| A | B |
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| Montesquieu | developed the idea of separation of powers |
| Voltaire | developed the idea of religious freedom |
| Rousseau | developed the idea of the social contract |
| John Locke | all people have natural rights |
| Natural Rights | life, liberty, and property |
| Social Contract | people can overthrow a gov't that doesn't protect the people's rights |
| Zenger Trial | established freedom of the press |
| Mayflower Compact | first example of consent of the governed |
| VA House of Burgesses | first example of representative government |
| Proclamation of 1763 | banned colonial settlement west of Appalachian Mts. |
| Stamp Act | tax on paper goods and legal documents |
| Tea Act | tax on tea |
| Quartering Acts | colonists had to house British soldiers |
| Townshend Acts | taxes on most imported goods |
| Intolerable Acts | laws to punish people of Boston for the Tea Party |
| Declaration of Independence | written by Thomas Jefferson |
| Common Sense | pamphlet written by Thomas Paine urging independence |
