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American Revolution #1
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Articles of Confederation
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John Locke Wrote

Two Treatise of Government

100

Other than Hobbes, how would you say Enlightenment thinkers feel about rules

the fewer the better

100

Colonists protested the Stamp Act because they believed in what phrase?

No taxation without representation

100
This war led to the end of the British policy of salutary neglect and them imposing new taxes/acts on the colonies.
What is the French and Indian War?
100

The only branch of government under the Articles of Confederation. 

Legislative Branch


200

Thomas Pain wrote

Common Sense

200

Who inspired the Declaration of Independence? 

John Locke

200

 Sons of Liberty were a group of American colonists who worked to repeal the Stamp Act by doing what?

Publicly protesting and organizing boycotts

200
When Britain repealed the Stamp tax they replaced it with this tax on "luxuries."
What is the Townshend Act?
200

Under the Articles of Confederation, most of the power was where?

the states

300

Baron de Montesquieu wrote

The Spirit of Laws

300

Name the 3 unalienable rights

life, liberty, and pursuit of happiness

300

Why did the king begin to tax the colonists?

He needed money to pay off war debts from the French and Indian War

300
This was the colonists famous protest to the British Tea Act in 1773.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
300

Under the Articles of Confederation, how many votes did each state get when voting on a new law?

one
400
Jean Jacques Rousseau wrote

Social Contract

400

Which Enlightenment thinker's ideas MOST influenced the CONSTITUTION?

Montesquieu 

400

What was the name of the meeting of colonial leaders where all the colonies agreed to boycott British goods and wrote a letter to the King voicing their complaints?

First Continental Congress

400

 a British-produced boundary marked in the Appalachian Mountains at the Eastern Continental Divide

Proclamation Line of 1763

400

What was the final event that signaled to Americans they need a new government because the Articles were not working?

Shays Rebellion

500

Voltaire wrote

Candide

500

What idea about the king did Enlightenment thinkers begin to question?

Divine Right Theory

500

This is a term for "general search warrant"

writs of assistance

500
In 1775 in Massachusetts, these were called "The Shot Heard Around the World" and were the first battles of the American Revolution.
What are the Battles of Lexington and Concord?
500

What type of congress did the Articles of Confederation have?

unicameral