Types of Government
A government ruled by one person, often a king or queen.
What is monarchy?
He believed in natural rights: life, liberty, and property.
Who is John Locke?
This phrase captured colonists’ anger at taxation without representation.
What is “No taxation without representation”?
The document was adopted by the Second Continental Congress in 1776.
What is the Declaration of Independence?
This treaty officially ended the Revolutionary War.
What is the Treaty of Paris (1783)?
A government where citizens vote directly on laws.
What is direct democracy?
He promoted the separation of powers in government.
Who is Montesquieu?
This act taxed paper goods, angering colonists.
What is the Stamp Act?
He was the main author of the Declaration.
Who is Thomas Jefferson?
The first written plan of government for the U.S.
What are the Articles of Confederation?
A government ruled by a small group of elites.
What is oligarchy?
He argued for a strong government to prevent chaos.
Who is Hobbes?
This protest involved dumping tea into Boston Harbor.
What is the Boston Tea Party?
Colonists complained King George III had done this (give one grievance).
What is taxing without consent / dissolving legislatures / keeping standing armies?
One strength of the Articles was the ability to do this (give one).
What is negotiate treaties / wage war / manage western lands?
A government based on elected officials representing the people.
What is representative democracy (or republicanism)?
He supported freedom of speech and religion.
Who is Voltaire?
These laws were Britain’s punishment for the Boston Tea Party.
What are the Intolerable Acts?
The Declaration was based on this Enlightenment idea of agreement between people and government.
What is the social contract?
One weakness of the Articles was the inability to do this (give one).
What is tax / regulate trade / enforce laws?
A government ruled by religious leaders or divine authority.
What is a theocracy?
He believed in the social contract and the general will.
Who is Rousseau?
This meeting in 1774 organized colonial resistance to Britain.
What is the First Continental Congress?
The Declaration reflects Locke’s belief in these rights.
What are life, liberty, and property (or pursuit of happiness)?
This farmer-led rebellion showed the need for a stronger government.
What is Shays’ Rebellion?