Early United States Influences (US Gov) Flashcards
xenophobia
fear of foreigners
when was the Athenian democracy
500 BCE
who is the bolue
500 people governing council
what type of democracy was the athenian democracy?
direct democracy
direct democracy
democracy where the people make decisions without a representative
who couldn’t vote in the athenian democracy?
women, slaves, foreigners, children
who could vote in the athenian democracy?
rich men who owned land
what percentage of Athens could vote?
10-20%
who was the king during the Magna Carta?
King John
where was the Magna Carta written?
England
when was the Magna Carta written?
1215
why was the Magna Carta created?
King John did not obey the laws of feudalism
what was the famous Magna Carta clause
-Gave all free men the right to justice and free trial
-No man should be imprisoned/arrested except by the judgment of their equals and by the law of the land
-The due process clause:the government cant take away your life, liberty, or property
what did the Magna Carta influence?
-declaration of independence
-bill of rights/amendments
-the united nations declaration of human rights
when was the printing press invented?
1450
who invented the printing press?
Johannes Gutenberg
where was the printing press invented?
Germany
when was the Protestant revolution/reformation?
1517
what are the three reason Europeans went west?
Gold, God, Glory
who started the age of exploration?
Christopher Columbus
when did Christopher Columbus sail?
1492
what is Christopher Columbus’ original nationality?
Spanish
who sponsored Christopher Columbus on his journey?
Italy
where did Christopher Columbus want to go?
India
Where was Martin Luther born?
Germany
what did Martin Luther create?
Lutheran Church
what did Martin Luther write?
95 Theses
was Martin Luther with hierarchy?
No he was anti-hierarchy
where/when was John Calvin born?
1509, France
what did John Calvin create?
Calvinist Church
who believed in pre-destination?
John Calvin
in pre-destination, who are the two groups?
elect or reprobate
what does it mean to be an elect?
when you are born you are going to heaven
what does it mean to be a reprobate?
when you are born you are going to hell
what did John Calvin write?
“Institutes of the Christian Religion”
where was Henry VIII born?
England
what did Henry VIII create?
Anglican Church
what percent of England struggled with poverty?
95%
True/False: was theft a capital offense
true
when did the Mayflower leave?
1620
where did the mayflower want to go?
New York
where did the mayflower land?
Massachusetts
how many people were on the mayflower?
100
who was on the mayflower?
ex cons and protestants
how long did the mayflower travel?
65 days
when was the mayflower compact written?
November 11, 1620
what is the mayflower compact?
written agreement
what are the cash crops?
cotton, tobacco, sugar
when was the enlightenment?
1600-1800
what was the primary source of the enlightenment?
reason/logic
where/when was John Locke born?
1632, England
what did John Locke write?
“An Essay Concerning Human Understanding” or “Two Treaties of Government”
Tabula Rasa
blank slate
where/when was Montesquieu born?
1689, France
where/when was Voltaire born?
1694, France
where/when was Immanuel Kant born?
1724, Prussia
where/when was Thomas Hobbes born?
1588, England
where/when was Jean Jacque Rousseau born?
1712, Switzerland
what year was the declaration of independence written?
1776
what year was the declaration of the causes and necessities for taking up arms
1775
who wrote the declaration of independence?
Thomas Jefferson
what was the declaration of independence’s purpose?
to tell King George III that they are breaking up with him
*know reasons of grief within the declaration
what did the founding fathers take out of the declaration?
“English or British citizens are partially responsible for the problem, not just the king” and “slavery was bad”
what did King George III do after he received the declaration of causes & necessity of taking up arms?
-seized American ships
-offered freedom to slaves if they joined him
-burned colonial towns
-sent british troops
Causes of the American Revolution
Stamp Act, Tea Act, Townshend Act, and Intolerable Act
what was the boston massacre?
(1770) when british soilders open fired on a mob of colonists and killed 5 men
what is the Boston Tea Party?
(1773) when Bostonians dressed as Mohawk Indians, boarded british ships, and dumped chests of tea into Boston Harbor
who alerted the colonists that the british were coming?
Paul Revere
what was the official start of the revolutionary war?
Battle of Lexington and Concord or the shot heard around the world
what battle did the colonists lose but it was still a moral victory for them?
Battle of Bunker Hill
what battle ended the revolutionary war?
(1781) Battle of Yorktown
what battle was the turning point in the revolutionary war?
Battle of Saratoga
what officially ended the American Revolution?
Treaty of Paris
where did christopher columbus land?
the Caribbean
where did Kant study?
University of Königsberg
where did Voltair study?
The Jesuit College of Louis-le-Grand
where did Montesquieu study?
University of Bordeaux
where did Calvin study?
University of Paris
where did Hobbes study?
University of Oxford
where did Rousseau study?
Annecy Cathedral Choir School
