loot?
This belief, promoted by Diderot in the Encyclopedia, asserts that no God exists.
What is Atheism?
According to Adam Smith, these forces should guide economic decisions.
What are the laws of supply and demand?
Many soldiers wrote these to their families from winter camps.
What are letters?
The battle showed that the British were commited to the cause.
What is the Bunker Hill?
They used this to communicate.
What are ciphers?
This belief stated that all aspects of human life should be submitted to reason.
What is rationalism?
According to Montesquieu, this system was necessary to avoid tyranny.
What is separation of powers
German soldiers hired by the British.
Who are Hessians?
The British hoped to split the colonies by controlling this key river.
What is the Hudson River?
He was loved and respected by the colonists.
Who is George Washington?