American Revolution

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Saratoga

"Gentleman Johnny" Burgoyne surrendered at ______________ on October 17, 1777.

Valley Forge

Washington's army spent the winter of 1777-1778 at ______________________.

George III

______________ was the king of England during the American Revolution.

General Cornwallis

_______________________ surrendered on October 17, 1781.

The crown

American leaders argued that their only legal relations were with whom?

100,000

Approximately how many Loyalists left the United States as a result of the American Revolution?

Washington

George _____________ served as commander in chief of the Continental Army.

Paved path to revolution...encouraged colonists to question the authority of British monarchy

How did Enlightenment ideas contribute to the American Revolution and the creation of American democracy?

Charles Montesquieu

Idea...Seperation of powers in the government to provide a system of checks and balances.

Volitaire

Idea...freedom of speech

John Locke

Idea...natural rights

Jean Rousseau

Idea...social contract

Cesar Beccaria

Idea...treatise on crime and punishment

Stamp Act and Sugar Act

In 1766 Parliament yielded, repealing the ____________________ and modifying the ______________.

Volitaire

Influence...American people have the right to freedom of speech and press according to the first amendment.

Jean Rousseau

Influence...Government guided by general will of people

Cesar Beccaria

Influence...Guaranteed in the Bill of Rights, torture was outlawed by the 8th amendment.

John Locke

Influence...government protects peoples rights

Charles Montesquieu

Influence...limited government

Thomas Jefferson

The Deceleration of Independence was written primarily by _____________________.

Philadelphia

The Second Congressional Congress met in ________ in May 1775.

Treaty of Paris

The _______________ signed in 1783, officially ended the war.

Constitution

The articles of ___________________ created a weak national government for the United States.

Taxation without representation

This influenced revolutions all across the world

Common sense

Thomas Paine's _________________ was published in January 1776.

False

True of False...The ideas of the American Revolution have been most often depicted as a triumph of Calvinist dissenting Protestantism.

False

True or False...When Loyalists voluntarily left or were expelled from the United States, American society became less liberal-minded.

asserted the authority of parliament to make laws binding the colonies "in all cases whatsoever"

What did the Declaratory Act do?

virtual representation

What theory assumed that all British subjects shared the same interests as the property owners who elected members of Parliament?

Revolution that occurred after scientific revolution...think for themselves

What was the Enlightenment and what did it stem from?

Voltaire

quote.."I do not agree with a word you say but will defend to the death your right to say it."

Rousse

quote..."Do not obey an unjust law, "man is born free and everywhere he is in chains" Chains are unjust laws.

Montesquieu

quote..."For we can not abuse power, must, by the arrangement of things, power checks power."

Locke

quote..."Kings can be overthrown if they voilate peoples' natural rights."

Beccaria

quote..."painful and corporal punishments (death penalty) should never be applied to fanaticism (political or religious extremism)...it glories in persecution (unfair treatment)"


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