Revolution - Lecture 2

Question 1

formal vehicle through which policies are made and affairs of state conducted
formal institutions through which a land and its people are rules

Answer 1

government

Question 2

state =

Answer 2

country

Question 3

def of state (country)

Answer 3

it is a territory with DEFINED boundaries, a government, a people and has sovereignty

Question 4

sovereignty

Answer 4

the ability to determine for itself how to rule

Question 5

sovereignty means that __(1)__ because __(2)__

Answer 5

1. every country is equal to each other
2. bc every state gets to decided what to do within their borders

Question 6

what where the specific economic relationship with the mother country?

Answer 6

mercantile economic view of trade and economics

Question 7

mercantilism =

Answer 7

he who has the most wins

Question 8

each colony has a political contract called a ____ with the mother country

Answer 8

charter

Question 9

role of a charter

Answer 9

outline the relationship between the mother country and the colonies

Question 10

where the charters in each of the 13 colonies different or all the same

Answer 10

that where all distinct and unique

Question 11

why where the colonist taxed?

Answer 11

because the British needed to pay for the french and indian war

Question 12

what where the 2 main taxes that parliament enforced onto the colonies

Answer 12

tea tax and stamp act

Question 13

how did britian view representation

Answer 13

they claimed that it is an occupational thing

Question 14

did the colonies go straight to war?

Answer 14

no they sent out an olive branch but the king did not read it

Question 15

why where the continental congress formed?

Answer 15

because the king decided to ignore their olive branch

Question 16

what did john locke come up with?

Answer 16

the idea of natural rights
early version of human rights

Question 17

natural rights

Answer 17

a right you are born with
god given rights
it is the duty of the monarch to protect these rights

Question 18

what are the 3 things that natural rights include

Answer 18

life,liberty, and property

Question 19

because the king did not respond to the olive branches what occurred?

Answer 19

the colonies decided to separate from the mother country aka lead to the declaration of independence

Question 20

Hobbes’s social contract theory

Answer 20

this idea that if you are the government you are obligated to protect your people

Question 21

social contract theory is an

Answer 21

an exchange between the colonist and mother country or the government and the people

Question 22

what happens if someone breaks the social contract?
D.O.I

Answer 22

then either side can attack the other

“we are obligated to get rid of the king”

Question 23

a formal statement of colonists’ aspiration

Answer 23

declaration of independence

Question 24

what did the DOI embrace

Answer 24

the notion of social contract theory by Hobbes

Question 25

war hero and leader of continental army

Answer 25

george washington

Question 26

what was George Washingtons strategy during the war (2)

Answer 26

1. outlast
2. guerrilla warfare

Question 27

outlast =

Answer 27

to drag the war out as long as possible bc the longer the war the less support the red coats will get back home

Question 28

guerrilla warfare

Answer 28

hit them from all angles, do it quickly and leave

Question 29

what did we not want in the article of confederation

Answer 29

a monarchy and a strong central gov.

Question 30

the A.O.C were

Answer 30

decentralized

Question 31

an entity in which, self-governing states form a union for the purpose of acting together in areas such as defense

Answer 31

confederation

Question 32

power is not concentrated but flows to the 13 states

Answer 32

decentralized

Question 33

who was the most dominant according to the AOC

Answer 33

states

Question 34

because the colonist were fearful of replacing one oppressive government with another led to

Answer 34

an alliance of sovereign states held together by a weak central gov.

Question 35

what were the problems with the AOC(7)

Answer 35

loyalty
unicameral
unanimous
no national miltia
worthless money
no judicial system
1 state 1 vote `

Question 36

what was a result of scared radicals in individual states

Answer 36

shays rebellion

Question 37

what did they do to fix the AOC

Answer 37

created in constitutional convention