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| enlightenment | intellectual movement in Europe that stressed reason, science and the rights of the people |
| john locke | developed the ideas of natural rights, purpose of government, social contract, and right to rebellion |
| natural rights | life, liberty and property |
| purpose of government | protect natural rights |
| social contract | people agree to obey the government if it protects their natural rights |
| right to rebellion | if the government fails to protect rights, the people can replace their government with a better one |
| baron de montesquieu | believed in separation of powers |
| separation of powers | three branches of government |
| salutary neglect | Britain allowing the colonists to rule on their own |
| Proclamation of 1763 | Britain declaring that they wanted the colonies to stop expanding west of the Appalachian Mountains |
| George Grenville | believed that the colonists were smuggling goods without paying duties |
| Sugar Act, Stamp Act, Townshend Act | made the colonists say "no taxation without representation" |
| Boston massacre | The British soldiers killed colonists |
| Boston Tea Party | the colonists reaction to the Tea Act |
| Intolerable Acts | King George III's reaction to the Boston Tea Party |
| Quartering Act | British soldiers can be housed in vacant homes |
| Minutemen | civilian soldiers |
| The Shot Heard Around the World | Nickname given to the start of the American Revolution |
| Lexington and Concord | two cities most closely associated with the start of the American Revolution |
| Richard Henry Lee | Encouraged the colonists to leave Britain |
| Thomas Jefferson | writer of the Declaration of Independence |
| unalienable rights | life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness |
| 3 parts of the Declaration of Independence | preamble, list of 27 grievances, formal declaration |
| Influences of the | John Locke and Enlightenment |
| Treaty of Paris | set the boundaries of the US |
| Articles of Confederation | first constitutional government of the US |
| Weaknesses of the Articles of Confederation | weak central government, no power to tax |
| Shays' rebellion | proved that the government was weak and ineffective |
| Philadelphia | city where the Constitutional convention took place |
| Father of the Constitution | James Madison |
