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L5 American Revolution Flashcards

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Enlightenment principles

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Age of reason: you ask why to everything

scientific revolution: believe that they could place on theory on everyone

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John Locke

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On Human understanding : believe humans are born blank slates environment family situation is what makes you

On Civil government: social contract government should take care of people not just take from them

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Thomas Jefferson

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Natural aristocracy ( nobility ) not born into it they rose up smartest and brightest

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Adam Smith

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Scottish gentleman father of economics

Wealth of Nations laissez faire : Government should not be messing with economics against practice at time

Practice at time Mercantilism:idea that you should exporting more goods than import

Navigation act passed Merca law through London

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Should we break up?

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Controversy among the colonies/Continental Congress is this just between Massachusetts and the crown? Some colonies being a part of Britain

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Olive branch petition

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Letter to Continental Congress sent to the king asking for peace

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Kings response

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So that if one colony it was rebelling all of them would hang everyone for rebelling

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Benjamin Franklin

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We better all hang together or we will be hung separate

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Thomas Jefferson

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Tasked with writing Declaration of Independence

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Formal declaration date

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July 4, 1776

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American revolution military

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Military
British had a ready military one of the most powerful navy uniform supplies even hired more soldiers
Americanhad military but nothing compared to Britain

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Money

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British very wealthy

America didn’t have much money French gave money and ships

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Making war

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British did not pick on civilians incredibly hard for British commander
America grow up making more because Britain couldn’t tell who is loyal and who was a rebel

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Government

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British your government is back in England

America government was loosely organized in mobile didn’t have too many season leaders George Washington makes mistakes

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Treaty of Paris 1783

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Officially ended the Revolutionary war between England and the United States
Set borders for where US is

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