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1
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what was wrong with the Stamp Act?

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ridiculous law, violation of consent

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the ingredients of a founding:

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distance, history of self-governance, institutions, commitment to creating a good society, rule of law, virtuous citizens, economic prospects

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what is the Magna Carta and why is it important?

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barons wrote it saying the king is subject to the laws of the land; not successful, but was an inspiration for other documents and was an introduction to the rule of law; idea that people should play a role in their government

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what is the Constitution of Knowledge?

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how a society decides something is true; process of how to get from theories and ideas to actual facts

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what is part of the Constitution of Knowledge?

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free speech, peer review/testing

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Akhil Amar believes…

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people should be responsible, learn about the constitution/government, be educated, vote, hear different viewpoints

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what is the least dysfunctional part of government?

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Supreme Court

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collective action problem

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when people would be better off if they cooperated, but they don’t know if the others are going to cooperate, so they decide to not help out

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9
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3 colonial communities we talked about:

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Jamestown, Massachusetts Bay, Plymouth

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Jamestown

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corporate community

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corporate community

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English company finances the colony, expecting profits

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how did Jamestown prosper?

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economic prospects- tobacco

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George Yeardy

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instituted House of Burgesses (first legislative body in America) and also slavery

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Massachusetts Bay

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covenant community- Puritans came for religious freedom

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Calvinism

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John Calvin’s ideas- people are predestined to be saved by God, nothing you can do can make you one of the elite

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Christian calling

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if you work hard to fulfill your calling and you are successful, that could indicate you have been saved

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John Winthrop

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“a city upon a hill” idea

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city on a hill idea

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a chance to make a golden society in the new world that everyone can look up to

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Plymouth

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covenant community- Pilgrims came for religious freedom

20
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Jefferson Smith

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virtuous, country party, trustee model

21
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Country Party

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far from power, not corrupt

22
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another name for the Country Party

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Whigs

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Mr Paine

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Court Party, accepts bribes

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Court Party

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individuals drawn to power, corruptible group

25
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another name for the Court Party

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Tories

26
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delegate model

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vote based on the view of your constitutes (do what the people say, even if the party disagrees)

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party model

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votes with what their party views are (do what the party says, even if the people disagree)

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trustee model

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values what is right over what his constituents want (does what he wants)

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Plato

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humans can be taught virtue, democracy is bad, “philosopher king” (the wise should rule)

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John Locke

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part of Glorious Revolution, write the Second Treatise of Government, society is for the good of the people

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Second Treatise of Government

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people have natural rights, people form social compacts, government’s purpose is to uphold rights, government needs people’s consent, if the government isn’t protecting right then the people should revolt

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David Hume

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collective action, virtue is not innate, based on experiences

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Thomas Hobbes

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people are bad, we need a strong government to keep people in line

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Jean-Jacques Rousseau

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people are inherently good, “noble savages”, institutions corrupt people

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Adam Smith

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self-interest is global, virtue is local, everyone has some virtue

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Thomas Moore

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his view of a perfect society is “utopia”, religious members (no one religion but no atheists)

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St Augustine

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covenant community, religious leaders

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John Calvin

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covenant community, God’s elect

39
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Rule of Law

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prospectively, publicity, consent, generality, due process

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commonwealth ideology

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what the country party believed in and wanted for their society; financial independence from government

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who did the commonwealth ideology inspire?

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Thomas Jefferson

42
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summary of the Glorious Revolution

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bloodless revolution, James II sucked and didn’t respect government so he was replaced by someone Parliament chose. Locke wrote his Second Treatise of Government to give the people a reason to revolt

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how did Americans see the Glorious Revolution?

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a show of their rights, remove the king if you have to

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