Enlightenment
What contract stated that citizens could agree to give up some rights and powers in return for peace and protection?
The Social Contract
Who wrote the original Constitution?
James Madison
What Act forced colonists to pay more in taxes for tea sugar and everyday items?
The Sugar Act
In which battle did minutemen respond to British soldiers but retreated and lost 8 men?
Lexington and Concord
How did the colonists think of the British after the war?
They were not impressed with British troops or their leadership
Which enlightenment thinker believed that you can rebel against an unjust government that fails to protect their right?
John Locke
Who wrote the Declaration of Independence?
Thomas Jefferson
Which act forced colonists to board British soldiers in their homes without any compensation or reward?
In which war did George Washington lose almost all of his men?
The French and Indian War
Why was the Albany Plan of Union significant?
Which enlightenment thinker believed all humans are naturally selfish and violent?
Thomas Hobbes
Which Document has been changed many times to fit our constantly changing country?
The Constitution.
What was the first direct tax that the colonists had to pay?
The Stamp Act
In which colony did the first battles of the Revolutionary War take place?
The Massachusetts Bay Colony
With what treaty did the British extend their control over North America and drive out the French?
The Treaty of Paris
Which Enlightenment thinker believed a governments purpose is to protect freedom and help people get along?
Jean Jacques Rousseau
In what document does the first Continental Congress declare their freedom from the British King George?
The Declaration of Independence
Which acts intensified the conflict between the colonies and the British government?
The Intolerable Acts
In what battle did the colonial militia fortify Breed's Hill until a British force attacked and took the hill?
Bunker Hill
In the 1760s, why did the colonists start to become "More attentive to their liberties?"
There was a dramatic change in Britain's colonial policies
Which Enlightenment thinker believed that the government should be split up into three branches. He also believed in checks and balances so that not one branch would be more powerful than the others
Baron de Montesquieu
In what amendment does it state that anyone accused of a crime has the right to a speedy public trial and the right to call and question witnesses?
The 6th
What was the significance of Parliament’s Prohibitory Act of 1775 also known as the Olive Branch?
It severed trade between England and its colonies and removed the colonies from the King's protection, and doomed colonial trade vessels to attacks by England
Even though Bunker Hill was considered a military defeat for the colonists, why did they feel as though it was a victory?
Because they killed many British men before losing
What were the immediate effects of the French and Indian War? (Multiple answers)
Great Britian unchallenged supremacy in North America