American Revolution
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)"
