What is a social contract ?

Agreement to follow laws; govt. will protect rights

What is republicanism ?

A representative form of government

What is mercantilism ?

Colonies existing for good of the mother country

What does natural rights mean ?

Human rights you have because you are human

What natural rights did colonists want ?

Right to life, liberty, property, free speech

How did Great Awakening lead to Amr. Revolution

United colonists made people feel independent

What was the Age of Enlightenment ?

Time people used reason to understand world

Why was Enlightenment important to the Rev ?

Helped them see the right to independence

What were Thomas Hobbes ideas ?

People were bad, need govt. to control them

What were John Locke's ideas ?

People are good, govt should protect rights

What else did Locke believe ?

The right to life, liberty and property

What beliefs did Montesquieu have ?

3 branches of govt with separate powers

What was Adam Smith's economic theory ?

Govt should not interefere with the economy

What else did Smith say ?

Let the laws of supply and demand operate

What was Smith's book ?

Wealth of Nations

What is laissez faire economics

Govt should not interefere with the economy

What was George Whitefield's idea about G-d?

G-d is a forgiving spirit

What was Johnathan Edwards idea about G-d?

G-d is a punishing spirit

What does consent of the people mean ?

The people give permission for govt. to act

What is civic virtue ?

Do what is good for all

Why is the Magna Carta important ?

First time the King's power was limited

What is the Mayflower Compact ?

An agreement to make fair laws for good of all

The important idea of the Mayflower Compact is?

The idea of civic virtue

List famous English documents that list rights

Magna Carta, Petition of Rights, Bill of Rights

What other famous English document is there ?

Habeas Corpus

What does salutary neglect mean ?

Time that King ignored colonies, they rule on own

What is actual representation ?

Person who lives in your community represents

Why was 7 Years War important to Amer. history?

Learned guerilla warfare, taxing began

What was virtual representation ?

Represented by people who don't live in your area

What war created so much debt that taxes began?

French Indian War

Who was King George III ?

King of England during revolutionary era

Two groups that protested taxes ?

Sons of Liberty, Committees of Correspondence

What was a Loyalist ?

Loyal to King

What was a Patriot ?

Wanted to be independent from England

What was a neutralist ?

Did not take sides

What were forms of protest ?

Petition, boycott, demonstration, riots

What is a trade embargo ?

A country will no longer trade with another

Why did colonists tar and feather people ?

To protest against taxes, and scare people

What did John Adams do in the Revolution ?

Defended British soldiers in Boston Mass

What else did he do ?

Served in the Continental Congress

What did Paul Revere do in the Revolution ?

Delivered messages, engraved Boston Massacre

What else did he do ?

Warned that the British were coming

What did Revere's engraving convince people of ?

A massacre had taken place in Boston

What happened at the massacre ?

British soldiers shot at a threatening crowd

What happened at the trial of the soldiers ?

All but two were ruled innocent

What was the quartering act ?

Law said soldiers would live in colonists homes

What was the Townshend Act ?

Tax on almost all goods

How did the colonists react to the Townshend Act?

Boycotted the products

What actions did Sam Adams take in the Rev ?

Sons of Liberty organized, Comm of Corr

What words is Patrick Henry famous for saying ?

Give me liberty or give me death

What was the Stamp Act ?

Had to pay for a stamp for published material

What was the tea act ?

Created a monopoly; colonists lost choice of tea

What was the Boston Tea Party ?

Colonists protested Tea Act by destroying tea

What were the Intolerable Acts ?

Punished Boston, no more assemblies, and

And what else ?

Military moved in, port closed, had to pay tea costs

What as the "Shot heard 'round the world"?

First shots fired at Lexington and Concord

What famous document did Jefferson write ?

Declaration of Independence

What actions did Ben Franklin take in the rev era?

Political cartoons, helped write Dec Ind, diplomat

What else ?

Served on Continental Congress

What are the main ideas in Dec of Independence?

Democracy, govt protects rights, people rule,

What else

Equality, abolish abusive govt. and more !

Who were most famous leaders of the Revolution

Sam Adams, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson

Who else ?

Ben Franklin, George Washington, Paul Revere

Who was the most famous pamphleteer ?

Thomas Paine

What did Thomas Paine do in the Revolution ?

Wrote Common Sense;convincing people to rebel

What are the main ideas in Common Sense ?

Law is King, T'is Time to Part

What actions did Washington take in Revolution ?

Commander of Continental Army

Why is Benedict Arnold famous ?

Became a traitor to the Patriot cause