The Enlightenment
Because the lights were turned on and people started to learn ( answers may very)
What are the causes of the French Rev?
Bad economy, food shortage, Estate system ( or enlightenment ideas)
Causes of Haitian Revolution
Racial inequality
What were John Locke's 3 principals?
Government should protect people’s Natural Rights (life, liberty, and property)
This state was nicknamed the provision state?
Connecticut
What is the name of an Enlightenment thinker?
John Locke, Baron de Montesquieu (1689-1755), Jean-Jacques Rousseau
the Third Estate
What country colonized Haiti?
France
He believed in Separation of Powers - there should be three branches of government- one that makes laws, one that enforces laws, and one that interprets laws
Who was Baron de Montesquieu (1689-1755)
A Connecticut native who became famous (and later infamous) as a Major General?
Who was Benedict Arnold?
What are the natural rights listed in the Social Contract?
Liberty, life, and property (or pursuit of happiness)
Which president received a letter from the leader of Haitian Revolution?
Thomas Jefferson
His most popular and influential book was Two Treatises of Government.
Who was John Locke
This event demonstrated the strength of the new federal government when Washington sent troops to stop farmers protesting a tax on whiskey.
What was the Whiskey Rebellion?
What is nationalism
Having extreme pride in your country
What was the goal of the "Declaration of Man"
To get rid of the estates system and give more rights to the people
Who was the leader of the Haitian Revolution?
Jean-Jacques Dessalines or Toussaint Louverture
Who said this quote, "To prevent this abuse, it is necessary, from the very nature of things, that power should be a check to power...In order to have this liberty, it is requisite [required] the government be so constituted [created] as one man need not be afraid of another."
Baron de Montesquieu (1689-1755)
Which controversial acts did John Adams Pass?
The Alien and Sedition Acts.
Give 3 things that happened because of Enlightenment Idea's
Possible answers are: the end of slavery, feminism, conflict, religious changes, nationalism
Where was the Declaration of the Rights of Man written?
Tennis courts
What were some of Haiti's social structure before the revolution?
Grands Blancs: Wealthy plantation owners, merchants, and colonial officials. They were at the top of the economic pyramid but often resented French trade restrictions
or
Petits Blancs: Working-class whites. This included overseers, artisans, shopkeepers, and laborers. They possessed no enslaved people but held deep racist animosity toward the other classes
What is the "state of nature"?
How people would live without laws or government, (chaos).
An American spy caught by the British. His famous last words were: "I only regret that I have but one life to lose for my country".
Who was Nathan Hale.