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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| What is Enlightenment? | Intellectual movement that emphasized reason and individualism. |
| What caused many revolutinos in the New World? | Enlightenment |
| Whose writing greatly influenced the Declaration of Independence? | John Locke |
| Who was the ENGLISH enlightenment philosopher who stressed the importance of government by consent and the right to life? liberty, and property | John Locke |
| Whose writing greatly influenced the writers of the United States Constitution? | Baron de Montesquieu |
| Who was the FRENCH enlightenment philosopher who stressed the importance of a separation of powers within the government | Baron de Montesquieu |
| Who is known for his economic theories in his writing "The Wealth of Nations"? | Adam Smith |
| Who wrote the pamphlet "Common Sense"? | Thomas Paine |
| T or F "Common Sense" influenced the founding fathers? | T |
| What does Salutary Neglect mean? | “having a useful or beneficial effect.” |
| What did Salutary Neglect allow Britain to do? | to focus on things in Europe during the first half of the 18th century |
| During which war did an Indian Chief rally tribes to commit violent raids against the British? | Pontiac's War (note- this war followed the French and Indian War) |
| The violent raids against the British during Pontiac's War contributed to the creation of what proclamation? | The proclamation line of 1763 |
| What did the Proclamation line of 1763 do? | Forbade the colonist from settling west of the Appalachian Mountains. |
| Who was the prime minister who instituted many taxes for the colonist? | George Grenville |
| Why did the colonist face many taxes following the French and Indian War? | the Prime minister hoped it would pay the expense of the war |
| What was the first tax against the colonist? | The Sugar Act of 1764 |
| What was the second tax against the colonist? | The Stamp Act |
| What was the Stamp Act? | a tax on legal documents, newspapers, almanacs, playing cards, and dice |
| What is the idea of Magna Carta charter. | a 1215 English charter that established the principle that everyone, including the king, was subject to the law, and it limited the power of the monarchy |
| Where did the idea of "no taxation without representation" begin? | in the Magna Carta Charter |
| Explain what no taxation without representation means. | the king would not tax his subjects without elected representatives agreeing to the tax |
| T or F SC did not mind the tax on sugar | T- bc it cut down on pirates and smugglers |
| T or F SC did not mind any taxes | F they only agreed to the sugar act and hated the rest |
| Patriot organizations who protested the taxes and later organized into militias were called what? | Sons of Liberty |
| What did the Townsend act allow to be taxed? | glass, lead, paper, paint, and tea |
| What gave the British the authority to search a ship’s cargo without reason | The Townsend Act |
| What was the meeting called where a petition was drawn up to boycott British goods? | Stamp Act Congress |
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