UNIT 2 Test: Behind the Revolution Flashcards
1
Q
- Monarchy, the king has the power of God
- Government is church-centered
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‘Government’ up until 1600’s
2
Q
- A period in Europe, 1600 & 1700’s saw the development of new ideas about the rights of people & their relationship to their rulers
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The Enlightenment
2
Q
- Most famous Enlightenment philosopher to the founding fathers
- Influenced the American belief in self-government
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John Locke
3
Q
- People have certain unalienable rights
- Life, Liberty, Property
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Natural Rights
4
Q
- Give up some of your power for an orderly government
- if the government doesn’t do its job the people get rid of them
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Social contract
4
Q
- Preamble (intro)
- Statement of rights (political ideas of rights)
- List of grievances (why they’re mad)
- Resolution of independence ( we want out
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The 4 parts of the Declaration
5
Q
- Explains the political ideas in the decloration
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Statement of Rights
5
Q
- Examples of how the king has taken the rights of the colonists
- “Here is all the things we are mad about!”
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List of grievances against king
5
Q
- Declare reasons why Britain and the American colonies should part ways
- introduction to declaration
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Preamble
