Vocabulary
This word means basic freedoms like life, liberty, and property.
What are natural rights
British taxes on imported goods like glass, paper, and tea.
What are the Townshend Acts
He believed in natural rights: life, liberty, and property
Who is John Locke
Pamphlet by Thomas Paine urging independence.
What is Common Sense
The philosopher who inspired Jefferson
Who is John Locke?
A 1215 document that limited the king’s power
What is the Magna Carta?
These harsh laws punished Massachusetts after the Boston Tea Party
What are the Coercive/Intolerable Acts
He believed in separation of powers.
Who is Montesquieu?
Document that gave colonists their first taste of self-government.
What is the Mayflower Compact?
The philosopher who inspired separation of powers
Who is Montesquieu?
A system where branches of government can limit each other
What are checks and balances?
The law that forced colonists to house British soldiers.
What is the Quartering Act?
Locke’s ideas influenced this document written by Jefferson
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This 1215 document inspired rule of law in the colonies.
What is the Magna Carta?
Which British act led to the slogan “No taxation without representation”
What is the Stamp Act
An agreement signed by Pilgrims in 1620 to govern themselves
What is the Mayflower Compact?
This act directly stated Britain’s right to tax colonists
What is the Declaratory Act
Montesquieu’s ideas influenced this structure of U.S. government.
What is three branches of government
Name the 4 documents that influenced colonists’ views of government.
What is Magna carta, Mayflower compact, English Bill of rights, and common sense
Thomas Paine’s Common Sense convinced colonists to support this.
What is independence from Britain?
The idea that people agree to be governed in exchange for protection
What is the social contract?
Colonists used this slogan to argue against unfair taxes.
What is “No taxation without representation”
Locke believed government gets its power only with this
What is consent of the governed?
This 1776 document borrowed John Locke’s ideas of natural rights and said people could overthrow a government that did not protect them.
What is the Declaration of Independence
Name one way Enlightenment ideas shaped colonial government.
Answers vary: natural rights → Declaration, separation of powers → Constitution, etc