history unit 3 Flashcards
What was the Mayflower Compact?
Legal group of people that brought pilgrims together.
Thomas Hobbes
He believed in the social contract. And influenced the declaration of independence.
John Locke
He created natural rights.
Baron de Montesquieu
He made the separation of powers.
Voltaire
freedom of religion
Jean-Jaques Rousseau
He was the consent of the governed.
Magna Carta
limited government
Petition of Rights
limited government and consent of the governed
English Bill of Rights.
Bill of rights.
Social Contract
declaration of independence and natural rights
New England colonies,
They traded with native americans for fur. And most people were puritans.
The middle colonies
They sold a lot of cash crops.
Southern colonies
Tobacco was the main cash crop. They also made large plantations on the coastal plains.
Why did people come to America
To seek economic opportunity.And land,
How were people chosen to rule colonists?
The king’s government.
Describe the French and Indian war.
Colonists were moving into france. When they were doing this tensions rose. The French joined with native american group
What was the outcome of the war and why was it impactful to the colonists?
The British ended up winning the war. The king was in debt and he taxed the colonists to pay off debt.
Why did dissatisfaction grow in the colonies?
The more taxes that happened there wasn’t representation.
What impact did Common Sense have on the colonists?
It called for the colonists to rebel against king violence.
Describe briefly each section of the Declaration of Independence.
The preamble explains why the continental congress drew up declaration.
Natural rights list the citizens natural rights and How in a republic people form government to protect their rights.
List of grievances Was the complaints against the British government.
Resolution of the declaration they officially are independent.
Signers of the declaration pledged it and sold their lives away.
