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American Revlution

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Enlightenment It is exciting time of optimism and possibility.
salons Eager to promote the new ideas, many wealthy Parisian women began hosting social gatherings.
social contract Exchange between society and goverment.
John Locke He believed that people were naturally happy, tolerant, and reasonable.
Jean- Jacques Rousseau He belived that people were basically born good.
Baron de Montesquieu He argued that the best from of goverment inclued a spartion of powers.
philosophes Philosophes of the Enlightenment.
Voltaire He was Francois Marie Arouet, who worte under the name Voltaire.
enlightened despots In 18th century Europe who ruled according to the principles of the Enlightenment.
Stamp Act When colonists had to pay tax for an offcial stamp on all newspapers.
Tomas Jefferson Was a member of the committee were well-educated leaders.
Benjamin Franklin He aslo is a member of the committee.
Gorge Washington He was the leder for the continental army.
Treaty of Paris It was the agreement that offcially ended the American Revolution and establisheed Britsh recongnition.
James Madison He played a leading roll in negotiating the main points.
federal system A politiacal and social system based on the granting of land in exchange for loyalty, military assistance, and other services.
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