Natural Rights Philosophy/ Classical Republicanism
Reformation
After gaining independence
1700-1776
100
a system of government ruled by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives.
What is a democracy?
100
Philosophy which places the rights of an individual over the common good
What is Natural Rights Philosophy
100
Person that developed "the new science of politics"
Who is James Madison?
100
year in which the thirteen colonies were granted their independence from Great Britain
When was 1776?
100
conflict that broke out between British troops and colonists in 1770
What is Boston Massacre
200
a state in which supreme power is held by the people and their elected representatives, and which has an elected or nominated president rather than a monarch
What is a Republic?
200
Philosophy which places the common good over the rights of an individual
What is Classical Republicanism?
200
government in which production and distribution of goods that is privately owed and operated
What is Capitalism
200
Rights granted by the Body of Liberties
What is trial by jury, free elections, and right for men to own property?
200
Parliament passed this act which resulted in colonists dressing as Mohawk Indians, boarding three ships, and dumping 45 tons of tea into Boston Harbor in protest
What is the tea act?
300
the highest legislature in Great Britain
What is Parliament?
300
A part of natural rights philosophy that impacted founding of the American Government
What is Individual rights (equal rights to all people)
or
What is Government by consent/ popular sovereignty (government derives power from people)
or
What is Limited government (checks and balances)
or
What is Human equality (equal rights)
300
Type of government that was practiced by Europeans during the Middle Ages
What is feudalism?
300
Gave companies the right to settle in certain areas along the easy coast
What is a joint stock company
300
proclamation announcing the colonies to be free and independent states in 1776
What is The Declaration of Independence?
400
officially recognized the United States as an independent nation
What is the Treaty of Paris in 1783?
400
one of the three parts of classical republicanism which had a big impact on the founding of our nation
What is small communities, citizenship and civic virtue, or moral education?
400
The most important idea that resulted from the Reformation
What is the importance of individualism?
400
The colonist were concerned foremost with protecting which rights that they brought with them from England.
What are Fundamental rights?
400
an agreement among the people to create a government to protect their natural rights.
What is the social contract?
500
the supreme law of the United States of America.
What is the Constitution?
500
part of classical republicanism which is shown by political leaders who also work hard among their people
What is civic virtue?
500
Document incorporating common law, important act of parliament, political customs and traditions
What is the British Constitution
500
percentage of slaves in the 1700s who were denied basic rights